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Economic Action Plan 2013 Act, No. 2 (S.C. 2013, c. 40)

Assented to 2013-12-12

Transitional Provisions

Marginal note:Deputy Minister and Associate Deputy Minister
  •  (1) Any person who holds the office of Deputy Minister of Human Resources and Skills Development or of Associate Deputy Minister of Human Resources and Skills Development immediately before the day on which this section comes into force is deemed to hold the office of Deputy Minister of Employment and Social Development or of Associate Deputy Minister of Employment and Social Development, respectively, as of that day.

  • Marginal note:Deputy Minister of Labour

    (2) Any person who holds the office of Deputy Minister of Labour immediately before the day on which this section comes into force is deemed to have been designated Deputy Minister of Labour under subsection 4(3) of the Department of Employment and Social Development Act, as enacted by section 209 of this Act, as of that day.

Marginal note:Positions

 Nothing in this Act is to be construed as affecting the status of an employee who, immediately before the coming into force of this section, occupied a position in the Department of Human Resources and Skills Development except that the employee, on the coming into force of this section, occupies their position in the Department of Employment and Social Development under the authority of the Minister of Employment and Social Development.

Marginal note:Transfer of appropriations

 Any amount appropriated by an Act of Parliament for the fiscal year in which this section comes into force to defray the charges and expenses of the Department of Human Resources and Skills Development that is unexpended is deemed to have been appropriated to defray the charges and expenses of the Department of Employment and Social Development.

Marginal note:Transfer of powers, duties and functions

 If, under any Act of Parliament, any instrument made under an Act of Parliament or any order, contract, lease, licence or other document, any power, duty or function is vested in or may be exercised or performed by the Minister of Human Resources and Skills Development, that power, duty or function is vested in or may be exercised or performed by the Minister of Employment and Social Development, the Deputy Minister of Employment and Social Development or the appropriate officer of the Department of Employment and Social Development, as the case may be.

Consequential Amendments

R.S., c. A-1Access to Information Act

Marginal note:2005, c. 34, s. 59

 Schedule I to the Access to Information Act is amended by striking out the following under the heading “DEPARTMENTS AND MINISTRIES OF STATE”:

  • Department of Human Resources and Skills Development

    Ministère des Ressources humaines et du Développement des compétences

 Schedule I to the Act is amended by adding the following in alphabetical order under the heading “DEPARTMENTS AND MINISTRIES OF STATE”:

  • Department of Employment and Social Development

    Ministère de l’Emploi et du Développement social

R.S., c. F-11Financial Administration Act

Marginal note:2005, c. 34, s. 66

 Schedule I to the Financial Administration Act is amended by striking out the following:

  • Department of Human Resources and Skills Development

    Ministère des Ressources humaines et du Développement des compétences

 Schedule I to the Act is amended by adding the following in alphabetical order:

  • Department of Employment and Social Development

    Ministère de l’Emploi et du Développement social

Marginal note:2006, c. 9, s. 270

 Part I of Schedule VI to the Act is amended by striking out the following:

  • Department of Human Resources and Skills Development

    Ministère des Ressources humaines et du Développement des compétences

 Part I of Schedule VI to the Act is amended by adding the following in alphabetical order:

  • Department of Employment and Social Development

    Ministère de l’Emploi et du Développement social

R.S., c. P-21Privacy Act

Marginal note:2005, c. 34, s. 73

 The schedule to the Privacy Act is amended by striking out the following under the heading “DEPARTMENTS AND MINISTRIES OF STATE”:

  • Department of Human Resources and Skills Development

    Ministère des Ressources humaines et du Développement des compétences

 The schedule to the Act is amended by adding the following in alphabetical order under the heading “DEPARTMENTS AND MINISTRIES OF STATE”:

  • Department of Employment and Social Development

    Ministère de l’Emploi et du Développement social

R.S., c. 4 (2nd Supp.)Family Orders and Agreements Enforcement Assistance Act

Marginal note:2012, c. 19, subpar. 694(c)(i) and s. 695(2)(E)

 Paragraph (a) of the definition “information bank director” in section 2 of the Family Orders and Agreements Enforcement Assistance Act is replaced by the following:

  • (a) with respect to any of the information banks controlled by the Department of Employment and Social Development that may be searched under this Part, the Minister of Employment and Social Development,

Marginal note:2005, c. 35, s. 53; 2012, c. 19, subpar. 694(c)(ii) and 695(d)(i)

 Section 6 of the Act is replaced by the following:

Marginal note:Agreements regarding comprehensive pension plans

6. With the approval of the Governor in Council, the Minister of Employment and Social Development may, on behalf of the Government of Canada, enter into an agreement with each province providing a comprehensive pension plan, as defined under the Canada Pension Plan, for the purpose of obtaining the approval of that province for

  • (a) the creation, for the purposes of this Act, of an information bank to be controlled by the Department of Employment and Social Development in respect of contributors to and beneficiaries under that comprehensive pension plan; and

  • (b) the release of information under this Part from the information bank referred to in paragraph (a) and from any other information bank controlled by the Department of Employment and Social Development that contains information in respect of contributors to and beneficiaries under that comprehensive pension plan.

R.S., c. 1 (5th Supp.)Income Tax Act

 Subparagraph 241(4)(d)(x.1) of the Income Tax Act is replaced by the following:

  • (x.1) to an official of the Department of Employment and Social Development solely for the purpose of the administration or enforcement of a program established under the authority of the Department of Employment and Social Development Act in respect of children who are deceased or missing as a result of an offence, or a probable offence, under the Criminal Code,

1991, c. 30Public Sector Compensation Act

Marginal note:2005, c. 34, s. 76

 Schedule I to the Public Sector Compensation Act is amended by striking out the following under the heading “DEPARTMENTS”:

  • Department of Human Resources and Skills Development

    Ministère des Ressources humaines et du Développement des compétences

 Schedule I to the Act is amended by adding the following in alphabetical order under the heading “DEPARTMENTS”:

  • Department of Employment and Social Development

    Ministère de l’Emploi et du Développement social

1994, c. 28Canada Student Financial Assistance Act

Marginal note:2008, c. 28, s. 108(4)

 Subsection 15(2) of the Canada Student Financial Assistance Act is repealed.

2001, c. 27Immigration and Refugee Protection Act

Marginal note:2013, c. 33, s. 161

 The portion of subsection 30(1.43) of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act before paragraph (a) is replaced by the following:

  • Marginal note:Revocation or suspension of opinion

    (1.43) If, in the view of the Department of Employment and Social Development, public policy considerations that are specified in instructions given by the Minister of Employment and Social Development justify it, that Department may

Terminology

Marginal note:Replacement of “Department of Human Resources and Skills Development Act
 

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