Marginal note:Consultation

• 11. (1) Before fixing a fee under section 8, 9 or 10, the Minister shall consult with such persons or organizations as the Minister considers to be interested in the matter.

• Marginal note:Publication

  (2) The fees that are fixed under section 8, 9 or 10 shall be published once every calendar year in the Canada Gazette and by such appropriate electronic or other means that the Treasury Board may authorize by regulation and any change in those fees shall be published within thirty days after its effective date in the Canada Gazette and by such appropriate electronic or other means that the Treasury Board may authorize by regulation.

• Marginal note:Reference to Scrutiny Committee

  (3) Any fee fixed under section 8, 9 or 10 shall stand referred to the Committee referred to in section 19 of the Statutory Instruments Act to be reviewed and scrutinized as if it were a statutory instrument.

Marginal note:Power to make regulations

12. The Treasury Board may make regulations for the purposes of sections 8, 9, 10 and 11.

Marginal note:Positions

• 13. (1) Nothing in this Act shall be construed as affecting the status of an employee who, immediately before the coming into force of this subsection, occupied

  • (a) a position in that portion of the public service in the Department of the Environment referred to in clause (a)(i)(A) of Order in Council P.C. 1993-1489 of June 25, 1993,

  • (b) a position in that portion of the public service in the Department of National Health and Welfare referred to in clause (a)(i)(B) of Order in Council P.C. 1993-1489 of June 25, 1993,

  • (c) a position in the Department of the Secretary of State of Canada other than

    • (i) in the portions referred to in clause (a)(i)(B) of Order in Council P.C. 1993-1484 of June 25, 1993, and

    • (ii) in the portions referred to in clause (a)(i)(A) of Order in Council P.C. 1993-1488 of June 25, 1993, known as the Student Assistance Branch and the Office of the Assistant Under Secretary of State (Social Development and Regional Operations), including the Education Support Branch, except for

      • (A) the Native Citizens Directorate,

      • (B) the Canadian Studies and Special Projects Directorate, and

      • (C) the Youth Participation Directorate,

  • (d) a position in the Department of Communications other than in the portions referred to in clause (a)(i)(B) of Order in Council P.C. 1993-1487 of June 25, 1993, Order in Council P.C. 1993-1670 of August 18, 1993 and clause (a)(i)(A) of Order in Council P.C. 1993-1484 of June 25, 1993, or

  • (e) a position in the Department of Multiculturalism and Citizenship,

  except that the employee shall, on the coming into force of this subsection, occupy their position in the Department of Canadian Heritage under the authority of the Deputy Minister of Canadian Heritage.

• Marginal note:Definition of “employee”

  (2) In this section, “employee” has the same meaning as in subsection 2(1) of the Public Service Employment Act.