Budget Implementation Act, 2017, No. 1 (S.C. 2017, c. 20)
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Assented to 2017-06-22
PART 4Various Measures (continued)
DIVISION 132001, c. 27Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (continued)
305 The Act is amended by adding the following after section 89.1:
Marginal note:Service Fees Act
89.11 The Service Fees Act does not apply to fees for the acquisition of permanent resident status.
DIVISION 141996, c. 23Employment Insurance Act
Amendments to the Act
306 Section 58 of the Employment Insurance Act is replaced by the following:
Marginal note:Definition of insured participant
58 In this Part, insured participant means an insured person who requests assistance under employment benefits and, when requesting the assistance, is an unemployed person for whom a benefit period is established or whose benefit period has ended within the previous 60 months or an unemployed person who paid, in at least 5 of the last 10 years, employee’s premiums that did not entitle the person to a refund under subsection 96(4).
307 (1) Paragraph 60(4)(a) of the Act is replaced by the following:
(a) organizations that provide employment assistance services;
(2) Paragraph 60(5)(a) of the Act is replaced by the following:
(a) provide assistance for employed persons unless they are facing a loss of their employment or need assistance to maintain their employment; or
308 Subsection 63(2) of the Act is repealed.
309 Section 63.1 of the Act is repealed.
310 Schedule III to the Act is repealed.
Coming into Force
Marginal note:April 1, 2018
311 This Division comes into force on April 1, 2018.
DIVISION 15Agreements — Minister of Transport
R.S., c. A-2Aeronautics Act
312 The Aeronautics Act is amended by adding the following after section 4.4:
Marginal note:Agreement — cost recovery
4.401 (1) The Minister may enter into an agreement with any person or organization respecting any matter for which a regulation made under subsection 4.4(1) or (2) could impose a charge.
Marginal note:Regulations — exemption
(2) If both an agreement entered into under subsection (1) and a regulation made under subsection 4.4(1) or (2) relate to the same matter, the regulation does not apply to the person or organization that has entered into the agreement in respect of the matter for which payment is required under the agreement.
Marginal note:Recovery
(3) When the Minister enters into an undertaking with respect to a matter for which payment of an amount is required from the other party under the terms of an agreement entered into under subsection (1), the undertaking is deemed, for the purposes of recovering that amount, not to be a duty of the Minister under this Act.
Marginal note:Debt due to Her Majesty
(4) All amounts payable under an agreement entered into under subsection (1) and any interest payable on them constitute a debt due to Her Majesty in right of Canada and may be recovered as such in any court of competent jurisdiction.
Marginal note:Spending
(5) The Minister may spend the amounts received under an agreement entered into under subsection (1) in the fiscal year in which they are received or in the next fiscal year.
313 Section 4.41 of the Act is replaced by the following:
Marginal note:Civil air navigation services
4.41 (1) An order or regulation must not be made under this Part that has the effect of imposing charges for civil air navigation services, and an agreement must not be entered into under subsection 4.401(1) that has the effect of requiring payment for those services.
Marginal note:Minister of National Defence
(2) An order or regulation must not be made under this Part that has the effect of imposing charges for air navigation services provided by or on behalf of the Minister of National Defence, and an agreement must not be entered into under subsection 4.401(1) that has the effect of requiring payment for those services, if
(a) the charges or payments are for services referred to in subsection 10(1) of the Civil Air Navigation Services Commercialization Act; or
(b) the charges or payments are for services that are similar to services that the ANS Corporation provides and charges for in respect of Canadian airspace or any other airspace in respect of which Canada has responsibility for the provision of air traffic control services.
R.S., c. N-22; 2012, c. 31, s. 316Navigation Protection Act
314 The Navigation Protection Act is amended by adding the following after section 27:
Marginal note:Agreement — cost recovery
27.1 (1) The Minister may enter into an agreement with any person or organization respecting any matter for which a regulation made under paragraph 28(1)(b) could prescribe a fee.
Marginal note:Regulations — exemption
(2) If both an agreement entered into under subsection (1) and a regulation made under paragraph 28(1)(b) relate to the same matter, the regulation does not apply to the person or organization that has entered into the agreement in respect of the matter for which payment is required under the agreement.
Marginal note:Recovery
(3) When the Minister enters into an undertaking with respect to a matter for which payment of an amount is required from the other party under the terms of an agreement entered into under subsection (1), the undertaking is deemed, for the purposes of recovering that amount, not to be a duty of the Minister under this Act.
Marginal note:Debt due to Her Majesty
(4) All amounts payable under an agreement entered into under subsection (1) and any interest payable on them constitute a debt due to Her Majesty in right of Canada.
Marginal note:Spending
(5) The Minister may spend the amounts received under an agreement entered into under subsection (1) in the fiscal year in which they are received or in the next fiscal year.
R.S., c. 32 (4th Supp.)Railway Safety Act
315 The Railway Safety Act is amended by adding the following after section 47.3:
Agreements
Marginal note:Agreement — cost recovery
47.4 (1) The Minister may enter into an agreement with any person respecting any matter for which a regulation made under subsection 47.2(1) could prescribe a fee or charge.
Marginal note:Regulations — exemption
(2) If both an agreement entered into under subsection (1) and a regulation made under subsection 47.2(1) relate to the same matter, the regulation does not apply to the person who has entered into the agreement in respect of the matter for which payment is required under the agreement.
Marginal note:Recovery
(3) When the Minister enters into an undertaking with respect to a matter for which payment of an amount is required from the other party under the terms of an agreement entered into under subsection (1), the undertaking is deemed, for the purposes of recovering that amount, not to be a duty of the Minister under this Act.
Marginal note:Debt due to Her Majesty
(4) All amounts payable under an agreement entered into under subsection (1) and any interest payable on them constitute a debt due to Her Majesty in right of Canada.
Marginal note:Spending
(5) The Minister may spend the amounts received under an agreement entered into under subsection (1) in the fiscal year in which they are received or in the next fiscal year.
2001, c. 26Canada Shipping Act, 2001
316 The Canada Shipping Act, 2001 is amended by adding the following after section 36:
Marginal note:Agreement — cost recovery
36.01 (1) The Minister of Transport may enter into an agreement with any person or organization respecting any matter for which a regulation made under paragraph 35(1)(g) could prescribe a fee.
Marginal note:Regulations — exemption
(2) If both an agreement entered into under subsection (1) and a regulation made under paragraph 35(1)(g) relate to the same matter, the regulation does not apply to the person or organization that has entered into the agreement in respect of the matter for which payment is required under the agreement.
Marginal note:Recovery
(3) When the Minister of Transport enters into an undertaking in respect of a matter for which payment of an amount is required from the other party under the terms of an agreement entered into under subsection (1), the undertaking is deemed, for the purposes of recovering that amount, not to be a duty of the Minister under this Act.
Marginal note:Debt due to Her Majesty
(4) All amounts payable under an agreement entered into under subsection (1) and any interest payable on them constitute a debt due to Her Majesty in right of Canada and may be recovered as such in any court of competent jurisdiction.
Marginal note:Spending
(5) The Minister of Transport may spend the amounts received under an agreement entered into under subsection (1) in the fiscal year in which they are received or in the next fiscal year.
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