Footnote *16 These Regulations come into force on the day on which section 59 of the Canada–European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement Implementation Act, chapter 6 of the Statutes of Canada, 2017, comes into force but, if they are registered after that day, they come into force on the day on which they are registered.
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1 (1) In these Regulations, Act means the Patent Act.
(2) In these Regulations and for the purposes of section 104 of the Act, authorization for sale means an authorization under the Food and Drugs Act, or any predecessor enactment relating to the same subject matter, that permits the sale of a drug in Canada, but does not include an interim order permitting the sale of a drug under section 30.1 of that Act, a certificate issued under section C.08.015 of the Food and Drug Regulations, an exemption under subsection C.10.002(1) or C.10.008(1) of those Regulations or an authorization under section C.05.006, C.05.008 or C.08.010 or subsection C.11.003(1) or C.11.014(1) of those Regulations, section 67 or 71 of the Natural Health Products Regulations or section 21 or subsection 24(2) of the Clinical Trials for Medical Devices and Drugs Relating to COVID-19 Regulations.
7 The filing date of an application for a certificate of supplementary protection is the date on which the information required by paragraphs 106(5)(a) and (b) of the Act and the content required by subsection 6(3) of these Regulations are received by the Minister.
