Department of Health Act (S.C. 1996, c. 8)

Marginal note:Transfer of powers, duties and functions

• 15 (1) Wherever, 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 any of the persons referred to in subsection (2) in relation to any matter to which the powers, duties and functions of the Minister of Health extend by virtue of this Act, that power, duty or function is vested in or may be exercised or performed by the Minister of Health, the Deputy Minister of Health or the appropriate officer of the Department of Health, as the case may be, unless the Governor in Council by order designates another Minister, Deputy Minister or officer of the public service of Canada to exercise that power or perform that duty or function.

• Marginal note:Persons

  (2) For the purposes of subsection (1), the persons are

  • (a) the Minister of National Health and Welfare and the Minister of Consumer and Corporate Affairs;

  • (b) the Deputy Minister of National Health and Welfare and the Deputy Minister of Consumer and Corporate Affairs; and

  • (c) any officer of the Department of National Health and Welfare and the Department of Consumer and Corporate Affairs.