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• (2) The inspection of and the obtaining of copies of the following statutory instruments and classes of statutory instruments, being statutory instruments or classes of statutory instruments the inspection of which and the obtaining of copies of which the Governor in Council is satisfied could reasonably be expected to be injurious to the conduct by the Government of Canada of federal-provincial affairs or the conduct of international affairs, the defence of Canada or any state allied or associated with Canada, as defined in subsection 15(2) of the Access to Information Act, or the detection, prevention or suppression of subversive or hostile activities, as defined in subsection 15(2) of the Access to Information Act, are hereby precluded:

  • (a) statutory instruments, other than regulations, that bear a security classification and contain information in respect of

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    • (v) materiel as defined in the National Defence Act including any article or object being designed, developed or produced with the intention that it will become materiel;

  • (b) statutory instruments, other than regulations, that bear a national or international security classification and relate to Canada’s role in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization or to any international agreement, one of the purposes of which is to provide for the defence of Canada or the detection, prevention or suppression of subversive or hostile activities, as defined in subsection 15(2) of the Access to Information Act;

• (3) The inspection of and the obtaining of copies of the following statutory instruments and classes of statutory instruments, being statutory instruments or classes of statutory instruments the inspection of which or the making of copies of which is not otherwise provided for by law and in respect of which the Governor in Council is satisfied that the inspection or the making of copies thereof as provided for by the Act would, if it were not precluded by these Regulations, result or be likely to result in injustice or undue hardship to any person or body affected thereby or in serious and unwarranted detriment to any such person or body in the matter or conduct of that person’s or that body’s affairs, are hereby precluded:

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  • (l) remission orders made under section 115 of the Customs Tariff in respect of the remission of anti-dumping or countervailing duties levied under the Special Import Measures Act on any dumped or subsidized goods that are the subject of a report to the Minister of Finance under section 45 of the Special Import Measures Act where those orders contain information that is derived from information that is treated as confidential under section 49 of the Canadian International Trade Tribunal Act.

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• (2) The following regulations and classes of regulations, being regulations or classes of regulations that the Governor in Council is satisfied affect or are likely to affect only a limited number of persons and with respect to which the Governor in Council is satisfied that reasonable steps have been or will be taken for the purpose of bringing their purport to the notice of those persons affected or likely to be affected by them, are hereby exempt from publication:

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  • (k) remission orders made under section 115 of the Customs Tariff in respect of the remission of anti-dumping or countervailing duties levied under the Special Import Measures Act on any dumped or subsidized goods that are the subject of a report to the Minister of Finance under section 45 of the Special Import Measures Act where those orders contain information that is derived from information that is treated as confidential under section 49 of the Canadian International Trade Tribunal Act.

• (3) The following regulations or classes of regulations, being regulations or classes of regulations the publication of which the Governor in Council is satisfied could reasonably be expected to be injurious to the conduct by the Government of Canada of federal-provincial affairs or the conduct of international affairs, the defence of Canada or any state allied or associated with Canada, as defined in subsection 15(2) of the Access to Information Act, or the detection, prevention or suppression of subversive or hostile activities, as defined in subsection 15(2) of the Access to Information Act, are hereby exempt from publication:

  • (a) regulations that bear a security classification and contain information in respect of

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    • (v) materiel as defined in the National Defence Act including any article or object being designed, developed or produced with the intention that it will become materiel;

  • (b) regulations that bear a national or international security classification and relate to Canada’s role in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization or to any international agreement, one of the purposes of which is to provide for the defence of Canada or the detection, prevention or suppression of subversive or hostile activities, as defined in subsection 15(2) of the Access to Information Act;

  • (c) regulations relating to the operation and maintenance of materiel as defined in the National Defence Act that contain information provided by the government of a country other than Canada, or by a person having a proprietary interest therein, on the understanding that such information would not be disclosed except to the extent authorized by that government or person;

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• (3) The following classes of statutory instruments or other documents shall be published in Part II of the Canada Gazette:

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  • (b) orders made by the Governor in Council whereby any member of the Queen’s Privy Council for Canada is designated to act as the Minister for the purposes of any Act of Parliament or to act as the appropriate Minister for the purposes of the Financial Administration Act;

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18 Where a regulation that is required to be contained in the quarterly consolidated index of regulations is exempt from publication and exempt from registration, the regulation-making authority shall, within seven days following the last day of each month, cause to be forwarded in writing to the Clerk of the Privy Council such of the following information as the Clerk of the Privy Council may require:

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1 These Regulations may be cited as the Statutory Instruments Regulations.