An Act to establish the Library and Archives of Canada, to amend the Copyright Act and to amend certain Acts in consequence (S.C. 2004, c. 11)

Act current to 2013-05-26 and last amended on 2012-09-30. Previous Versions

44. [Amendment]

Public Service Staff Relations Act

45. [Amendment]

46. [Amendment]

War Veterans Allowance Act

47. [Amendment]

Youth Criminal Justice Act

48. [Amendment]

49. [Amendments]

Yukon First Nations Land Claims Settlement Act

50. [Amendment]

Yukon First Nations Self-Government Act

51. [Amendment]

TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS

Marginal note:No continuation in office

  • 52. (1) The persons who were the National Archivist of Canada and the National Librarian immediately before the coming into force of section 55 cease to hold those offices on the coming into force of subsection 5(1).

  • Marginal note:Transfer of existing holdings

    (2) The records and publications that constituted the collections of the National Archives of Canada and the National Library immediately before the coming into force of section 55 are transferred to the Librarian and Archivist subject to any terms and conditions that were applicable to those records and publications.

  • Marginal note:Continuation of personnel

    (3) Every person who was, immediately before the coming into force of section 55, an employee employed in the National Archives of Canada or the National Library is an employee of the Library and Archives of Canada.

  • Marginal note:Transfer of funds

    (4) All amounts that were in the accounts of Canada called the National Archives of Canada Account and the National Library Special Operating Account immediately before the coming into force of section 55 are transferred to the Library and Archives of Canada Account.

  • Marginal note:References

    (5) Unless the context requires otherwise, “National Archives of Canada” and “National Library” are replaced by “Library and Archives of Canada” in

    • (a) any regulation, as defined in section 2 of the Statutory Instruments Act; and

    • (b) any other instrument made

      • (i) in the execution of a power conferred by or under an Act of Parliament, or

      • (ii) by or under the authority of the Governor in Council.

  • Marginal note:References

    (6) Unless the context requires otherwise, “National Archivist of Canada” and “National Librarian” are replaced by “Librarian and Archivist of Canada” in

    • (a) any regulation, as defined in section 2 of the Statutory Instruments Act; and

    • (b) any other instrument made

      • (i) in the execution of a power conferred by or under an Act of Parliament, or

      • (ii) by or under the authority of the Governor in Council.

  • Marginal note:References

    (7) Unless the context requires otherwise, a reference in any contract or other document to

    • (a) the “National Archives of Canada” or the “National Library” shall be read as a reference to the “Library and Archives of Canada”; and

    • (b) the “National Archivist of Canada” or the “National Librarian” shall be read as a reference to the “Librarian and Archivist of Canada”.