Bill C-36

If you have any questions or comments regarding the accessibility of this publication, please contact us at accessible@parl.gc.ca.

PDF

	(b) shall decide whether it is necessary to hold any hearing of the matter;
	(c) if he or she decides that a hearing should be held, shall
	(i) determine who should be given notice of the hearing,
	(ii) order the Attorney General of Canada to notify those persons, and
	(iii) determine the content and form of the notice; and
	(d) if he or she considers it appropriate in the circumstances, may give any person the opportunity to make representations.
Disclosure agreement	(6) After the Federal Court is seized of an application made under paragraph (2)(c) or, in the case of an appeal from, or a review of, an order of the judge made under any of subsections 38.06(1) to (3) in connection with that application, before the appeal or review is disposed of,
	(a) the Attorney General of Canada and the person who made the application may enter into an agreement that permits the disclosure of part of the facts referred to in paragraphs 38.02(1)(b) to (d) or part of the information or disclosure of the facts or information subject to conditions; and
	(b) if an agreement is entered into, the Court's consideration of the application or any hearing, review or appeal shall be terminated.
Termination of Court consideration, hearing, review or appeal	(7) Subject to subsection (6), after the Federal Court is seized of an application made under this section or, in the case of an appeal from, or a review of, an order of the judge made under any of subsections 38.06(1) to (3), before the appeal or review is disposed of, if the Attorney General of Canada authorizes the disclosure of all or part of the information or withdraws conditions to which the disclosure is subject, the Court's consideration of the application or any hearing, appeal or review shall be terminated in relation to that information, to the extent of the authorization or the withdrawal.
	142. (1) If Bill C-30, introduced in the 1st Session of the 37th Parliament and entitled the Courts Administration Service Act (the ``other Act''), receives royal assent, then the definition ``judge'' in section 3 of the Charities Registration (Security Information) Act, as enacted by section 113 of this Act, is replaced by the following:
``judge'' « juge »	``judge'' means the Chief Justice of the Federal Court or a judge of that Court designated by the Chief Justice.
	(2) Subsection (1) comes into force on the later of the day on which section 113 of this Act or section 13 of the other Act comes into force.
	143. If Bill C-30, introduced in the 1st Session of the 37th Parliament and entitled the Courts Administration Service Act (the ``other Act''), receives royal assent, then, on the later of the coming into force of section 16 of the other Act and section 4 of this Act, subsection 83.05(11) of the Criminal Code is replaced by the following:
Definition of ``judge''	(11) In this section, ``judge'' means the Chief Justice of the Federal Court or a judge of that Court designated by the Chief Justice.
	144. (1) Subsections (2) to (4) apply if Bill C-30, introduced in the 1st Session of the 37th Parliament and entitled the Courts Administration Service Act (the ``other Act''), receives royal assent.
	(2) If section 16 of the other Act comes into force after section 95 of this Act, then, on the day on which section 16 of the other Act comes into force,
	*(a) subsection 5(1) of the Federal Courts Act* is replaced by the following:**
Constitution of Federal Court of Appeal	5. (1) The Federal Court of Appeal consists of a chief justice called the Chief Justice of the Federal Court of Appeal, who is the president of the Federal Court of Appeal, and 12 other judges.
	*(b) subsection 5.1(1) of the Federal Courts Act* is replaced by the following:**
Constitution of Federal Court	5.1 (1) The Federal Court consists of a chief justice called the Chief Justice of the Federal Court, who is the president of the Federal Court, and 32 other judges.
	(3) If section 16 of the other Act comes into force on the same day as section 95 of this Act, then section 95 of this Act is deemed to have come into force before section 16 of the other Act and subsection (2) applies.
	(4) If section 16 of the other Act comes into force before section 95 of this Act, then, on the later of the day on which section 16 of the other Act comes into force and the day on which this Act receives royal assent,
	(a) section 95 of this Act is repealed;
	*(b) subsection 5(1) of the Federal Courts Act* is replaced by the following:**
Constitution of Federal Court of Appeal	5. (1) The Federal Court of Appeal consists of a chief justice called the Chief Justice of the Federal Court of Appeal, who is the president of the Federal Court of Appeal, and 12 other judges.
	*(c) subsection 5.1(1) of the Federal Courts Act* is replaced by the following:**
Constitution of Federal Court	5.1 (1) The Federal Court consists of a chief justice called the Chief Justice of the Federal Court, who is the president of the Federal Court, and 32 other judges.
	*(d) section 5.4 of the Federal Courts Act* is replaced by the following:**
Judges from Quebec	5.4 At least five of the judges of the Federal Court of Appeal and at least ten of the judges of the Federal Court must be persons who have been judges of the Court of Appeal or of the Superior Court of the Province of Quebec, or have been members of the bar of that Province.
	Review and Report
Review and report	145. (1) Within three years after this Act receives royal assent, a comprehensive review of the provisions and operation of this Act shall be undertaken by such committee of the Senate, of the House of Commons or of both Houses of Parliament as may be designated or established by Parliament for that purpose.
Report	(2) The committee referred to in subsection (1) shall, within a year after a review is undertaken pursuant to that subsection or within such further time as Parliament may authorize, submit a report on the review to Parliament including a statement of any changes that the committee recommends.
	Coming into Force
Coming into force	146. (1) Subject to subsection (2), the provisions of this Act, other than sections 1, 24, 25, 47, 48, 76 to 86 and 119 to 145, and the provisions of any Act that are enacted by this Act come into force on a day or days to be fixed by order of the Governor in Council.
Part 6	(2) Part 6 comes into force on a day to be fixed by order of the Governor in Council.

Bill C-36

Review and Report

Coming into Force