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Bill C-6

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Paragraph 16(3)(b) Statutory Instruments Act	(2) The whole or any part of the Revised Regulations shall be construed to be a revision of regulations referred to in paragraph 16(3)(b) of the Statutory Instruments Act.
Scrutiny Committees of Parliament	(3) A regulation that is included in the Consolidated Regulations of Canada, 1978 or in the Revised Regulations stands permanently referred to any Committee or Committees of Parliament established under section 19 of the Statutory Instruments Act.
Citation of Revised Regulations	20. (1) Any regulation included in the Revised Regulations may be cited and referred to in any Act, regulation, proceeding, instrument or document whatever either by its short or long title or by using the expression ``Revised Regulations of Canada, chapter ....'', or ``Revised Regulations, chapter ....'', or ``Chapter .... of the Revised Regulations'', or the abbreviation ``R.R.C., c. ....'', adding in each case the number of the particular chapter.
Amendments included	(2) The citation of any chapter of the Revised Regulations in accordance with subsection (1) is deemed to include any amendments made after the publication of that regulation in the Revised Regulations.
Electronic publishing	21. (1) The Queen's Printer may publish an edition of the Revised Regulations in electronic form and every copy of a revised regulation published in electronic form by the Queen's Printer is evidence of that regulation and of its contents, and every copy purporting to be published by the Queen's Printer is deemed to be so published, unless the contrary is shown.
Inconsis- tencies in regulations	(2) In the event of an inconsistency between a revised regulation published by the Queen's Printer in electronic form and the original of the regulation as printed in the Roll deposited in the office of the Clerk of the Privy Council under section 12, the original of the regulation prevails to the extent of the inconsistency.
	69. Subsection 22(1) of the Act is replaced by the following:
Request to remake regulations	22. (1) If the Clerk of the Privy Council, after consultation with the Deputy Minister of Justice, is of the opinion that any particular regulations should be remade by the regulation-making authority instead of being revised under this Act, the Clerk of the Privy Council may request that authority or any person acting on behalf of that authority to make new regulations.
	70. Section 23 of the Act is replaced by the following:
Indices	23. The Commission may cause indices to the Revised Regulations to be prepared and published for the convenience of the public.
Citation of Consolidated Regulations, 1978	24. (1) Any regulation included in the Consolidated Regulations of Canada, 1978 may be cited and referred to in any Act, regulation, proceeding, instrument or document whatever either by its short or long title or by using the expression ``Consolidated Regulations of Canada, chapter ....'', or ``Consolidated Regulations, chapter ....'', or ``Chapter .... of the Consolidated Regulations'', or the abbreviation ``C.R.C., c. ....'', adding in each case the number of the particular chapter.
Amendments included	(2) The citation of any chapter of the Consolidated Regulations of Canada, 1978 in accordance with subsection (1) is deemed to include any amendments made after the publication of that regulation in the Consolidated Regulations of Canada, 1978.
	71. Part III of the Act is replaced by the following:
	PART III
	CONSOLIDATED STATUTES AND REGULATIONS OF CANADA
	Interpretation
Definitions	25. The definitions in this section apply in this Part.
``consolida- ted regulations'' « règlements codifiés »	``consolidated regulations'' means the consolidated regulations of Canada maintained by the Minister under this Part.
``consolida- ted statutes'' « lois codifiées »	``consolidated statutes'' means the consolidated statutes of Canada maintained by the Minister under this Part.
	Consolidation of the Statutes and Regulations
Authority to maintain	26. The Minister may maintain a consolidation of the public statutes of Canada and a consolidation of the regulations of Canada.
Powers of Minister	27. In maintaining a consolidation of the statutes or regulations, the Minister may
	(a) omit any Act or regulation, or any part of an Act or a regulation, that has expired, has been repealed or has had its effect;
	(b) include historical references or other information that enhances the value of the consolidation;
	(c) correct grammatical and typographical errors without changing the substance of any enactment; and
	(d) set out as a separate Act or regulation any Act or regulation enacted by another Act or regulation.
	Publication and Distribution
Authority to publish	28. (1) The Minister may cause the consolidated statutes or consolidated regulations to be published in printed or electronic form, and in any manner and frequency that the Minister considers appropriate.
Differences in form	(2) A publication in an electronic form may differ from a publication in another form to accommodate the needs of the electronic form if the differences do not change the substance of any enactment.
Free distribution	29. Copies of the consolidated statutes and consolidated regulations must be distributed without charge to the persons or classes of persons, and in the form and manner, that the Governor in Council, on the recommendation of the Minister, directs.
	Effect of Consolidation
Consolida- tion not new law	30. The consolidated statutes and consolidated regulations do not operate as new law.
Published consolidation is evidence	31. (1) Every copy of a consolidated statute or consolidated regulation published by the Minister under this Act in either print or electronic form is evidence of that statute or regulation and of its contents and every copy purporting to be published by the Minister is deemed to be so published, unless the contrary is shown.
Inconsis- tencies in Acts	(2) In the event of an inconsistency between a consolidated statute published by the Minister under this Act and the original statute or a subsequent amendment as certified by the Clerk of the Parliaments under the Publication of Statutes Act, the original statute or amendment prevails to the extent of the inconsistency.
Inconsis- tencies in regulations	(3) In the event of an inconsistency between a consolidated regulation published by the Minister under this Act and the original regulation or a subsequent amendment as registered by the Clerk of the Privy Council under the Statutory Instruments Act, the original regulation or amendment prevails to the extent of the inconsistency.
	Co-publishing Agreements
Agreements	32. The Minister may enter into agreements for the production of the consolidated statutes or consolidated regulations and for their publication, sale or distribution.
	PART 6
	COMING INTO FORCE
Coming into force	72. Parts 1 to 5 or any provision of those Parts come into force on a day or days to be fixed by order of the Governor in Council made on the recommendation of
	(a) in the case of Parts 1 and 2 or any provision of those Parts, the Minister of Industry; and
	(b) in the case of Parts 3 to 5 or any provisions of those Parts, the Minister of Justice.