Red Tape Reduction Act (S.C. 2015, c. 12)

Marginal note:Control of administrative burden

• 5 (1) If a regulation is made that imposes a new administrative burden on a business, one or more regulations must be amended or repealed to offset the cost of that new burden against the cost of an existing administrative burden on a business.

• Marginal note:Repeal of regulation

  (2) If a regulation is made  —  other than one that only amends a regulation  —  that imposes a new administrative burden on a business, a regulation must be repealed, unless one has already been repealed in accordance with subsection (1).