Federal Sustainable Development Act (S.C. 2008, c. 33)

Act current to 2013-04-29 and last amended on 2010-12-15. Previous Versions

Marginal note:Submission to Governor in Council

  • 10. (1) The Minister shall, within the period referred to in subsection 9(1), submit the Federal Sustainable Development Strategy to the Governor in Council for approval as the official Federal Sustainable Development Strategy.

  • Marginal note:Tabling in each House of Parliament

    (2) The Minister shall table the official Federal Sustainable Development Strategy in each House of Parliament within the period referred to in subsection 9(1) or on any of the first 15 days thereafter on which that House is sitting.

  • Marginal note:Deemed referred to appropriate committee

    (3) A Federal Sustainable Development Strategy that is tabled in a House of Parliament is deemed to be referred to the standing committee of that House that normally considers matters relating to the environment or to any other committee that the House may designate for the purposes of this section.

  • 2008, c. 33, s. 10;
  • 2010, c. 16, s. 3.
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Marginal note:Sustainable development strategies of departments and agencies

  • 11. (1) Each Minister presiding over a department named in Schedule I to the Financial Administration Act, or an agency named in the schedule of this Act shall cause the department or agency to prepare a sustainable development strategy containing objectives and plans for the department or agency that complies with and contributes to the Federal Sustainable Development Strategy, appropriate to the department or agency’s mandate and shall cause the strategy to be laid before each House of Parliament within one year after the Federal Sustainable Development Strategy is first tabled in a House of Parliament under section 10.

  • Marginal note:Updating and tabling

    (2) A minister to whom subsection (1) applies shall cause the sustainable development strategy of the department or agency to be updated at least once every three years and shall cause each updated strategy to be laid before each House of Parliament on any of the next 15 days on which that House is sitting after the strategy is updated.

  • Marginal note:Application to other departments and agencies

    (3) The Governor in Council may, on the recommendation of a minister presiding over a department not named in Schedule I to the Financial Administration Act, or agency not named in the schedule of this Act, direct that the requirements of subsections (1) and (2) apply in respect of the department or agency.

  • Marginal note:Regulations

    (4) The Governor in Council may, on the recommendation of the Minister, make regulations prescribing the form in which sustainable development strategies are to be prepared and the information required to be contained in them.

  • 2008, c. 33, s. 11;
  • 2010, c. 16, s. 4.
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