Public Service Modernization Act (S.C. 2003, c. 22)

Assented to 2003-11-07

 If section 3 of the Courts Administration Service Act comes into force before the day on which the section 11 of this Act comes into force, then, on the day on which section 11 of this Act comes into force, Schedule IV to the Financial Administration Act is amended

  • (a) by striking out the following:

    • Staff of the Federal Court

      Personnel de la Cour fédérale

    • Tax Court of Canada

      Cour canadienne de l’impôt

  • (b) by adding the following in alphabetical order:

    • Courts Administration Service

      Service administratif des tribunaux judiciaires

 If section 11 of this Act comes into force before the day on which section 3 of the Courts Administration Service Act (the “other Act”) comes into force, then, on the day on which section 3 of the other Act comes into force,

  • (a) Schedule IV to the Financial Administration Act is amended by striking out the following:

    • Staff of the Federal Court

      Personnel de la Cour fédérale

    • Tax Court of Canada

      Cour canadienne de l’impôt

  • (b) Schedule IV to the Financial Administration Act is amended by adding the following in alphabetical order:

    • Courts Administration Service

      Service administratif des tribunaux judiciaires

  • (c) sections 166 and 167 of the other Act are repealed.

Marginal note:R.S., c. P-33

Public Service Employment Act

 If section 164 of the Courts Administration Services Act comes into force before the day on which the definition “public service” in subsection 2(1) of the Public Service Employment Act, as enacted by section 12 of this Act, comes into force, then, on the later of the coming into force of section 164 of the Courts Administration Services Act and section 198 of this Act, section 21.1 of the Public Service Employment Act, being chapter P-33 of the Revised Statutes of Canada, 1985, is replaced by the following:

Marginal note:Appeal to Federal Court of Appeal

21.1 Despite the Federal Courts Act, an application to the Federal Court for relief under section 18 or 18.1 of that Act against a decision of a board established under subsection 21(1) or (1.1) shall be transferred to the Federal Court of Appeal if the parties to the application so agree or if the Federal Court of Appeal, on application by any of those parties, so orders on the basis that the sound administration of that part of the public service over which the deputy head concerned has jurisdiction would be unduly prejudiced by delay if the matter were heard and determined by the Federal Court and subject to an appeal to the Federal Court of Appeal.