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Budget Implementation Act, 2019, No. 1 (S.C. 2019, c. 29)

Assented to 2019-06-21

PART 4Various Measures (continued)

DIVISION 25Various Measures Related to Indigenous Matters (continued)

Coming into Force

Marginal note:Order in council — July 15, 2019

 This Subdivision comes into force on a day to be fixed by order of the Governor in Council, but no later than July 15, 2019.

SUBDIVISION CTransitional Provisions, Consequential Amendments, Coordinating Amendments and Repeal

Transitional Provisions
Indigenous Services

Marginal note:Minister

  •  (1) Any person who holds, immediately before the day on which this section comes into force, the office of Minister of State styled Minister of Indigenous Services is deemed, as of that day, to be the minister referred to in section 4 of the Department of Indigenous Services Act, as enacted by section 336.

  • Marginal note:Deputy Minister

    (2) Any person who holds, immediately before the day on which this section comes into force, the office of Special Adviser to the Minister of Indigenous Services, styled as Deputy Minister of Indigenous Services, is deemed to have been appointed on that day under section 5 of the Department of Indigenous Services Act, as enacted by section 336, as the Deputy Minister of Indigenous Services.

  • Marginal note:Persons who occupy a position

    (3) Nothing in this Act is to be construed as affecting the status of any person who, immediately before the day on which this section comes into force, occupies or is assigned to a position in the Department of Indigenous Services Canada, except that the person, as of that day, occupies or is assigned to their position in the Department of Indigenous Services.

Marginal note:Transfer of appropriations

 Any amount that is appropriated by an Act of Parliament for the fiscal year in which this section comes into force to defray the expenditures of the public service of Canada within the Department of Indigenous Services Canada and that is unexpended on the day on which this section comes into force is deemed to be an amount appropriated to defray the expenditures of the public service of Canada within the Department of Indigenous Services.

Marginal note:Validation of acts and decisions

 Any act taken or decision or determination — including any approval given in relation to the issuance of a licence — made by the person who holds the office of Minister of State styled Minister of Indigenous Services during the period beginning on November 30, 2017 and ending on the day on which section 336 comes into force is deemed, to the extent that it would have been valid under the Department of Indigenous Services Act, as enacted by that section 336, or any other Act of Parliament, to have been validly taken or made under the Department of Indigenous Services Act or that other Act of Parliament, as the case may be.

Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs

Marginal note:Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations

  •  (1) Any person who holds, immediately before the day on which this section comes into force, the office of Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development is deemed, as of that day, to be the minister referred to in section 4 of the Department of Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Act, as enacted by section 337.

  • Marginal note:Minister of Northern Affairs

    (2) Any person who holds, immediately before the day on which this section comes into force, the office of Minister of State to assist the Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development is deemed, as of that day, to be the minister referred to in subsection 11(1) of the Department of Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Act, as enacted by section 337.

  • Marginal note:Deputy Minister

    (3) Any person who holds, immediately before the day on which this section comes into force, the office of Deputy Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development is deemed to have been appointed on that day under section 5 of the Department of Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Act, as enacted by section 337, as the Deputy Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations.

  • Marginal note:Persons who occupy a position

    (4) Nothing in this Act is to be construed as affecting the status of any person who, immediately before the day on which this section comes into force, occupies or is assigned to a position in the Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development, except that the person, as of that day, occupies or is assigned to their position in the Department of Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs.

Marginal note:Transfer of appropriations

 Any amount that is appropriated by an Act of Parliament for the fiscal year in which this section comes into force to defray the expenditures of the public service of Canada within the Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development and that is unexpended on the day on which this section comes into force is deemed to be an amount appropriated for defraying the expenditures of the public service of Canada within the Department of Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs.

Marginal note:Validation of acts and decisions — Crown-Indigenous Relations

 Any act taken or decision or determination — including any approval given in relation to the issuance of a licence — made by the person who holds the office of Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development during the period beginning on November 30, 2017 and ending on the day on which section 337 comes into force is deemed, to the extent that it would have been valid under the Department of Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Act, as enacted by that section 337, or any other Act of Parliament, to have been validly taken or made under the Department of Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Act or that other Act of Parliament, as the case may be.

Marginal note:Validation of acts and decisions — Northern Affairs

 Any act taken or decision or determination — including any approval given in relation to the issuance of a licence — made by the person who holds the office of Minister of State to assist the Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development during the period beginning on November 30, 2017 and ending on the day on which section 337 comes into force is deemed, to the extent that it would have been valid under the Department of Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Act, as enacted by that section 337, or any other Act of Parliament, to have been validly taken or made under the Department of Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Act or that other Act of Parliament, as the case may be.

References and Regulations

Marginal note:References — certain agreements

  •  (1) On the day on which section 337 comes into force, every reference to the Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development or Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development in a land claims, specific claim or self-government agreement is, unless the context requires otherwise, to be read as a reference to the Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations or Department of Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs, as the case may be.

  • Marginal note:References — other documents

    (2) On the day on which both sections 336 and 337 come into force, every reference to the Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development or Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development in any contract, instrument or act, agreement — other than an agreement referred to in subsection (1) — or other document is, unless the context requires otherwise, to be read as a reference to the Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations, Minister of Northern Affairs, Minister of Indigenous Services, Department of Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs or Department of Indigenous Services, as the case may be.

Marginal note:Regulations

 The Governor in Council may make any regulations that the Governor in Council considers necessary to provide for any other transitional matter arising from the coming into force of this Act.

Consequential Amendments
R.S., c. A-1Access to Information Act

 Schedule I to the Access to Information Act is amended by striking out the following under the heading “Departments and Ministries of State”:

  • Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development

    Ministère des Affaires indiennes et du Nord canadien

 Schedule I to the Act is amended by adding the following in alphabetical order under the heading “Departments and Ministries of State”:

  • Department of Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs

    Ministère des Relations Couronne-Autochtones et des Affaires du Nord

  • Department of Indigenous Services

    Ministère des Services aux Autochtones

Marginal note:SOR/2017-257, s. 1

 Schedule I to the Act is amended by striking out the following under the heading “Other Government Institutions”:

  • Department of Indigenous Services Canada

    Ministère des Services aux Autochtones Canada

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

Marginal note:SOR/2017-257, s. 1

 Schedule I to the Financial Administration Act is amended by striking out the following:

  • Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development

    Ministère des Affaires indiennes et du Nord canadien

 Schedule I to the Act is amended by adding the following in alphabetical order:

  • Department of Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs

    Ministère des Relations Couronne-Autochtones et des Affaires du Nord

  • Department of Indigenous Services

    Ministère des Services aux Autochtones

 

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