Economic Action Plan 2015 Act, No. 1 (S.C. 2015, c. 36)

Marginal note:Persons not represented

114. The terms and conditions of employment of persons who are not represented by a bargaining agent or who are excluded from a bargaining unit and who, on the day on which this Division comes into force, occupy their position within the Service continue to apply until new terms and conditions of employment for those persons are established.

Marginal note:Complaints

115. The provisions of Division I of Part I of the Parliamentary Employment and Staff Relations Act and any rules or regulations made under that Act, as they read immediately before the day on which this Division comes into force, continue to apply in respect of any complaint made under that Division before that day that relates to the Senate Protective Service or the House of Commons Protective Service.

Marginal note:Grievances

• 116. (1) The provisions of Division IV of Part I of the Parliamentary Employment and Staff Relations Act and any rules or regulations made under that Act, as they read immediately before the day on which this Division comes into force, continue to apply in respect of any grievance presented under that Division before that day by an employee of the Senate Protective Service or the House of Commons Protective Service.

• Marginal note:Implementation of decision

  (2) A final decision with respect to a grievance referred to in subsection (1) that provides for the reinstatement of an employee or the payment of money to an employee must be implemented by the Service as soon as feasible.

Marginal note:Matter referred to Board

117. The provisions of Division IV of Part I of the Parliamentary Employment and Staff Relations Act and any rules or regulations made under that Act, as they read immediately before the day on which this Division comes into force, continue to apply in respect of any matter referred to the Board under that Division before that day that relates to the Senate Protective Service or the House of Commons Protective Service.

Marginal note:References — Service

118. Every reference to the Senate Protective Service or the House of Commons Protective Service in any deed, contract, agreement, arrangement or other similar document is, beginning on the day on which this Division comes into force, to be read as a reference to the Service unless the context otherwise requires.

Marginal note:Commencement of legal proceedings

119. Every action, suit or other legal or administrative proceeding in respect of an obligation or liability incurred in relation to the Senate Protective Service or the House of Commons Protective Service may, beginning on the day on which this Division comes into force, be brought against the Service.

Marginal note:Continuation of legal or administrative proceedings

120. Any action, suit or other legal or administrative proceeding relating to the Senate Protective Service or the House of Commons Protective Service to which a representative of the Senate Protective Service or of the House of Commons Protective Service, as the case may be, is a party that is pending immediately before the day on which this Division comes into force may be continued by or against the Service in the same manner and to the same extent as it could have been continued by or against that representative.

Marginal note:Transfer of appropriations — Senate or House of Commons

121. Any amount that is appropriated by an Act of Parliament for the fiscal year in which this Division comes into force to defray the expenditures of the Senate in relation to the Senate Protective Service or of the House of Commons in relation to the House of Commons Protective Service and that is unexpended on the day on which that Division comes into force is deemed to be an amount appropriated to defray the expenditures of the Service.

Marginal note:Transfer of appropriations — RCMP

122. Any amount that is appropriated by an Act of Parliament for the fiscal year in which this Division comes into force to defray the expenditures of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police related to its guarding and protecting the grounds of Parliament Hill that are designated by the Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness and that is unexpended on the day on which that Division comes into force is deemed to be an amount appropriated to defray the expenditures of the Service.

Consequential Amendments

R.S., c. C-10Canada Post Corporation Act

123. Subsection 35(2) of the Canada Post Corporation Act is amended by striking out “or” at the end of paragraph (c), by adding “or” at the end of paragraph (d) and by adding the following after paragraph (d):

R.S., c. F-7; 2002, c. 8, s. 14Federal Courts Act

124. Subsection 2(2) of the Federal Courts Act is replaced by the following:

R.S., c. F-11Financial Administration Act

• 125. (1) Paragraph (c) of the definition “appropriate Minister” in section 2 of the Financial Administration Act is replaced by the following:

  • (c) with respect to the Senate and the office of the Senate Ethics Officer, the Speaker of the Senate, with respect to the House of Commons, the Board of Internal Economy, with respect to the office of the Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner, the Speaker of the House of Commons, and with respect to the Library of Parliament and the Parliamentary Protective Service, the Speakers of the Senate and the House of Commons,

• (2) Paragraph (c) of the definition “department” in section 2 of the Act is replaced by the following:

  • (c) the staffs of the Senate, House of Commons, Library of Parliament, office of the Senate Ethics Officer, office of the Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner and Parliamentary Protective Service, and

R.S., c. G-2Garnishment, Attachment and Pension Diversion Act

126. The heading of Division IV of Part I of the Garnishment, Attachment and Pension Diversion Act is replaced by the following:

127. The portion of paragraph (b) of the definition “salary” in section 16 of the Act before subparagraph (i) is replaced by the following:

128. The portion of section 17 of the Act before paragraph (a) is replaced by the following:

• 129. (1) Subsection 18(1) of the Act is replaced by the following:

  Marginal note:Service binding

  • 18. (1) Subject to this Division, service on the Senate, House of Commons, Library of Parliament, office of the Senate Ethics Officer, office of the Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner or Parliamentary Protective Service of a garnishee summons, together with a copy of the judgment or order against the debtor and an application in the prescribed form, binds the Senate, House of Commons, Library of Parliament, office of the Senate Ethics Officer, office of the Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner or Parliamentary Protective Service, as the case may be, 15 days after the day on which those documents are served.

• (2) Subsection 18(2) of the English version of the Act is replaced by the following:

  • Marginal note:When service is effective

    (2) A garnishee summons served on the Senate, House of Commons, Library of Parliament, office of the Senate Ethics Officer, office of the Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner or Parliamentary Protective Service is of no effect unless it is served on the Senate, House of Commons, Library of Parliament, office of the Senate Ethics Officer, office of the Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner or Parliamentary Protective Service, as the case may be, in the first 30 days following the first day on which it could have been validly served on the Senate, House of Commons, Library of Parliament, office of the Senate Ethics Officer, office of the Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner or Parliamentary Protective Service, as the case may be.

• 130. (1) Subsection 19(1) of the Act is replaced by the following:

  Marginal note:Place of service

  • 19. (1) Service of documents on the Senate, House of Commons, Library of Parliament, office of the Senate Ethics Officer, office of the Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner or Parliamentary Protective Service in connection with garnishment proceedings permitted by this Division must be effected at the place specified in the regulations.

• (2) Subsection 19(2) of the English version of the Act is replaced by the following:

  • Marginal note:Method of service

    (2) In addition to any method of service permitted by the law of a province, service of documents on the Senate, House of Commons, Library of Parliament, office of the Senate Ethics Office, office of the Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner or Parliamentary Protective Service under subsection (1) may be effected by registered mail, whether within or outside the province, or by any other method prescribed.

• (3) Subsection 19(3) of the Act is replaced by the following:

  • Marginal note:If service by registered mail

    (3) If service of a document on the Senate, House of Commons, Library of Parliament, office of the Senate Ethics Officer, office of the Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner or Parliamentary Protective Service is effected by registered mail, the document shall be deemed to be served on the day of its receipt by the Senate, House of Commons, Library of Parliament, office of the Senate Ethics Officer, office of the Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner or Parliamentary Protective Service, as the case may be.