Bill C-74

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First Reading

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	Report to Parliament
Annual report	342. The Minister shall, as soon as possible after the end of each fiscal year, prepare and cause to be laid before Parliament a report on the administration and enforcement of this Act for that year.
Permanent review of Act by parliamen- tary committee	343. (1) The administration of this Act shall, every seven years after the coming into force of this Act, be reviewed by such committee of the House of Commons, or of both Houses of Parliament, as may be desig nated or established by Parliament for that purpose.
Review and report	(2) The committee designated or estab lished by Parliament for the purpose of subsection (1) shall undertake a comprehen sive review of the provisions and operation of this Act and shall, within a year after the review is undertaken or within such further time as the House of Commons may authorize, submit a report to Parliament thereon includ ing a statement of any changes to this Act or its administration that the committee would recommend.
	PART XII
	CONSEQUENTIAL AND CONDITIONAL AMENDMENTS, REPEAL AND COMING INTO FORCE
	Consequential Amendments
R.S., c. A-1	Access to Information Act
R.S., c. 16 (4th Supp.), s. 140	*344. Schedule II to the Access to Informa tion Act* is amended by striking out the reference to**
	Canadian Environmental Protection Act
	Loi canadienne sur la protection de l'envi ronnement
	and the corresponding reference to ``sec tions 20 and 21''.
R.S., c. S-9	Canada Shipping Act
1993, c. 36, s. 4	345. *Subsection 656(2) of the Canada Shipping Act* is replaced by the following:**
Discharges permitted under Canadian Environ- mental Protection Act, 1997	(2) Notwithstanding any regulation made under subsection (1), a discharge of a pollutant from a ship is permitted if done in accordance with a permit granted under Division III of Part VII of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1997 .
R.S., c. C-46	Criminal Code
	346. Item 72 of the schedule to Part XX.1 of the Criminal Code, as enacted by section 4 of An Act to amend the Criminal Code (mental disorder) and to amend the National Defence Act and the Young Offenders Act in consequence thereof, being chapter 43 of the Statutes of Canada, 1991, is replaced by the following:
	72. Section 274 - damage to environment and death or harm to persons
R.S., c. F-27	Food and Drugs Act
	347. *Subsection 30(1) of the Food and Drugs Act* is amended by adding the follow ing after paragraph (l):**
	(l.1) respecting the assessment of the effect on the environment or on human life and health of the release into the environment of any food, drug, cosmetic or device, and the measures to take before importing or selling any such food, drug, cosmetic or device;
1993, c. 16	Motor Vehicle Safety Act
	348. *The definitions ``sell'' and ``stan dard'' in section 2 of the Motor Vehicle Safety Act* are replaced by the following:**
``sell'' « vente »	``sell'' includes to offer for sale or lease , have in possession for sale or lease or deliver for sale or lease ;
``standard'' « norme »	``standard'' means a standard that governs the design, construction, functioning or mark ing of vehicles or equipment for the purpose of reducing the risk of death, injury or prop erty damage from vehicle use;
	349. Paragraph 5(1)(c) of the Act is repealed.
	350. Section 8 of the Act and the heading before it are repealed.
	351. (1) Paragraph 9(1)(b) of the Act is replaced by the following:
	(b) impede the development of new safety features that are equivalent to or superior to those that conform to prescribed standards; or
	(2) Subsection 9(3) of the Act is replaced by the following:
Conditions for granting exemption	(3) An exemption may not be granted for a model if the exemption would substantially diminish the safe performance of the model or if the company applying for the exemption has not attempted in good faith to bring the model into conformity with all prescribed standards applicable to it.
	352. Section 21 of the Act is repealed.
	Conditional Amendments
Bill C-25	353. If Bill C-25, introduced in the second session of the thirty-fifth Parliament and entitled An Act respecting regulations and other documents, including the review, regis tration, publication and parliamentary scru tiny of regulations and other documents, and to make consequential and related amend ments to other Acts, is assented to, then,
	(a) on the later of the coming into force of section 27 of that Act and subsection 161(4) of this Act, subsection 161(4) of this Act is replaced by the following:
Document not a regulation	(4) A technical standards document is not a regulation within the meaning of subsection 2(1) of the Regulations Act.
	(b) on the later of the coming into force of section 27 of that Act and section 331 of this Act, section 331 of this Act is replaced by the following:
Exemption from regulatory process	331. An interim order made under section 94, 163, 173 or 183
	(a) is exempt from the application of the regulatory process under the Regulations Act; and
	(b) shall be published in the Canada Gazette as soon as possible after it is approved by the Governor in Council.
Bill C-26	354. If Bill C-26, introduced in the second session of the thirty-fifth Parliament and entitled An Act respecting the oceans of Canada, is assented to, then, on the later of the coming into force of
	(a) section 4 of that Act and subpara graph (b)(ii) of the definition ``federal land'' in subsection 3(1) of this Act, that subparagraph is replaced by the follow ing:
	(ii) the territorial sea of Canada as determined under the Oceans Act, including the seabed and subsoil below and the air and all layers of the atmosphere above that sea.
	(b) section 6 of that Act and subpara graph (b)(i) of the definition ``federal land'' in subsection 3(1) of this Act, that subparagraph is replaced by the follow ing:
	(i) the internal waters of Canada as determined under the Oceans Act, including the seabed and subsoil below and the air and all layers of the atmosphere above those waters, and
Bill C-26	355. If Bill C-26, introduced in the second session of the thirty-fifth Parliament and entitled An Act respecting the oceans of Canada, is assented to and section 87 of that Act does not come into force before this section comes into force, then, on the day on which this section comes into force, subsec tion 3(1) of this Act is amended by adding the following in alphabetical order:
``Canadian waters'' « eaux canadien- nes »	``Canadian waters'' includes the territorial sea of Canada and the internal waters of Cana da, as those expressions are defined in sub section 2(1) of the Canadian Laws Offshore Application Act;
Bill C-26	356. If Bill C-26, introduced in the second session of the thirty-fifth Parliament and entitled An Act respecting the oceans of Canada, is assented to, then, on the coming into force of section 68 of that Act, para graph 477.1(b) of the Criminal Code, as enacted by section 68 of that Act, is replaced by the following:
	(b) that is committed in a place in or above the continental shelf of Canada or in the exclusive economic zone of Canada and that is an offence in that place by virtue of the Oceans Act;
Bill C-29	357. If Bill C-29, introduced in the second session of the thirty-fifth Parliament and entitled An Act to regulate interprovincial trade in and the importation for commercial purposes of certain manganese-based sub stances, is assented to, then, on the later of the coming into force of
	(a) section 13 of that Act and this para graph, that section is replaced by the following:
Application of provisions of the Canadian Environ- mental Protection Act, 1997	13. Paragraphs 218(1)(a) and (j), subsec tions 218(2) to (7) and (11) to (15) and sections 219, 220, 223, 224, 226 to 230 and 272 of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1997 apply, with such modifications as the circumstances require, in respect of this Act.
	(b) section 19 of that Act and of this paragraph, that section is replaced by the following:
Application of provisions of the Canadian Environ- mental Protection Act, 1997	19. Sections 39 to 42, 275, 276, 280, 285, 288 to 290, 292 to 294 and 311 of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1997 apply in respect of this Act
	(a) as if each reference in any of those sections to section 291 of that Act were a reference to section 18 of this Act; and
	(b) with such other modifications as the circumstances require.
Bill C-62	*358. If Bill C-62, introduced in the second session of the thirty-fifth Parliament and entitled An Act respecting Fisheries, is assented to, then,*
	(a) on the later of the coming into force of subsection 50(1) of that Act and section 131 of this Act, section 131 of this Act is replaced by the following:
Fisheries Act not applicable	131. If a person disposes of a substance in accordance with the conditions of a Canadian permit or section 130, subsection 50(1) of the Fisheries Act is not applicable.
	(b) on the later of the coming into force of subsection 50(1) of that Act and section 195 of this Act, section 195 of this Act is replaced by the following:
Research	195. Notwithstanding subsection 50(1) of the Fisheries Act, subsection 123(1) and regulations made under paragraphs 93(1)(a), (b), (c) and (d) and 209(2)(a), (b), (c) and (d), the Minister may examine and conduct re search, including tests, respecting the causes, circumstances and effects of and remedial measures for an environmental emergency.
	Repeal
Repeal	*359. The Canadian Environmental Protection Act, chapter 16 of the 4th Supple ment to the Revised Statutes of Canada, 1985, is repealed.*
	Coming into Force
Coming into force	360. This Act or any of its provisions comes into force on a day or days to be fixed by order of the Governor in Council.