Jobs and Economic Growth Act (S.C. 2010, c. 12)
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Assented to 2010-07-12
PART 8AMENDMENTS RELATING TO CERTAIN GOVERNMENTAL BODIES
Division 1Amendments Relating to Certain Governor in Council Appointments
Coming into Force
Marginal note:Order in council
1760. Section 1759 comes into force on a day to be fixed by order of the Governor in Council.
R.S., c. N-21Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council Act
Amendment to the Act
1761. Section 3 of the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council Act is replaced by the following:
Marginal note:Establishment and membership of Council
3. There is established a corporation, to be called the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council, consisting of a president and not more than 18 other members to be appointed by the Governor in Council as provided in section 5.
Coming into Force
Marginal note:Order in council
1762. Section 1761 comes into force on a day to be fixed by order of the Governor in Council.
1999, c. 34Public Sector Pension Investment Board Act
Amendment to the Act
1763. Subsection 6(1) of the Public Sector Pension Investment Board Act is replaced by the following:
Marginal note:Board of directors
6. (1) The Board shall be managed by a board of directors of 11 directors, including the Chairperson.
Coming into Force
Marginal note:Order in council
1764. Section 1763 comes into force on a day to be fixed by order of the Governor in Council.
1964-65, c. 19Roosevelt Campobello International Park Commission Act
Amendment to the Act
1765. The Roosevelt Campobello International Park Commission Act is amended by adding the following after section 6:
Appointment of Alternate Members
Marginal note:Governor in council appointment
6.1 The Governor in Council shall appoint no more than two of the alternate members to the Commission.
Coming into Force
Marginal note:Order in council
1766. Section 1765 comes into force on a day to be fixed by order of the Governor in Council.
R.S., c. S-12Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council Act
Amendment to the Act
1767. Section 3 of the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council Act is replaced by the following:
Marginal note:Establishment and membership of Council
3. There is established a corporation, to be called the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, consisting of a president and not more than 18 other members to be appointed by the Governor in Council as provided in section 5.
Coming into Force
Marginal note:Order in council
1768. Section 1767 comes into force on a day to be fixed by order of the Governor in Council.
R.S., c. S-16Standards Council of Canada Act
Amendments to the Act
Marginal note:1996, c. 24, s. 1; 2003, c. 22, par. 224(z.78)(E)
1769. Paragraphs 3(a) to (d) of the Standards Council of Canada Act are replaced by the following:
(a) the Chairperson and Vice-Chairperson of the Provincial-Territorial Advisory Committee established under subsection 20(1);
(b) the Chairperson of the Standards Development Organizations Advisory Committee established under subsection 21(1); and
(c) not more than 10 other persons to represent the private sector, including non-governmental organizations.
Marginal note:1996, c. 24, s. 5; 2006, c. 9, s. 299
1770. Section 6 of the Act is replaced by the following:
Marginal note:Appointment of members
6. (1) Each member of the Council, other than the persons referred to in paragraphs 3(a) and (b), shall be appointed by the Governor in Council, on the recommendation of the Minister, to hold office during pleasure for a term not exceeding four years in such a manner that will ensure, as far as possible, the expiration in any one year of the terms of office of not more than one half of the members.
Marginal note:Requirements
(2) The members of the Council referred to in paragraph 3(c) must be representative of a broad spectrum of interests in the private sector and have the knowledge or experience necessary to assist the Council in the fulfilment of its mandate.
Marginal note:No right to vote
(3) The member of the Council referred to in paragraph 3(b) is a non-voting member of the Council.
Marginal note:2003, c. 22, par. 224(z.78)(E)
1771. Section 16 of the Act is replaced by the following:
Marginal note:Not agent of Her Majesty
16. The Council is not an agent of Her Majesty and, except as provided in section 17, the members and the executive director and other officers and employees of the Council are not part of the federal public administration.
Marginal note:2003, c. 22, para. 224(z.78)(E)
1772. Subsection 17(2) of the Act is replaced by the following:
Marginal note:Members of the Council
(2) The Public Service Superannuation Act does not apply to the members of the Council.
Coming into Force
Marginal note:Order in council
1773. Sections 1769 to 1772 come into force on a day to be fixed by order of the Governor in Council.
1992, c. 33Status of the Artist Act
Amendment to the Act
Marginal note:1995, c. 11, s. 38; 1999, c. 31, s. 193(E)
1774. Section 4 of the Status of the Artist Act and the heading before it are repealed.
Coming into Force
Marginal note:Order in council
1775. Section 1774 comes into force on a day to be fixed by order of the Governor in Council.
Division 21993, c. 44North American Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act
Amendments to the Act
1776. Section 14 of the North American Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act is replaced by the following:
Marginal note:Canadian Section of Secretariat
14. The Canadian Section of the Secretariat is established within the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade for the purpose of facilitating the operation of the Agreement, including the work of panels, committees and scientific review boards that may be established in accordance with the Agreement.
Marginal note:2003, c. 22, par. 225(z.11)(E)
1777. Section 15 of the Act is replaced by the following:
Marginal note:Secretary
15. (1) There shall be a Secretary of the Canadian Section of the Secretariat to be appointed in accordance with the Public Service Employment Act.
Marginal note:Duties
(2) The Secretary is responsible for fulfilling the mandate of the Section. In doing so, the Secretary shall
(a) provide assistance to the Free Trade Commission;
(b) provide administrative assistance to panels and committees established under Chapter Nineteen of the Agreement and panels established under Chapter Twenty of the Agreement;
(c) support — as the Free Trade Commission may direct — the work of other committees and groups established under the Agreement;
(d) otherwise facilitate — as the Free Trade Commission may direct — the operation of the Agreement; and
(e) supervise and direct the work of the Section.
Transitional Provisions
Marginal note:Definitions
1778. (1) The following definitions apply in this section.
“former Section”
« ancienne section »
“former Section” means the Canadian Section of the Secretariat established by section 14 of the North American Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act as it read immediately before the coming into force of section 1776.
“new Section”
« nouvelle section »
“new Section” means the Canadian Section of the Secretariat established by section 14 of the North American Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act as enacted by section 1776.
Marginal note:Secretary
(2) The person occupying the position of Secretary of the former Section immediately before the day on which section 1776 comes into force becomes on that day the Secretary of the new Section and is deemed to have been appointed under section 15 of the North American Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act as enacted by section 1777.
Marginal note:Staff
(3) Nothing in section 1776 shall be construed as affecting the status of an officer or employee who, immediately before the coming into force of that section, occupied a position in the former Section, except that the officer or employee shall, on the coming into force of that section, occupy their position in the new Section.
Marginal note:Transfer of appropriations
(4) Any amount appropriated, for the fiscal year in which section 1776 comes into force, by an appropriation Act based on the Estimates for that year for defraying the charges and expenses of the federal public administration in respect of the former Section that, on the day on which that section comes into force, is unexpended, is deemed, on that day, to be an amount appropriated for defraying the charges and expenses of the federal public administration in respect of the new Section.
Marginal note:Transfer of powers, duties and functions — Secretary
(5) Any power, duty or function described in section 15 of the North American Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act as enacted by section 1777 that is vested in or exercisable by the Secretary of the former Section immediately before the day on which that section comes into force is, as of that day, vested in and exercisable by the Secretary of the new Section. Any other power, duty or function that is vested in or exercisable by the Secretary of the former Section immediately before that day is, as of that day, vested in and exercisable by the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs.
Marginal note:Transfer of powers, duties and functions — officers and employees
(6) Any power, duty or function exercisable by an officer or employee of the former Section, immediately before the day on which section 1776 comes into force is, as of that day, exercisable by that officer or employee as officer or employee of the new Section.
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