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2nd Session, 36th Parliament, 48 Elizabeth II, 1999
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The House of Commons of Canada
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BILL C-271 |
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An Act to amend the Employment Insurance
Act (self-employed persons)
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| 1996, c. 23;
1997, c. 26;
1998, cc. 19,
21; 1999, c.
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1. The Employment Insurance Act is
amended by adding the following after
section 153.1:
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PART VIII.2 |
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SELF-EMPLOYED PERSONS OTHER THAN PERSONS ENGAGED IN FISHING |
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| Self-employe
d persons
other than
persons
engaged in
fishing
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153.2 (1) Notwithstanding anything in this
Act, the Commission may, with the approval
of the Governor in Council, make such
regulations as it deems necessary respecting
the establishment and operation of a scheme
of employment insurance for self-employed
persons, other than persons engaged in
fishing, including regulations
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| Scheme may
be different
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(2) The scheme established by the
regulations may, with respect to any matter, be
different from the provisions of this Act
relating to that matter.
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| Tabling of
regulation
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(3) The Minister shall table the regulations
in the House of Commons within three sitting
days after the day on which they are made.
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| Motion to
repeal
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(4) The regulations come into force on the
10th sitting day after the day on which they are
tabled, or on any later day specified in the
regulations, unless a motion to repeal them,
signed by not fewer than 30 members of the
House of Commons, is filed with the Speaker
of the House of Commons before the 10th
sitting day.
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| Considera- tion
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(5) If a motion to repeal the regulations is
filed with the Speaker of the House of
Commons in accordance with subsection (4),
it shall be taken up and considered by the
House of Commons within ten sitting days
after the day on which it is filed.
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| Time for
disposition of
motion
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(6) The motion shall be taken up during the
time normally allotted to Government Orders,
for a period of not more than ten hours and at
the end of the debate the Speaker of the House
of Commons shall, without delay or further
debate or amendment, put every question
necessary for the disposition of the motion.
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| Adoption or
defeat of
motion
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(7) If the motion is adopted, the regulations
are repealed, and if the motion is defeated, the
regulations come into force on the day after
the day on which the motion is defeated or on
any later day specified in the regulations.
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| Regulation
repealed
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(8) The regulations are repealed if
Parliament is prorogued or dissolved before
the motion is disposed of or, if no motion has
been filed, before the end of the period
mentioned in subsection (4).
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| Definition of
``sitting day''
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(9) For the purpose of this section, ``sitting
day'' means a day on which the House of
Commons is sitting.
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