Countering Foreign Interference Act (S.C. 2024, c. 16)
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Assented to 2024-06-20
PART 3Measures Relating to the Protection of Information (continued)
DIVISION 32001, c. 27Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (continued)
105 Paragraph 85.1(2)(a) of the Act is replaced by the following:
(a) the Minister’s claim that the disclosure of information or other evidence would be injurious to international relations, national defence or national security or endanger the safety of any person; and
106 Subsection 86.1(1) of the Act is replaced by the following:
Marginal note:Judicial review
86.1 (1) The Minister may, at any stage of the proceeding, apply for judicial review of any decision made in a proceeding referred to in section 86 requiring the disclosure of information or other evidence if, in the Minister’s opinion, the disclosure would be injurious to international relations, national defence or national security or endanger the safety of any person. The application may be made without an application for leave.
107 Subsection 87.01(1) of the Act is replaced by the following:
Marginal note:Appeal by Minister
87.01 (1) The Minister may, without it being necessary for the judge to certify that a serious question of general importance is involved, appeal, at any stage of the proceeding, to the Federal Court of Appeal any decision made in a judicial review requiring the disclosure of information or other evidence if, in the Minister’s opinion, the disclosure would be injurious to international relations, national defence or national security or endanger the safety of any person.
DIVISION 4Transitional Provisions, Coordinating Amendments and Coming into Force
Transitional Provisions
Marginal note:Previously commenced proceedings
108 (1) Subject to subsections (2) and (3), any proceeding commenced before the day on which this section comes into force and in respect of which any of the provisions amended or repealed by this Part apply is to be continued in accordance with those provisions as they read immediately before that day.
Marginal note:Section 37.1 — Canada Evidence Act
(2) Section 37.1 of the Canada Evidence Act, as that section read immediately before the day on which this section comes into force, continues to apply in respect of a determination made under any of subsections 37(4.1) to (6) of that Act in relation to a criminal trial or other criminal proceeding if the charge at issue in the trial or other proceeding is laid before that day.
Marginal note:Section 38.09 — Canada Evidence Act
(3) Section 38.09 of the Canada Evidence Act, as that section read immediately before the day on which this section comes into force, continues to apply in respect of an order made under any of subsections 38.06(1) to (3) of that Act in relation to a criminal trial or other criminal proceeding if the charge at issue in the trial or other proceeding is laid before that day.
Coordinating Amendments
Marginal note:2024, c. 4
109 On the first day on which both section 17 of the National Security Review of Investments Modernization Act and section 84 of this Act are in force, paragraphs 25.7(1)(a) to (e) of the Investment Canada Act are repealed.
Marginal note:Bill C-26
110 (1) Subsections (2) to (9) apply if Bill C-26, introduced in the 1st session of the 44th Parliament and entitled An Act respecting cyber security, amending the Telecommunications Act and making consequential amendments to other Acts (in this section referred to as the “other Act”), receives royal assent.
(2) On the first day on which section 2 of the other Act and section 84 of this Act are in force, paragraphs 15.9(1)(a) to (e) of the Telecommunications Act are repealed.
(3) If section 12 of the other Act comes into force before section 84 of this Act, then, on the day on which that section 84 comes into force, item 5 of the schedule to the Canada Evidence Act is repealed.
(4) If section 84 of this Act comes into force before section 12 of the other Act, then that section 12 is deemed never to have come into force and is repealed.
(5) If section 12 of the other Act comes into force on the same day as section 84 of this Act, then that section 12 is deemed never to have come into force and is repealed.
(6) On the first day on which section 145 of the Critical Cyber Systems Protection Act, as enacted by section 13 of the other Act, and section 84 of this Act are in force, paragraphs 145(1)(a) to (e) of the Critical Cyber Systems Protection Act are repealed.
(7) If section 14 of the other Act comes into force before section 84 of this Act, then, on the day on which that section 84 comes into force, item 6 of the schedule to the Canada Evidence Act is repealed.
(8) If section 84 of this Act comes into force before section 14 of the other Act, then that section 14 is repealed.
(9) If section 14 of the other Act comes into force on the same day as section 84 of this Act, then that section 14 is deemed never to have come into force and is repealed.
Marginal note:Bill C-27
111 (1) Subsections (2) to (4) apply if Bill C-27, introduced in the 1st session of the 44th Parliament and entitled the Digital Charter Implementation Act, 2022 (in this section referred to as the “other Act”), receives royal assent.
(2) On the first day on which both section 108 of the Consumer Privacy Protection Act, as enacted by section 2 of the other Act, and section 84 of this Act are in force,
(a) subsection 108(1) of the Consumer Privacy Protection Act is replaced by the following:
Marginal note:Certificate under Canada Evidence Act
108 (1) If a certificate under section 38.13 or 38.41 of the Canada Evidence Act prohibiting the disclosure of personal information of a specific individual is issued before a complaint is filed by that individual under this Act in respect of a request for access to that information, the provisions of this Act respecting that individual’s right of access to their personal information do not apply to the information that is subject to the certificate.
(b) the portion of subsection 108(2) of that Act before paragraph (a) is replaced by the following:
Marginal note:Certificate following filing of complaint
(2) Despite any other provision of this Act, if a certificate under section 38.13 or 38.41 of the Canada Evidence Act prohibiting the disclosure of personal information of a specific individual is issued after the filing of a complaint under this Act in relation to a request for access to that information,
(c) subsections 108(3) and (4) of that Act are replaced by the following:
Marginal note:Information not to be disclosed
(3) The Commissioner and every person acting on behalf or under the direction of the Commissioner, in exercising their powers and performing their duties and functions under this Act, must not disclose information subject to a certificate issued under section 38.13 or 38.41 of the Canada Evidence Act and must take every reasonable precaution to avoid the disclosure of that information.
Marginal note:Power to delegate
(4) The Commissioner must not delegate the investigation or inquiry in respect of any complaint relating to information subject to a certificate issued under section 38.13 or 38.41 of the Canada Evidence Act except to one of a maximum of four officers or employees of the Commissioner specifically designated by the Commissioner for the purpose of conducting that investigation or inquiry, as the case may be.
(3) If section 4 of the other Act comes into force before section 93 of this Act, then that section 93 is repealed.
(4) If section 4 of the other Act comes into force on the same day as section 93 of this Act, then that section 93 is deemed to have come into force before that section 4.
Coming into Force
Marginal note:60th day after royal assent
112 This Part, other than sections 109 to 111, comes into force on the 60th day after the day on which this Act receives royal assent.
PART 4Foreign Influence Transparency and Accountability Act
Enactment of Act
Marginal note:Enactment
113 The Foreign Influence Transparency and Accountability Act is enacted as follows:
An Act respecting the provision and registration of information in relation to arrangements entered into with foreign states or powers and their proxies under which persons undertake to carry out certain activities in relation to political or governmental processes in Canada
Preamble
Whereas Canada’s national security is increasingly challenged by foreign states or powers and their proxies;
Whereas interference by foreign states or powers and their proxies has a significant impact on Canada’s international relations and foreign policy;
Whereas efforts by foreign states or powers and their proxies to influence, in a non-transparent manner, political and governmental processes at all levels of government in Canada have systemic effects throughout the country and endanger democracy, sovereignty and core Canadian values;
Whereas efforts by foreign states or powers and their proxies to influence, in a non-transparent manner, political and governmental processes at one level of government in Canada may have effects on the political and governmental processes of another level of government;
Whereas some of those efforts have a particularly negative effect on certain communities in Canada;
Whereas there is a growing consensus in Canada and among its allies that foreign influence registries are a necessary tool to lessen foreign interference in the affairs of sovereign states;
Whereas it is desirable that information respecting certain foreign influence activities that are carried out in relation to political or governmental processes in Canada be registered in a way that makes it accessible to the public;
Whereas the registration of that information should not impede freedoms that are vital to Canada’s political culture;
And whereas it is desirable that an independent public office holder administer and enforce requirements respecting the registration of that information;
Now, therefore, His Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows:
Short Title
Marginal note:Short title
1 This Act may be cited as the Foreign Influence Transparency and Accountability Act.
Definitions
Marginal note:Definitions
2 The following definitions apply in this Act.
- arrangement
arrangement means an arrangement under which a person undertakes to carry out, under the direction of or in association with a foreign principal, any of the following activities in relation to a political or governmental process in Canada:
(a) communicating with a public office holder;
(b) communicating or disseminating or causing to be communicated or disseminated by any means, including social media, information that is related to the political or governmental process;
(c) distributing money or items of value or providing a service or the use of a facility. (arrangement)
- Commissioner
Commissioner means the Foreign Influence Transparency Commissioner appointed under subsection 9(1). (commissaire)
- foreign principal
foreign principal means a foreign economic entity, a foreign entity, a foreign power or a foreign state, as those expressions are defined in subsection 2(1) of the Security of Information Act. (commettant étranger)
- Minister
Minister means the Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness. (ministre)
- person
person includes a corporation, a trust, a joint venture, a partnership, a fund, an unincorporated association or organization and any other legal entity. (personne)
- political or governmental process
political or governmental process includes
(a) any proceeding of a legislative body;
(b) the development of a legislative proposal;
(c) the development or amendment of any policy or program;
(d) the making of a decision by a public office holder or government body, including the awarding of a contract;
(e) the holding of an election or referendum; and
(f) the nomination of a candidate or the development of an electoral platform by a political party. (processus politique ou gouvernemental)
- public office holder
public office holder means an individual included in a class of individuals specified in the regulations and, unless they are excluded by the regulations, any of the following individuals:
(a) a public office holder as defined in subsection 2(1) of the Lobbying Act;
(b) an individual referred to in any of paragraphs 4(1)(a) to (c) of that Act;
(c) an individual referred to in paragraph 4(1)(d) or (d.1) of that Act;
(d) an officer or employee of an entity referred to in subparagraph 4(c)(ii) of this Act. (titulaire d’une charge publique)
Purpose
Marginal note:Purpose
3 The purpose of this Act is
(a) to ensure that persons who, under an arrangement, carry out activities in relation to a political or governmental process in Canada do so in a transparent manner;
(b) to deter foreign principals from making efforts to influence political or governmental processes in Canada in a non-transparent manner;
(c) to raise public awareness of efforts by foreign principals to influence political or governmental processes in Canada; and
(d) to strengthen national security.
Application
Marginal note:Application
4 This Act applies to arrangements relating to any of the following political or governmental processes:
(a) federal political or governmental processes;
(b) provincial, territorial, or municipal political or governmental processes;
(c) the political or governmental processes of
(i) a council, government or other entity that is authorized to act on behalf of an Indigenous group, community or people that holds rights recognized and affirmed by section 35 of the Constitution Act, 1982, or
(ii) any other entity that represents the interests of First Nations, the Inuit or the Métis.
Provision of Information
Marginal note:Duty to provide information
5 (1) A person who enters into an arrangement with a foreign principal must, within 14 days after the day on which they enter into the arrangement, provide the Commissioner with the information specified in the regulations.
Marginal note:Duty to update information
(2) The person must, in accordance with the regulations, also provide the Commissioner with updates on any information they have provided under this section.
Marginal note:Non-application — persons
6 (1) Section 5 does not apply to any of the following persons:
(a) a foreign national who holds a passport that contains a valid diplomatic, consular, official or special representative acceptance issued by the Chief of Protocol for the Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development;
(b) an employee of a foreign principal who is acting openly in the employee’s official capacity;
(c) a person who is included in a class of persons specified in the regulations.
Marginal note:Non-application — arrangements
(2) Section 5 does not apply to any of the following arrangements:
(a) an arrangement to which His Majesty in right of Canada is a party;
(b) an arrangement that is included in a class of arrangements specified in the regulations.
Marginal note:Prohibition — false or misleading information
7 A person must not knowingly provide any false or misleading information to the Commissioner or to any person acting on the Commissioner’s behalf or under the Commissioner’s direction.
Registry
Marginal note:Duties of Commisioner
8 (1) The Commissioner must establish and maintain a registry that contains information provided under section 5 that is included in a class of information specified in the regulations.
Marginal note:Accessible to public
(2) The registry must be accessible to the public.
Foreign Influence Transparency Commissioner
Marginal note:Appointment
9 (1) The Governor in Council is to appoint an individual to be known as the Foreign Influence Transparency Commissioner, to be responsible for the administration and enforcement of this Act.
Marginal note:Consultation
(2) The appointment is to be made after
(a) consultation with
(i) the Leader of the Government in the Senate or Government Representative in the Senate and the Leader of the Opposition in the Senate,
(ii) the Leader or Facilitator of every other recognized party or parliamentary group in the Senate,
(iii) the Leader of the Opposition in the House of Commons, and
(iv) the leader in the House of Commons of each party having at least 12 members in that House; and
(b) approval of the appointment by resolution of the Senate and House of Commons.
Marginal note:Tenure of office and removal
(3) Subject to this section, the Commissioner holds office during good behaviour for a term of up to seven years, but may be removed for cause by the Governor in Council at any time.
Marginal note:Reappointment
(4) The Commissioner is eligible to be reappointed for one additional term of up to seven years.
Marginal note:Interim appointment
(5) In the event of the absence or incapacity of the Commissioner, or if that office is vacant, the Governor in Council may appoint an individual to hold that office in the interim for a term of up to six months, and that individual is to, while holding office, be paid the remuneration and expenses that may be fixed by the Governor in Council.
Marginal note:Remuneration
10 (1) The Commissioner is to be paid the remuneration that is fixed by the Governor in Council.
Marginal note:Travel and living expenses
(2) The Commissioner is entitled to be paid, in accordance with Treasury Board directives, reasonable travel and living expenses incurred in the exercise of their powers and the performance of their duties and functions under this Act while absent from their ordinary place of work.
Marginal note:Clarifications
(3) For greater certainty, the Commissioner is an employee for the purposes of the Government Employees Compensation Act and is employed in the federal public administration for the purposes of any regulations made under section 9 of the Aeronautics Act.
Marginal note:Deputy Commissioners and staff
11 (1) The Deputy Commissioners and officers and employees that are necessary to enable the Commissioner to exercise their powers and perform their duties and functions under this Act are to be appointed in accordance with the Public Service Employment Act.
Marginal note:Powers, duties and functions of Deputy Commissioners
(2) The Deputy Commissioners are to exercise the powers, and perform the duties and functions, that the Commissioner may assign to them.
Marginal note:Technical assistance
12 The Commissioner may engage on a temporary basis the services of persons having technical or specialized knowledge of any matter relating to the Commissioner’s work to advise and assist the Commissioner in the exercise of their powers and performance of their duties and functions and, with the approval of the Treasury Board, may fix and pay the remuneration and expenses of those persons.
Marginal note:Advisory opinions and interpretation bulletins
13 (1) The Commissioner may issue advisory opinions and interpretation bulletins with respect to the enforcement, interpretation or application of this Act.
Marginal note:Clarifications
(2) The advisory opinions and interpretation bulletins are not statutory instruments for the purposes of the Statutory Instruments Act and are not binding.
Marginal note:Immunity
14 No civil or criminal proceeding lies against the Commissioner, or any person acting on their behalf or under their direction, in respect of anything that is done or omitted to be done in good faith in the course of the exercise or performance, or purported exercise or performance, of any power, duty or function of the Commissioner under this Act.
Confidentiality
Marginal note:Limitation on disclosure
15 With the exception of information in the registry made accessible to the public under section 8, the Commissioner, and any person acting on the Commissioner’s behalf or under the Commissioner’s direction, may not disclose any information that comes to their knowledge in the performance of their duties and functions under this Act, unless
(a) the disclosure is, in the opinion of the Commissioner, necessary for the purpose of conducting an investigation under section 16;
(b) the information is disclosed in the course of proceedings for a violation under this Act;
(c) the information is disclosed in the course of a prosecution for an offence under section 131 of the Criminal Code (perjury) in respect of a statement made to the Commissioner;
(d) the Commissioner believes on reasonable grounds that the disclosure may assist a law enforcement agency in the investigation of an offence under this or any other Act of Parliament or of the legislature of a province or territory;
(e) the disclosure is authorized under the regulations; or
(f) the disclosure is otherwise permitted, authorized or required by law.
Investigations
Marginal note:Power to investigate
16 (1) The Commissioner may conduct an investigation for the purpose of ensuring compliance with subsection 5(1) or (2) or section 7.
Marginal note:Powers on investigation
(2) In conducting an investigation, the Commissioner may
(a) in the same manner and to the same extent as a superior court of record,
(i) summon and enforce the attendance of persons before the Commissioner and compel them to give oral or written evidence on oath or solemn affirmation, and
(ii) compel persons to produce any documents or other things that the Commissioner considers relevant for the investigation;
(b) administer oaths and solemn affirmations; and
(c) receive and accept information, whether or not it would be admissible as evidence in a court of law.
Marginal note:Evidence in other proceedings
17 Evidence given by a person in an investigation and evidence of the existence of an investigation are inadmissible against the person in a court or in any other proceeding, other than in a proceeding for a violation under this Act or in a prosecution of the person for an offence under section 131 of the Criminal Code (perjury) in respect of a statement made to the Commissioner.
Administrative Monetary Penalties
Marginal note:Violation and liability
18 (1) A person who contravenes subsection 5(1) or (2) or section 7 commits a violation and is liable to an administrative monetary penalty.
Marginal note:Purpose
(2) The purpose of an administrative monetary penalty is to promote compliance with this Act and not to punish.
Marginal note:Violation or offence
(3) If an act or omission may be proceeded with as a violation or as an offence, proceeding with it in one manner precludes proceeding with it in the other.
Marginal note:Notice of violation
19 (1) The Commissioner may issue a notice of violation to a person if the Commissioner has reasonable grounds to believe that the person has committed a violation.
Marginal note:Contents
(2) The notice of violation must set out
(a) the person’s name;
(b) the violation at issue;
(c) the amount of the administrative monetary penalty to which the person is liable;
(d) the person’s right, within 30 days after the day on which the notice is served or within any longer period that the Commissioner may specify, to pay the penalty or to make representations to the Commissioner with respect to the violation and the penalty, and the manner for doing so; and
(e) the fact that, if the person does not pay the penalty or make representations in accordance with the notice, the person will be deemed to have committed the violation and the Commissioner may impose a penalty in respect of it.
Marginal note:Payment of penalty
20 (1) If the person pays the penalty in accordance with the notice of violation, they are deemed to have committed the violation and proceedings in respect of it are ended.
Marginal note:Decision — commission of violation
(2) If the person makes representations in accordance with the notice, the Commissioner must decide, on a balance of probabilities, whether the person committed the violation and, if so, may impose the penalty set out in the notice, a lesser penalty or no penalty.
Marginal note:Failure to pay or make representations
(3) A person who neither pays the penalty nor makes representations in accordance with the notice is deemed to have committed the violation and the Commissioner may impose the penalty set out in the notice, a lesser penalty or no penalty.
Marginal note:Notice of decision
(4) The Commissioner must cause notice of any decision made under subsection (2) or (3) to be served on the person.
Marginal note:Publication
21 (1) The Commissioner must make public the nature of a violation, the name of the person who committed it and the amount of the penalty imposed, if any.
Marginal note:Reasons
(2) In doing so, the Commissioner may include the reasons for their decision, including the relevant facts, analysis and considerations that formed part of it.
Marginal note:Regulations
22 The Governor in Council may make regulations respecting the administrative monetary penalties scheme, including regulations respecting
(a) the amount, or range of amounts, of the administrative monetary penalties that may be imposed;
(b) the factors to be taken into account in relation to the imposition of an administrative monetary penalty;
(c) compliance agreements; and
(d) the individuals or classes of individuals who may exercise or perform any of the Commissioner’s powers, duties or functions in relation to the scheme, including the designation of such individuals or classes of individuals by the Commissioner.
Offences
Marginal note:Contravention — subsection 5(1) or (2) or section 7
23 (1) Every person commits an offence if they contravene subsection 5(1) or (2) or section 7.
Marginal note:Due diligence defence
(2) A person is not to be found guilty of an offence under subsection (1), other than for a contravention of section 7, if they establish that they exercised due diligence to prevent the commission of the offence.
Marginal note:Obstruction
24 Every person commits an offence if they knowingly obstruct the Commissioner, or any person acting on the Commissioner’s behalf or under the Commissioner’s direction, in the conduct of any of the Commissioner’s powers, duties and functions under this Act.
Marginal note:Punishment — sections 23 and 24
25 Every person who commits an offence under section 23 or 24 is liable
(a) on conviction on indictment, to a fine of not more than $5 million or to imprisonment for a term of not more than five years, or to both; or
(b) on summary conviction, to a fine of not more than $200,000 or to imprisonment for a term of not more than two years less a day, or to both.
Judicial Review
Marginal note:Rules
26 (1) The following rules apply to judicial review proceedings in respect of decisions made by the Commissioner under this Act:
(a) the judge must provide the applicant and the Commissioner with an opportunity to be heard;
(b) if the judge determines that evidence or other information provided by the Commissioner is not relevant or if the Commissioner withdraws evidence or other information, the judge must not base their decision on that evidence or other information and must return it to the Commissioner; and
(c) the judge must ensure the confidentiality of all evidence and other information that the Commissioner withdraws.
Marginal note:Protection of information on appeal
(2) Subsection (1) applies to any appeal of a decision made by a judge in relation to the judicial review proceedings referred to in this section and to any further appeal, with any necessary modifications.
Marginal note:Definition of judge
(3) In this section, judge means the Chief Justice of the Federal Court or a judge of that Court designated by the Chief Justice.
Regulations
Marginal note:Regulations
27 The Governor in Council may make regulations
(a) specifying classes of individuals for the purposes the definition public office holder in section 2;
(b) excluding classes of individuals from that definition;
(c) specifying the information to be provided for the purposes of section 5;
(d) respecting the updating of information for the purposes of subsection 5(2);
(e) specifying classes of persons for the purposes of paragraph 6(1)(c) and classes of arrangements for the purposes of paragraph 6(2)(b);
(f) specifying the classes of information to be contained in the registry referred to in section 8;
(g) respecting the retention and disposal by the Commissioner of information contained in the registry referred to in section 8;
(h) authorizing government institutions, as defined in section 3 of the Privacy Act, or entities specified in the regulations to disclose information to the Commissioner and any other individual referred to in subsection 11(1) for the purposes specified in the regulations; and
(i) respecting the disclosure of information for the purposes of paragraph 15(e).
Reports
Marginal note:Annual report
28 (1) The Commissioner must, within six months after the end of each fiscal year, submit to the Minister an annual report on the Commissioner’s activities during that year.
Marginal note:Tabling in Parliament
(2) The Minister must cause the report to be tabled in each House of Parliament on any of the first 15 days on which the House is sitting after the day on which the Minister receives it.
Marginal note:Special reports
29 (1) The Commissioner may, at any time, submit a special report to the Minister on any matter that is within the scope of the Commissioner’s powers, duties and functions.
Marginal note:Tabling in Parliament
(2) The Minister must cause the special report to be tabled in each House of Parliament on any of the first 15 days on which the House is sitting after the day on which the Minister receives it.
Marginal note:Consultation
30 (1) In preparing an annual or special report, the Commissioner must consult with the deputy heads concerned to ensure that it does not contain information whose disclosure would be injurious to international relations, national defence or national security.
Marginal note:Definition of deputy head
(2) In this section, deputy head has the same meaning as in section 2 of the National Security and Intelligence Review Agency Act.
Review
Marginal note:Review of Act
31 (1) During the first year after a general election, a comprehensive review of this Act and its operation must be undertaken by the committee of the Senate or of the House of Commons that is designated or established for that purpose.
Marginal note:Report
(2) The committee must, within one year after the review is undertaken — or within any further period that the Senate or the House of Commons, as the case may be, authorizes — submit to the appropriate House a report on the review that includes a statement of any changes that the committee recommends.
Marginal note:Response
32 The Minister must, no later than 120 days after the day on which the report referred to in subsection 31(2) is submitted, cause to be tabled in each House of Parliament a response that addresses each of the changes recommended in the report.
Transitional Provisions
Marginal note:Existing arrangements — federal processes
33 If, before the day on which paragraph 4(a) comes into force, a person has entered into an arrangement with a foreign principal in relation to a process referred to in that paragraph and the arrangement is in force on that day, then subsection 5(1) applies to the person but the required information must be provided within 60 days after that day.
Marginal note:Existing arrangements — provincial, territorial or municipal processes
34 If, before the day on which paragraph 4(b) comes into force, a person has entered into an arrangement with a foreign principal in relation to a process referred to in that paragraph and the arrangement is in force on that day, then subsection 5(1) applies to the person but the required information must be provided within 60 days after that day.
Marginal note:Existing arrangements — Indigenous processes
35 If, before the day on which paragraph 4(c) comes into force, a person has entered into an arrangement with a foreign principal in relation to a process referred to in that paragraph and the arrangement is in force on that day, then subsection 5(1) applies to the person but the required information must be provided within 60 days after that day.
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