Telecommunications Act (S.C. 1993, c. 38)

Marginal note:Publication of proposed order

• 10. (1) The Minister shall have an order proposed to be made under section 8 published in the Canada Gazette and laid before each House of Parliament, and a reasonable opportunity shall be given to interested persons to make representations to the Minister with respect to the proposed order.

• Marginal note:Consultation

  (2) The Minister shall consult the Commission with respect to an order proposed to be made under section 8 before it is published or laid under this section and shall consult the Commission again with respect to the order in its definitive form before it is made.

• Marginal note:Transmittal and tabling of exemption orders

  (3) The Commission shall send to the Minister an order proposed to be made under section 9 and the Minister shall have the order laid before each House of Parliament.

• Marginal note:Reference to committees

  (4) A proposed order laid before a House of Parliament stands referred to such committee as is designated by order of that House to receive such orders.

• Marginal note:Modification after publication

  (5) A proposed order that is modified after publication need not be published again under subsection (1).

• Marginal note:Making of order

  (6) After the fortieth sitting day of Parliament following the first day on which a proposed order has been laid before both Houses, the Governor in Council or the Commission, as the case may be, may make the order either as proposed or with any modifications the Governor in Council or the Commission considers advisable.

• Marginal note:Tabling of orders

  (7) After an order is made under section 8, the Minister shall have it laid before each House of Parliament on any of the first fifteen days on which that House is sitting after the order is made.

• Marginal note:Transmittal and tabling of exemption orders

  (8) After an order is made under section 9, the Commission shall immediately send it to the Minister who shall have it laid before each House of Parliament on any of the first fifteen days on which that House is sitting after the order is sent.

• Marginal note:Meaning of “sitting day”

  (9) For the purposes of this section, a “sitting day” is a day on which either House of Parliament is sitting.

Marginal note:Effect of order

• 11. (1) An order made under section 8 is binding on the Commission beginning on the day on which the order comes into force.

• Marginal note:Pending matters

  (2) Subject to subsection (3), an order made under section 8 shall, if it so provides, apply in respect of matters pending before the Commission on the day on which the order comes into force.

• Marginal note:Idem

  (3) An order made under section 8 does not apply in respect of a matter pending before the Commission on the day on which the order comes into force if

  • (a) final submissions have been filed in respect of that matter; and

  • (b) less than one year has expired since the period for filing final submissions ended.