﻿<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><Regulation gazette-part="II" regulation-type="SOR" xml:lang="en" startdate="20090113"><Identification Code="id=&quot;&quot;"><LimsAuthority><Alpha>P-8.3</Alpha><AuthorityTitle>Perfluorooctane Sulfonate Virtual Elimination Act</AuthorityTitle></LimsAuthority><InstrumentNumber>SOR/2009-15</InstrumentNumber><RegistrationDate><Date><YYYY>2009</YYYY><MM>1</MM><DD>13</DD></Date></RegistrationDate><ConsolidationDate><Date><YYYY>2013</YYYY><MM>01</MM><DD>28</DD></Date></ConsolidationDate><LastModifiedDate><Date><YYYY>2009</YYYY><MM>2</MM><DD>6</DD></Date></LastModifiedDate><EnablingAuthority Code="id=&quot;&quot;,ea=&quot;&quot;"><XRefExternal reference-type="act">PERFLUOROOCTANE SULFONATE VIRTUAL ELIMINATION ACT</XRefExternal></EnablingAuthority><LongTitle Code="id=&quot;&quot;,lt=&quot;&quot;">Regulations Adding Perfluorooctane Sulfonate and Its Salts to the Virtual Elimination List</LongTitle></Identification><Order Code="od=&quot;&quot;"><Provision format-ref="indent-1-0" language-align="yes" Code="od=&quot;&quot;,pv=&quot;&quot;,nb=&quot;1&quot;"><Text>The Minister of the Environment and the Minister of Health, pursuant to subsection 3(1) of the <XRefExternal reference-type="act" link="P-8.3">Perfluorooctane Sulfonate Virtual Elimination Act</XRefExternal><FootnoteRef idref="fn_a">a</FootnoteRef>, hereby make the annexed <XRefExternal reference-type="regulation" link="SOR-2009-15">Regulations Adding Perfluorooctane Sulfonate and Its Salts to the Virtual Elimination List</XRefExternal>.</Text><Footnote id="fn_a" placement="page"><Label>a</Label><Text>S.C. 2008, c. 13</Text></Footnote></Provision><Provision format-ref="indent-1-0" language-align="yes" Code="od=&quot;&quot;,pv=&quot;&quot;,nb=&quot;2&quot;"><Text>Ottawa, December 7, 2008</Text><SignatureBlock justification="right" width="13pc"><SignatureName justification="right">JIM PRENTICE</SignatureName><SignatureName justification="right"><Emphasis style="italic">Minister of the Environment</Emphasis></SignatureName></SignatureBlock></Provision><Provision format-ref="indent-1-0" language-align="yes" Code="od=&quot;&quot;,pv=&quot;&quot;,nb=&quot;3&quot;"><Text>Ottawa, January 9, 2009</Text><SignatureBlock justification="right" width="13pc"><SignatureName justification="right">LEONA AGLUKKAQ</SignatureName><SignatureName justification="right"><Emphasis style="italic">Minister of Health</Emphasis></SignatureName></SignatureBlock></Provision></Order><Body><Heading Code="ga=&quot;s_1&quot;,h1=&quot;&quot;" level="1"><TitleText Code="ga=&quot;s_1&quot;,h1=&quot;&quot;,t1=&quot;&quot;,nb=&quot;1&quot;">ADDITION</TitleText></Heading><Section Code="se=&quot;1&quot;"><Label>1.</Label><Text>Perfluorooctane sulfonate and its salts are added to column 1 of the <XRefExternal reference-type="regulation" link="SOR-2006-298">Virtual Elimination List</XRefExternal><FootnoteRef idref="fn_1">1</FootnoteRef>, compiled under subsection 65(2) of the <XRefExternal reference-type="act" link="C-15.31">Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999</XRefExternal><FootnoteRef idref="fn_2">2</FootnoteRef>.</Text><Footnote id="fn_1" placement="page" status="official"><Label>1</Label><Text>SOR/2006-298</Text></Footnote><Footnote id="fn_2" placement="page" status="official"><Label>2</Label><Text>S.C. 1999, c. 33</Text></Footnote></Section><Heading Code="ga=&quot;s_2&quot;,h1=&quot;&quot;" level="1"><TitleText Code="ga=&quot;s_2&quot;,h1=&quot;&quot;,t1=&quot;&quot;,nb=&quot;1&quot;">COMING INTO FORCE</TitleText></Heading><Section Code="se=&quot;2&quot;"><Label>2.</Label><Text>These Regulations come into force on the day on which they are registered.</Text></Section></Body></Regulation>