National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians Act (S.C. 2017, c. 15)

Marginal note:Annual report

• 21 (1) Each year the Committee must submit to the Prime Minister a report of the reviews it conducted during the preceding year. The report must contain

  • (a) the Committee’s findings;

  • (b) its recommendations, if any;

  • (c) any summary referred to in subsection (3); and

  • (d) the number of times in the preceding year that an appropriate Minister

    • (i) determined that a review referred to in paragraph 8(1)(b) would be injurious to national security, and

    • (ii) decided to refuse to provide information under subsection 16(1).

• Marginal note:Special report

  (2) If, in the Committee’s opinion, a special report on any matter related to its mandate is necessary, it may, at any time, submit such a report to the Prime Minister and the minister concerned.

• Marginal note:Summary of special report

  (3) The Committee may prepare a summary of a special report and, on submitting the report, must notify the Prime Minister of its intention to do so.

• Marginal note:Special report not to be tabled

  (4) Subsection (5) does not apply to a special report that is the subject of a notification under subsection (3) and that report is not to be laid before either House of Parliament.

• Marginal note:Direction to submit revised report

  (5) If, after consulting the Chair of the Committee, the Prime Minister is of the opinion that information in an annual or special report is information the disclosure of which would be injurious to national security, national defence or international relations or is information that is protected by litigation privilege or by solicitor-client privilege or the professional secrecy of advocates and notaries, the Prime Minister may direct the Committee to submit to the Prime Minister a revised version of the annual or special report that does not contain that information.

• Marginal note:Revised version of report

  (5.1) If the Committee is directed by the Prime Minister to submit a revised version, the revised version must be clearly identified as a revised version and must indicate the extent of, and the reasons for, the revisions.

• Marginal note:Tabling

  (6) Subject to subsection (4), the Prime Minister must cause to be laid before each House of Parliament, on any of the first 30 days on which that House is sitting after a report is submitted under subsection (1) or (2), a copy of the report or, if the Committee was directed to submit a revised version, a copy of the revised version.

• Marginal note:Referral

  (7) After it is tabled, the annual or special report stands referred to

  • (a) the Standing Committee on National Security and Defence of the Senate or, if there is not a Standing Committee on National Security and Defence, the appropriate committee of the Senate, as determined by its rules; and

  • (b) the Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security of the House of Commons or, if there is not a Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security, the appropriate committee of the House of Commons, as determined by its rules.