Canada Labour Code (R.S.C., 1985, c. L-2)

Act current to 2013-04-29 and last amended on 2013-01-01. Previous Versions

Marginal note:Order to debtor of employer

  • 251.13 (1) A regional director may issue a written order to a person who is or is about to become indebted to an employer to whom a payment order has been issued under subsection 251.1(1), to pay any amount owing to the employer, up to the amount stated in the payment order, directly to the Minister within fifteen days, in satisfaction of the payment order.

  • Marginal note:Banks, etc.

    (2) For the purposes of this section, a bank or other financial institution that has money on deposit to an employer’s credit shall be deemed to be indebted to that employer.

  • 1993, c. 42, s. 37.
Marginal note:Deposit of moneys

  • 251.14 (1) Where the Minister receives moneys pursuant to this Division, the Minister shall deposit those moneys to the credit of the Receiver General in the account known as the “Labour Standards Suspense Account” or in any other special account created for the purposes of this section, and may authorize payments out of that account to any employee who is entitled to that money.

  • Marginal note:Record

    (2) The Minister shall maintain a detailed record of all transactions relating to the account.

  • 1993, c. 42, s. 37.
Marginal note:Enforcement of orders

  • 251.15 (1) Any person who is affected by a payment order issued under subsection 251.1(1) or a referee’s order made under subsection 251.12(4), or the Minister on the request of any such person, may, after fifteen days after the day on which the order is made, or after the day provided in the order for compliance, whichever is the later, file in the Federal Court

    • (a) a copy of the payment order; or

    • (b) a copy of the referee’s order, exclusive of the reasons therefor.

  • Marginal note:Idem

    (2) After the expiration of the fifteen day period specified in an order to a debtor of the employer made under subsection 251.13(1), the regional director may file a copy of the order in the Federal Court.

  • Marginal note:Registration of orders

    (3) On the filing of a copy of an order in the Federal Court under subsection (1) or (2), the order shall be registered in the Court and, when registered, has the same force and effect, and all proceedings may be taken thereon, as if the order were a judgment obtained in that Court.

  • 1993, c. 42, s. 37.
Marginal note:Regulations

251.16 The Governor in Council may make regulations respecting the operation of sections 251.1 to 251.15.

  • 1993, c. 42, s. 37.
Marginal note:Statutory Instruments Act

251.17 The Statutory Instruments Act does not apply in respect of payment orders, notices of unfounded complaint, and orders issued under subsection 251.13(1).

  • 1993, c. 42, s. 37.