Bill C-43

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	1st Session, 37th Parliament, 49-50 Elizabeth II, 2001
	House of Commons of Canada
	BILL C-43
	An Act to amend certain Acts and instruments and to repeal the Fisheries Prices Support Act
	Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows:
	AMENDMENTS
R.S., c. A-1	Access to Information Act
	*1. Schedule I to the Access to Information Act* is amended by striking out the following under the heading ``Other Government Institutions'':**
	Fisheries Prices Support Board
	Office des prix des produits de la pêche
R.S., c. 41 (4th Supp.), Part I	Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency Act
	2. Subsection 6(2) of the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency Act is replaced by the following:
Agreements with provinces	(2) The Minister may enter into agreements with the government of any province or provinces in Atlantic Canada respecting the carrying out of any program or project of the Agency.
	3. Section 13 of the Act is amended by striking out the word ``and'' at the end of paragraph (h) and by adding the following after paragraph (h):
	(h.1) enter into an arrangement with the Enterprise Cape Breton Corporation that allows that corporation, within the limits of its objects and powers as set out in sections 33 and 34 of the Enterprise Cape Breton Corporation Act, to exercise the powers or perform the duties or functions of the Agency under this section, including the power to enter into agreements that commit moneys appropriated by Parliament for the purposes of the Agency; and
	4. Subsection 19(1) of the Act is replaced by the following:
Meetings	19. (1) The Board shall meet at such times, but at least once in each year , and at such places as the President may select.
R.S., c. C-16	Canadian Film Development Corporation Act
	5. The long title of the Canadian Film Development Corporation Act is replaced by the following:
	An Act establishing Telefilm Canada
	6. Section 1 of the Act is replaced by the following:
Short title	1. This Act may be cited as the Telefilm Canada Act.
	7. The definition ``Corporation'' in section 2 of the Act is replaced by the following:
``Corporation' ' « Société »	``Corporation'' means Telefilm Canada , established by section 3;
	8. Section 3 of the Act and the heading before it are replaced by the following:
	CONSTITUTION OF TELEFILM CANADA
Corporation established	3. There is hereby established a corporation, to be known as Telefilm Canada , consisting of six members to be appointed by the Governor in Council as provided in section 4 and the Government Film Commissioner appointed under the National Film Act.
	9. (1) Subsection 19(1) of the Act is replaced by the following:
Advance Account for corporation	19. (1) There shall be established in the accounts of Canada a special account to be known as the Telefilm Canada Advance Account.
	(2) Paragraph 19(2)(b) of the English version of the Act is replaced by the following:
	(b) out of amounts credited to the Telefilm Canada Advance Account under subsection (3),
	(3) The portion of subsection 19(3) of the Act before paragraph (a) is replaced by the following:
Amounts to be credited to Account	(3) The Corporation shall pay to the Receiver General, to be deposited in the Consolidated Revenue Fund and credited to the Telefilm Canada Advance Account, all amounts received by the Corporation as or on account of
Powers, duties and functions	10. Wherever, under any Act of Parliament, any instrument made under an Act of Parliament or any contract, lease, licence or other document, a power, duty or function is vested in or exercisable by the Canadian Film Development Corporation, that power, duty or function is vested in or exercisable by Telefilm Canada.
References	11. Every reference to the Canadian Film Development Corporation in any deed, contract or other document executed by the Canadian Film Development Corporation in its own name shall, unless the context otherwise requires, be read as a reference to Telefilm Canada.
Rights and obligations transferred	12. All rights and property of the Canadian Film Development Corporation, rights and property held in its name or held in trust for it and all its obligations and liabilities are deemed to be rights, property, obligations and liabilities of Telefilm Canada.
Continuation of legal proceedings	13. Any legal proceeding to which the Canadian Film Development Corporation is party pending in any court immediately before the day on which this section comes into force may be continued by or against Telefilm Canada in the same manner and to the same extent as it could have been continued by or against the Canadian Film Development Corporation.
Consequential amendments - other Acts	14. Unless the context requires otherwise, ``Canadian Film Development Corporation'' and ``the Canadian Film Development Corporation'' are replaced by ``Telefilm Canada'' in every Act of Parliament other than the Telefilm Canada Act, and more particularly in the following provisions:
	*(a) Schedule I to the Access to Information Act* under the heading ``Other Government Institutions'';**
	*(b) Schedule I to the Federal-Provincial Fiscal Arrangements Act;*
	*(c) subsection 85(1) of the Financial Administration Act;*
	*(d) Schedule III to the Payments in Lieu of Taxes Act;*
	*(e) in the National Film Act,*
	(i) paragraph 4(1)(b),
	(ii) subsection 4(2), and
	(iii) section 6;
	*(f) the schedule to the Privacy Act* under the heading ``Other Government Institutions''; and**
	*(g) Part I of Schedule I to the Public Service Superannuation Act.*
Consequential amendments - regulations	15. (1) Unless the context requires otherwise, ``Canadian Film Development Corporation'' and ``the Canadian Film Development Corporation'' are replaced by ``Telefilm Canada'' in every regulation, as defined in section 2 of the Statutory Instruments Act, and more particularly in the following provisions:
	*(a) paragraph 2(c) of the Cinematographic Works (Right to Remuneration) Regulations;*
	*(b) paragraph 1(b) of the Specified Crown Agents (GST/HST) Regulations;*
	*(c) paragraph 6(b) of the Garnishment and Attachment Regulations;*
	*(d) Schedule I to the Public Service Superannuation Regulations; and*
	*(e) Part II of the schedule to the Retirement Compensation Arrangements Regulations, No. 2.*
SI/83-113	(2) Item 20 of the schedule to the Access to Information Heads of Government Institutions Designation Order is amended by replacing ``Canadian Film Development Corporation'' in column I with ``Telefilm Canada'' and that item is renumbered as item 98.01 and repositioned accordingly.
SI/83-114	(3) Item 21 of the schedule to the Privacy Act Heads of Government Institutions Designation Order is amended by replacing ``Canadian Film Development Corporation'' in column I with ``Telefilm Canada'' and that item is renumbered as item 104.01 and repositioned accordingly.
R.S., c. F-11	Financial Administration Act
	*16. Schedule II to the Financial Administration Act* is amended by striking out the following:**
	Fisheries Prices Support Board
	Office des prix des produits de la pêche
R.S., c. L-8	Lieutenant Governors Superannuation Act
	17. *The definition ``deferred pension'' in section 2 of the Lieutenant Governors Superannuation Act* is replaced by the following:**
``deferred pension'' « pension différée »	``deferred pension'' means a pension that becomes payable to a person at the time he or she reaches sixty years of age;
	18. (1) Subparagraphs 3(1)(a)(i) and (ii) of the Act are replaced by the following:
	(i) if he or she has reached the age of sixty years or is disabled, to an immediate pension calculated in accordance with subsection (2), or
	(ii) if he or she has not reached the age of sixty years, subject to subsection (3), to
	(A) a deferred pension, calculated in accordance with subsection (2), or
	(B) a return of the total contributions made by him or her under this Part, together with interest, if any, calcu lated pursuant to subsection (5),
	at his or her option; and
	(2) Paragraph 3(1)(b) of the Act is replaced by the following:
	(b) entitled, if he or she becomes disabled not having reached sixty years of age but having become entitled to a deferred pension, to an immediate pension calculated in accordance with subsection (2), in which case he or she ceases to be entitled to a deferred pension referred to in clause (a)(ii)(A).
R.S., c. N-4	National Capital Act
1995, c. 29, s. 54(2)	19. *Paragraphs 3(4)(a) to (e) of the National Capital Act* are replaced by the following:**
	(a) three from local municipalities in Ontario, at least two of whom must be from the city of Ottawa;
	(b) two from local municipalities in Quebec, at least one of whom must be from the city of Gatineau ; and
	(c) eight from Canada generally, other than from a city or municipality referred to in either of paragraphs (a) or (b) .
	20. The schedule to the Act is replaced by the schedule set out in the schedule to this Act.
R.S., c. N-8	National Film Act
	21. *Subsection 13(4) of the National Film Act* is repealed.**

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