Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 (S.C. 1999, c. 33)

RELATED PROVISIONS

• — 2023, c. 12, s. 59

  • Words and expressions

    59 Unless the context otherwise requires, words and expressions used in sections 60 to 62 have the same meaning as in the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999.

• — 2023, c. 12, s. 60

  • Statement under subsection 77(1) — deemed recommendation to add to Part 1

    • 60 (1) If, before the day on which subsection 21(1) of this Act comes into force, a statement is published under subsection 77(1) of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 indicating that the measure that the Ministers propose to take in respect of a substance is a recommendation to add the substance to the List of Toxic Substances in Schedule 1 of that Act and to implement virtual elimination under subsection 65(3) of that Act and no statement confirming or amending that measure has been published under paragraph 77(6)(b) of that Act before that day, the measure is deemed to be a recommendation, made under paragraph 77(2)(c) of that Act, as that paragraph reads after that day, to add the substance on the list of toxic substances in Part 1 of Schedule 1, as that Schedule reads after that day.

    • Statement under subsection 77(1) — deemed recommendation to add to Part 2

      (2) If, before the day on which subsection 21(1) of this Act comes into force, a statement is published under subsection 77(1) of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 indicating that the measure that the Ministers propose to take in respect of the substance is a recommendation to add the substance to the List of Toxic Substances in Schedule 1 of that Act without implementing virtual elimination under subsection 65(3) of that Act and no statement confirming or amending that measure is published under paragraph 77(6)(b) of that Act before that day, the measure is deemed to be a recommendation, made under paragraph 77(2)(d) of that Act, as enacted by that subsection 21(1), to add the substance on the list of toxic substances in Part 2 of Schedule 1, as that Schedule reads after that day.

• — 2023, c. 12, s. 61

  • Statement under paragraph 77(6)(b) — deemed recommendation to add to Part 1

    • 61 (1) If, before the day on which subsection 21(2) of this Act comes into force, a statement is published under paragraph 77(6)(b) of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 indicating that the measure that the Ministers propose to take, as confirmed or amended, in respect of a substance is a recommendation to add the substance to the List of Toxic Substances in Schedule 1 of that Act and to implement virtual elimination under subsection 65(3) of that Act, the statement is deemed to be a statement, published under paragraph 77(6)(b) of that Act, as it reads after that day, indicating that the measure, as confirmed or amended, is a recommendation to add the substance on the list of toxic substances in Part 1 of Schedule 1, as that Schedule reads after that day.

    • Statement under paragraph 77(6)(b) — deemed recommendation to add to Part 2

      (2) If, before the day on which subsection 21(2) of this Act comes into force, a statement is published under paragraph 77(6)(b) of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 indicating that the measure that the Ministers propose to take, as confirmed or amended, in respect of the substance is a recommendation to add the substance to the List of Toxic Substances in Schedule 1 of that Act without the implementation of virtual elimination under subsection 65(3) of that Act, the statement is deemed to be a statement, published under paragraph 77(6)(b) of that Act, as it reads after that day, indicating that the measure, as confirmed or amended, is a recommendation to add the substance on the list of toxic substances in Part 2 of Schedule 1, as that Schedule reads after that day.

• — 2023, c. 12, s. 62

  • Schedule 1 — substance added

    • 62 (1) If a substance is added to the List of Toxic Substances in Schedule 1 of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 before the day on which section 58 of this Act comes into force but the substance is not specified on the list of toxic substances in Part 1 or 2 of Schedule 1 of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 on that day, the Governor in Council must as soon as feasible after that day make an order adding the substance

      • (a) to the list of toxic substances in Part 1 of Schedule 1 of that Act, if the Governor in Council is satisfied that the substance is toxic within the meaning of section 64 of that Act and if the Ministers recommended the implementation of virtual elimination under subsection 65(3) of that Act in relation to the substance; or

      • (b) to the list of toxic substances in Part 2 of Schedule 1 of that Act, if the Governor in Council is satisfied that the substance is toxic within the meaning of section 64 of that Act and if the Ministers did not recommend the implementation of virtual elimination under subsection 65(3) of that Act in relation to the substance.

    • Schedule 1 — substance deleted

      (2) If a substance is deleted from the List of Toxic Substances in Schedule 1 of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 before the day on which section 58 of this Act comes into force but the substance is specified on the list of toxic substances in Part 1 or 2 of Schedule 1 of that Act as it reads after that day, the Governor in Council must as soon as feasible after that day make an order deleting the substance from the list of toxic substances on which it is specified.

• — 2023, c. 12, s. 63

  • Regulations

    63 The Minister of the Environment and the Minister of Health may, by regulation,

    • (a) repeal the Virtual Elimination List; and

    • (b) repeal the Regulations Adding Perfluorooctane Sulfonate and Its Salts to the Virtual Elimination List.

• — 2026, c. 3, s. 549

  • Definitions

    549 The following definitions apply in this section and sections 550 to 552.

    Chief Administrator

    Chief Administrator has the same meaning as in section 2 of the Administrative Tribunals Support Service of Canada Act. (administrateur en chef)

    Chief Review Officer

    Chief Review Officer means the review officer appointed as Chief Review Officer under subsection 244(1) of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999, as it read immediately before the day on which this Division comes into force. (réviseur-chef)

    review officer

    review officer means a person appointed as a review officer under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999, as it read immediately before the day on which this Division comes into force. (réviseur)

    Tribunal

    Tribunal means the Environmental Protection Tribunal of Canada established by subsection 243(1) of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 as it reads on the day on which this Division comes into force. (Tribunal)

• — 2026, c. 3, s. 550

  • Contracts

    • 550 (1) A contract entered into before the day on which this Division comes into force by the Chief Review Officer or a review officer respecting the provision of services or material, in relation to the exercise of their powers and the performance of their duties and functions under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999, is deemed to have been entered into by the Chief Administrator.

    • References

      (2) Unless the context otherwise requires, in a contract referred to in subsection (1), every reference to the Chief Review Officer or to a review officer is to be read as a reference to the Chief Administrator.

• — 2026, c. 3, s. 551

  • Chief Review Officer

    • 551 (1) The person who holds the office of Chief Review Officer immediately before the day on which this Division comes into force continues in office as the Chairperson of the Tribunal for the remainder of the term for which they were appointed.

    • Review officers

      (2) A person who holds the office of review officer immediately before the day on which this Division comes into force continues in office as a member of the Tribunal for the remainder of the term for which they were appointed.

• — 2026, c. 3, s. 552

  • Pending requests for review or other matters

    • 552 (1) Any request for review or other matter pending before the Chief Review Officer, a review officer or a panel of review officers immediately before the day on which this Division comes into force is to be continued before the Tribunal.

    • Orders or decisions

      (2) An order or decision made by the Chief Review Officer, a review officer or a panel of review officers is deemed to have been made by the Tribunal and is enforceable as such.