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Bill C-485

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2nd Session, 36th Parliament,
48-49 Elizabeth II, 1999-2000

The House of Commons of Canada

BILL C-485

An Act to amend the Copyright Act (Minister)

R.S., c. C-42; R.S., c. 10 (1st Supp.), cc. 1, 41 (3rd Supp.), c. 10 (4th Supp.); 1988, c. 65; 1990, c. 37; 1992, c. 1; 1993, cc. 15, 23, 44; 1994, c. 47; 1995, c. 1; 1997, cc. 24, 36; 1999, cc. 2, 17, 31

      Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows:

1. The definition of ``Minister'' in section 2 of the Copyright Act is replaced by the following:

``Minister''
« ministre »

``Minister'', except in section 44.1, means the Minister of Canadian Heritage .

Regulations

2. In any instrument made under the Copyright Act, every reference to the Minister of Industry shall be read as a reference to the Minister of Canadian Heritage unless the context otherwise requires.

Employees

3. (1) Nothing in this Act shall be construed as affecting the status of an employee who, immediately before the coming into force of this Act, was responsible for the administration of the Copyright Act and occupied a position in the Department of Industry, except that the employee shall, on the coming into force of this Act, occupy their position in the Department of Canadian Heritage under the authority of the Minister of Canadian Heritage.

Definition of ``employee''

(2) In this section, ``employee'' has the same meaning as in subsection 2(1) of the Public Service Employment Act.

Transfer of appropria-
tions

4. Any amount appropriated, for the fiscal year in which this section comes into force, by an appropriation Act based on the Estimates for that year for defraying the charges and expenses of the public service of Canada within the Department of Industry, relating to the administration of the Copyright Act, and that, on the day on which this Act comes into force, is unexpended, is deemed, on that day, to be an amount appropriated for defraying the charges and expenses of the Department of Canadian Heritage.

Regulations

5. The Governor in Council may, by regulation, make provision for any matters concerning which he deems regulations necessary or desirable to carry out the purposes and provisions of this Act.