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TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS |
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23. If an extra-provincial motor carrier
undertaking is, on the day immediately before
the coming into force of this section,
authorized to operate within a province, the
undertaking is deemed to hold a safety fitness
certificate issued under section 8.
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applications
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24. (1) An application for a licence made
under section 8, as that section read before the
coming into force of this section, and pending
on the day immediately before that coming
into force, is deemed to have been made under
section 8 of this Act.
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applications
- bus
transport
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(2) Every application for a licence made
under section 5 with respect to bus transport
that is pending on the day immediately before
the coming into force of this section, is
deemed to be an application made under
sections 5 and 8.
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ANNUAL REPORT |
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| Report to
Parliament
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25. (1) The Minister shall prepare an annual
report and cause a copy of it to be laid before
each House of Parliament on any of the first
fifteen days on which that House is sitting
after the Minister completes it.
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annual report
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(2) The annual report of the Minister shall
contain the following in respect of the year:
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REVIEW OF PROVISIONS |
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| Review
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26. (1) The Minister shall, after the expiry
of four years after the coming into force of this
section and before the expiry of five years
after that coming into force, undertake and
complete a comprehensive review of the
operation and effect of the amendments to this
Act contained in An Act to amend the Motor
Vehicle Transport Act, 1987 and to make
consequential amendments to other Acts and
shall, without delay, prepare a report with
respect to that review.
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make report
available
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(2) The Minister shall make the report
available to the Council of Ministers
Responsible for Transportation and Highway
Safety at the next meeting of the council after
its completion.
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report
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(3) The Minister shall cause a copy of the
report to be laid before each House of
Parliament during the first thirty sitting days
of that House following its completion.
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CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS |
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| R.S., c. E-9
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Energy Supplies Emergency Act |
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s. 218
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10. Section 38 of the Energy Supplies
Emergency Act is replaced by the following:
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| Motor
transport
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38. In respect of an extra-provincial truck
undertaking within the meaning of the Motor
Vehicle Transport Act, the Board may
authorize the operation of the undertaking for
the transport of a controlled product
notwithstanding any provision of that Act or
the Canada Transportation Act or any
regulations made pursuant to either of those
Acts.
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Excise Tax Act |
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11. Subparagraph (b)(iii) of the definition
``specified supply'' in section 364 of the
Excise Tax Act, as enacted by section 242 of
An Act to amend the Excise Tax Act, the
Federal-Provincial Fiscal Arrangements
Act, the Income Tax Act, the Debt Servicing
and Reduction Account Act and related Acts,
chapter 10 of the Statutes of Canada, 1997,
is replaced by the following:
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| R.S., c. G-10
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Canada Grain Act |
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| R.S., c. 29
(3rd Supp.),
s. 25
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12. The definition ``public carrier'' in
section 2 of the Canada Grain Act is replaced
by the following:
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carrier'' « transporteur public »
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``public carrier'' means any railway company,
any operator of an extra-provincial truck
undertaking within the meaning of the
Motor Vehicle Transport Act and any owner
or operator of a ship;
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COMING INTO FORCE |
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| Coming into
force
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13. The provisions of this Act, and the
provisions of any Act that are enacted by
this Act, come into force on a day or days to
be fixed by order of the Governor in
Council.
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