Bill C-25

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	RECOMMENDATION
	His Excellency the Governor General recommends to the House of Commons the appropriation of public revenue under the circumstances, in the manner and for the purposes set out in a measure entitled ``An Act respecting regulations and other documents, including the review, registration, publication and parliamentary scrutiny of regulations and other documents, and to make consequential and related amendments to other Acts''.
	SUMMARY
	This enactment reforms and modernizes the regulatory process currently established by the Statutory Instruments Act. The key components of the enactment are:
	- a simpler, more principled definition of ``regulation'';
	- an expedited process for regulations that do not require legal review;
	- a revision of the bases for exempting regulations from the regulatory process so that the exemptions reflect the purposes of the Act and the public interest;
	- modernization of the regulatory process by providing for consulta tion, registration and publication by electronic means; and
	- maintenance of government accountability for regulations through effective Parliamentary scrutiny.