Economic Development Agency of Canada for the Regions of Quebec Act

Marginal note:Definitions

• 18 (1) The following definitions apply in this section.

  former agency

  ancienne agence

  former agency means the portion of the public service of Canada known as the Economic Development Agency of Canada for the Regions of Quebec. (ancienne agence)

  new agency

  nouvelle agence

  new agency means the Economic Development Agency of Canada for the Regions of Quebec established by section 8. (nouvelle agence)

• Marginal note:President

  (2) The person occupying the position of Deputy Minister of the former agency on the day on which this section comes into force becomes the President of the new agency on that day and is deemed to have been appointed under subsection 9(1).

• Marginal note:Positions

  (3) Nothing in this Act shall be construed as affecting the status of an employee who, immediately before the coming into force of this section, occupied a position in the former agency, except that the employee shall, on the coming into force of this section, occupy their position in the new agency.

• Marginal note:Definition of employee

  (4) In subsection (3), employee has the same meaning as in subsection 2(1) of the Public Service Employment Act.

• Marginal note:Transfer of appropriations

  (5) Any amount appropriated, for the fiscal year in which this section comes into force, by an appropriation Act based on the Estimates for that year for defraying the charges and expenses of the public service of Canada for the former agency that, on the day on which this section comes into force, is unexpended is deemed, on that day, to be an amount appropriated for defraying the charges and expenses of the public service of Canada for the new agency.

• Marginal note:Transfer of powers, duties and functions

  (6) Wherever under any Act, order, rule or regulation, or any contract, lease, licence or other document, any power, duty or function is vested in or exercisable by the Deputy Minister of the former agency or an employee of the former agency, the power, duty or function is vested in and shall be exercised by the President of the new agency or an employee of the new agency, unless the Governor in Council by order designates a Deputy Minister or officer of the public service of Canada to exercise that power, duty or function.

• Marginal note:References

  (7) A reference to the former agency in any of the following is deemed to be a reference to the new agency:

  • (a) Schedule I to the Access to Information Act, under the heading “Other Government Institutions”;

  • (b) Schedule I.1 to the Financial Administration Act;

  • (c) the schedule to the Privacy Act, under the heading “Other Government Institutions”;

  • (d) Part I of Schedule I to the Public Service Staff Relations Act; and

  • (e) any order of the Governor in Council made pursuant to the definition department in subsection 2(1) of the Public Service Employment Act.

• Marginal note:Deputy head

  (8) The designation of a person as deputy head of the former agency in any order of the Governor in Council made pursuant to the definition deputy head in subsection 2(1) of the Public Service Employment Act is deemed to be a designation of the President of the new agency as deputy head of that agency.