Bill C-8
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R.S., c. C-34;
R.S., c. 19
(2nd Supp.),
s. 19
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Competition Act |
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578. The Competition Act is amended by
adding the following after section 29.1:
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Communica- tion to Minister of Finance
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29.2 (1) Notwithstanding subsection 29(1),
the Commissioner may, if requested to do so
by the Minister of Finance in accordance with
subsection (3), communicate or allow to be
communicated to the Minister of Finance any
information referred to in subsection (2) that
is specifically requested by the Minister of
Finance.
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Information
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(2) The information that may be
communicated under this section is
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Contents of
request
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(3) Requests under this section must be in
writing and must
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Restriction
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(4) The information communicated under
subsection (1) may be used only for the
purpose of making a decision in respect of the
merger or proposed merger.
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Confidentialit
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(5) No person who performs or has
performed duties or functions, in the
administration or enforcement of the Bank
Act, the Cooperative Credit Associations Act,
the Insurance Companies Act or the Trust and
Loan Companies Act shall communicate or
allow to be communicated to any other person
any information communicated under
subsection (1), except to other persons who
perform those duties or functions.
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1991, c. 47,
s. 716(2);
1999, c. 2,
par. 37(z.8)
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579. Paragraph 94(b) of the Act is
replaced by the following:
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1991, c. 47,
s. 717; 1999,
c. 2, par.
37(z.14)
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580. Paragraph 113(a.1) of the Act is
replaced by the following:
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1998, c. 13
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Depository Bills and Notes Act |
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581. The Depository Bills and Notes Act is
amended by adding the following after
section 5:
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Payment from
assets of
partnership,
etc.
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5.1 For the purposes of sections 4 and 5, an
order or a promise to pay is not conditional by
reason only that it is limited to payment from
the assets of a partnership, unincorporated
association, trust or estate.
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582. The Act is amended by adding the
following after section 15:
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Payment from
assets of
partnership,
etc.
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15.1 For the purposes of sections 13, 14 and
15, a depository bill or a depository note
whose order or promise to pay is limited to
payment from the assets of a partnership,
unincorporated association, trust or estate is
not dishonoured by its acceptor, drawer or
maker if that person provides funds to the
clearing house to which it is payable in
accordance with the order or promise to pay
and section 17.
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R.S., c. 32
(2nd Supp.)
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Pension Benefits Standards Act, 1985 |
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583. Subsection 38(4) of the Pension
Benefits Standards Act, 1985 is replaced by
the following:
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Limitation
period
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(4) Proceedings in respect of an offence
under this Act may be commenced at any time
within, but not later than, two years after the
day on which the subject-matter of the
proceedings became known to the
Superintendent.
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Certificate of
Superinten- dent
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(4.1) A document appearing to have been
issued by the Superintendent, certifying the
day on which the subject-matter of any
proceedings became known to the
Superintendent, is admissible in evidence
without proof of the signature or official
character of the person appearing to have
signed it and is, in the absence of evidence to
the contrary, proof of the matter asserted in it.
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CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS |
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R.S., c. A-1
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Access to Information Act |
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584. Schedule I to the Access to
Information Act is amended by adding the
following in alphabetical order under the
heading ``Other Government Institutions'':
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Financial Consumer Agency of Canada
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585. Schedule II to the Act is amended by
replacing the reference to ``subsections
29(1) and 29.1(5)'' opposite the reference to
the Competition Act with a reference to
``subsections 29(1), 29.1(5) and 29.2(5)''.
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R.S., c. B-4
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Bills of Exchange Act |
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586. Section 164 of the Bills of Exchange
Act is replaced by the following:
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Definition of
``bank''
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164. In this Part, ``bank'' includes every
member of the Canadian Payments
Association established under the Canadian
Payments Act and every local cooperative
credit society, as defined in that Act, that is a
member of a central, as defined in that Act,
that is a member of the Canadian Payments
Association.
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1998, c. 36
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Canada Small Business Financing Act |
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587. Paragraphs (a) and (b) of the
definition ``lender'' in section 2 of the
Canada Small Business Financing Act are
replaced by the following:
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R.S., c. F-11
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Financial Administration Act |
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588. Schedule I.1 to the Financial
Administration Act is amended by adding
the following in alphabetical order in
column I:
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Financial Consumer Agency of Canada
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and a corresponding reference in column II
to the ``Minister of Finance''.
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R.S., c. 28 (1st
Supp.)
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Investment Canada Act |
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1991, c. 46,
s. 600
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589. Paragraph 10(1)(h) of the
Investment Canada Act is replaced by the
following:
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R.S., c. P-21
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Privacy Act |
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590. The schedule to the Privacy Act is
amended by adding the following in
alphabetical order under the heading
``Other Government Institutions'':
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Financial Consumer Agency of Canada
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R.S., c. P-35
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Public Service Staff Relations Act |
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591. Part II of Schedule I to the Public
Service Staff Relations Act is amended by
adding the following in alphabetical order:
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Financial Consumer Agency of Canada
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R.S., c. P-36
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Public Service Superannuation Act |
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592. Part I of Schedule I to the Public
Service Superannuation Act is amended by
adding the following in alphabetical order:
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Financial Consumer Agency of Canada
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COMING INTO FORCE |
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Coming into
force
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593. The provisions of this Act, other than
subsections 120(2), 122(2), 155(2), 157(2),
424(2) and 444(2), section 473 and
subsections 545(2) and 547(2), or the
provisions of any Act enacted or amended
by this Act, come into force on a day or days
to be fixed by order of the Governor in
Council.
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Authority to
substitute
actual date
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594. The Governor in Council may, by
regulation, amend any provision of the
Bank Act, the Cooperative Credit
Associations Act, the Insurance Companies
Act or the Trust and Loan Companies Act
that contains a reference to the coming into
force of any provision of any of those Acts,
or a reference to the coming into force of
any provision of this Act, by replacing that
reference with a reference to the actual date
of the coming into force of the provision.
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