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Canadian citizens or permanent residents	(2) A majority of the members of the executive committee must be Canadian citizens or permanent residents within the meaning of subsection 2(1) of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act.
	(2) Subsection 17(6) of the Act is replaced by the following:
Quorum	(6) Three members of the executive committee, a majority of whom are Canadian citizens or permanent residents within the meaning of subsection 2(1) of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act, constitute a quorum at any meeting of the committee.
	258. Subsection 20(2) of the Act is replaced by the following:
Quorum	(2) Seven directors, at least five of whom are Canadian citizens or permanent residents within the meaning of subsection 2(1) of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act, constitute a quorum at any meeting of the Board.
R.S., c. 28 (1st Supp.)	Investment Canada Act
	*259. Paragraph (b) of the definition ``Canadian'' in section 3 of the Investment Canada Act* is replaced by the following:**
	(b) a permanent resident within the meaning of subsection 2(1) of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act who has been ordinarily resident in Canada for not more than one year after the time at which he or she first became eligible to apply for Canadian citizenship,
R.S., c. L-1	Labour Adjustment Benefits Act
	*260. Paragraph 14(1)(a) of the Labour Adjustment Benefits Act* is replaced by the following:**
	(a) the employee is a Canadian citizen resident in Canada or a permanent resident within the meaning of subsection 2(1) of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act;
R.S., c. 30 (4th Supp.)	Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters Act
1999, c. 18, s. 123	*261. (1) Subsection 40(1) of the Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters Act* is replaced by the following:**
Special authorization	40. (1) The Minister may, in order to give effect to a request of a Canadian competent authority, authorize a person in a state or entity who is inadmissible under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act to come into Canada at a place designated by the Minister and to go to and remain in a place in Canada so designated for the period of time specified by the Minister, and the Minister may make the authorization subject to any conditions that the Minister considers desirable.
	(2) Subsection 40(3) of the Act is replaced by the following:
Non-complian ce with conditions of authorization	(3) A person to whom an authorization is granted under subsection (1) who is found in a place in Canada other than the place designated in the authorization or in any place in Canada after the expiration of the period of time specified in the authorization or who fails to comply with some other condition of the authorization shall, for the purposes of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act, be deemed to be a person who entered Canada as a temporary resident and remains after the period authorized for their stay.
R.S., c. N-7	National Energy Board Act
1990, c. 7, s. 3(2)	*262. Subsection 3(4) of the National Energy Board Act* is replaced by the following:**
Eligibility	(4) A person is not eligible to be appointed or to continue as a member of the Board if that person is not a Canadian citizen or permanent resident within the meaning of subsection 2(1) of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act or is, as owner, shareholder, director, officer, partner or otherwise, engaged in the business of producing, selling, buying, transmitting, exporting, importing or otherwise dealing in hydrocarbons or electricity or holds any bond, debenture or other security of a corporation engaged in any such business.
R.S., c. O-9	Old Age Security Act
1996, c. 18, s. 50	*263. Paragraph (b) of the definition ``specially qualified individual'' in section 2 of the Old Age Security Act* is replaced by the following:**
	(b) for the month of January 2001 or an earlier month, where, before March 7, 1996, the person was residing in Canada as a Canadian citizen or a permanent resident within the meaning of subsection 2(1) of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act;
1996, c. 18, s. 51(1)	264. Subparagraph 11(7)(e)(ii) of the Act is replaced by the following:
	(ii) a permanent resident within the meaning of subsection 2(1) of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act in respect of whom an undertaking by a sponsor is in effect as provided in that Act and regulations under that Act.
1996, c. 18, s. 53(1)	265. Subparagraph 19(6)(d)(ii) of the Act is replaced by the following:
	(ii) a permanent resident within the meaning of subsection 2(1) of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act in respect of whom an undertaking by a sponsor is in effect as provided in that Act and regulations under that Act.
1998, c. 21, s. 115(2)	266. Subparagraph 21(9)(c)(ii) of the Act is replaced by the following:
	(ii) a permanent resident within the meaning of subsection 2(1) of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act in respect of whom an undertaking by a sponsor is in effect as provided in that Act and regulations under that Act.
1997, c. 40, s. 102; 2000, c. 12, par. 207(1)(l)	267. Paragraph 33.11(b) of the Act is replaced by the following:
	(b) the Minister of Citizenship and Immigration and officers and employees of the Department of Citizenship and Immigration may make available to the Minister or a public officer of the Department of Human Resources Development any information that was obtained in the administration of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act that relates to an applicant, a beneficiary or a spouse or common-law partner of an applicant or beneficiary, if the information is necessary for the administration of this Act; and
R.S., c. P-14	Pilotage Act
	*268. Paragraph 22(2)(b) of the Pilotage Act* is replaced by the following:**
	(b) a permanent resident within the meaning of subsection 2(1) of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act who has not been ordinarily resident in Canada for six years or who has been ordinarily resident in Canada for six years or more and is shown, to the satisfaction of the Authority, not to have become a Canadian citizen as a result of circumstances beyond the control of the applicant.
R.S., c. P-21	Privacy Act
	*269. The portion of subsection 12(1) of the Privacy Act* before paragraph (a) is replaced by the following:**
Right of access	12. (1) Subject to this Act, every individual who is a Canadian citizen or a permanent resident within the meaning of subsection 2(1) of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act has a right to and shall, on request, be given access to
2000, c. 17	Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) Act
	*270. Paragraph 55(3)(d) of the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) Act* is replaced by the following:**
	(d) the Department of Citizenship and Immigration, if the Centre also determines that the information would promote the objective set out in paragraph 3(1)(i) of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act and is relevant to determining whether a person is a person described in sections 34 to 42 of that Act or to an offence under any of sections 117 to 119, 126 or 127 of that Act;
R.S., c. T-13	Trade-marks Act
1994, c. 47, s. 192	*271. Paragraph 11.17(2)(b) of the Trade-marks Act* is replaced by the following:**
	(b) a permanent resident within the meaning of subsection 2(1) of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act who has been ordinarily resident in Canada for not more than one year after the time at which the permanent resident first became eligible to apply for Canadian citizenship; and
1991, c. 45	Trust and Loan Companies Act
	*272. Paragraph (c) of the definition ``resident Canadian'' in section 2 of the Trust and Loan Companies Act* is replaced by the following:**
	(c) a permanent resident within the meaning of subsection 2(1) of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act and ordinarily resident in Canada, except a permanent resident who has been ordinarily resident in Canada for more than one year after the time at which the individual first became eligible to apply for Canadian citizenship;
	Terminology
Terminology	*273. Unless the context requires otherwise, ``Immigration Act'' is replaced by ``Immigration and Refugee Protection Act'' in*
	*(a) any regulation, as defined in section 2 of the Statutory Instruments Act; and*
	(b) any other instrument made
	(i) in the execution of a power conferred by or under an Act of Parliament, or
	(ii) by or under the authority of the Governor in Council.
	Coordinating Amendments
Bill S-2	273.1 (1) Subsections (2) and (3) apply if Bill S-2, introduced in the first session of the 37th Parliament and entitled the Marine Liability Act (referred to in this section as the ``other Act''), receives royal assent.
	(2) On the coming into force of section 1 of this Act, subparagraph 88(4)(b)(i) of the other Act is replaced by the following:
	(i) are Canadian citizens or permanent residents of Canada within the meaning of subsection 2(1) of the Immigration and Refugeee Protection Act, in the case of an individual, or
	(3) If section 127 of the other Act comes into force before section 218 of this Act comes into force, then section 218 of this Act is repealed.
	Repeals
Repeals	274. The following Acts are repealed:
	*(a) the Immigration Act, chapter I-2 of the Revised Statutes of Canada, 1985;*
	*(b) An Act to amend the Immigration Act and other Acts in consequence thereof, chapter 49 of the Statutes of Canada, 1992;*
	*(c) An Act to amend the Immigration Act and the Citizenship Act and to make a consequential amendment to the Customs Act, chapter 15 of the Statutes of Canada, 1995; and*
	*(d) An Act to amend the Citizenship Act and the Immigration Act, chapter 22 of the Statutes of Canada, 1997.*
	Coming Into Force
Coming into force	275. The provisions of this Act come into force on a day or days to be fixed by order of the Governor in Council.

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