Special Import Measures Act (R.S.C., 1985, c. S-15)

Act current to 2013-04-29 and last amended on 2010-08-27. Previous Versions

Marginal note:Orders and decisions final
  •  (1) Subject to subsection 77.15(4) and section 77.17, an order or decision of a panel or committee is final and binding and is not subject to appeal.

  • Marginal note:No review

    (2) Subject to subsection 77.15(4) and section 77.17, no order, decision or proceeding of a panel or committee made or carried on under, or purporting to be made or carried on under, this Act shall be

    • (a) questioned, reviewed, set aside, removed, prohibited or restrained, or

    • (b) made the subject of any proceedings in, or any process or order of, any court, whether by way of or in the nature of injunction, certiorari, prohibition, quo warranto, declaration or otherwise,

    on any ground, including the ground that the order, decision or proceeding is beyond the jurisdiction of the panel or committee to make or carry on or that, in the course of any proceeding, the panel or committee for any reason exceeded or lost jurisdiction.

  • Marginal note:No references

    (3) Subsection 28(4) of the Federal Courts Act does not apply to a panel or committee.

  • 1988, c. 65, s. 42;
  • 2002, c. 8, s. 182.

Members

Marginal note:Code of conduct
  •  (1) Every member of a panel and every member of a committee shall comply with the code of conduct, as amended from time to time, established pursuant to Article 1910 of the Free Trade Agreement.

  • Marginal note:Disclosure undertaking respecting confidential information

    (2) Every member of a panel and every prescribed person shall sign and comply with a disclosure undertaking, in the prescribed form, respecting the disclosure and use of confidential, personal, business proprietary and other privileged information made available to the member or person in proceedings under this Part.

  • Marginal note:Immunity

    (3) Subject to section 77.26, no action or other proceeding lies or shall be commenced against a member of a panel for or in respect of anything done or omitted to be done, or purported to be done or omitted to be done, under this Part.

  • 1988, c. 65, s. 42;
  • 1999, c. 17, s. 183;
  • 2005, c. 38, s. 136(F).
Marginal note:Remuneration and expenses of panel members

 Every member of a panel shall be paid such remuneration and is entitled to such travel and living expenses incurred in the performance of the member’s duties under this Part as are fixed by the Canada-United States Trade Commission established pursuant to the Free Trade Agreement.

  • 1988, c. 65, s. 42.