Economic Development Agency of Canada for the Regions of Quebec Act (S.C. 2005, c. 26)

Reports

Marginal note:Annual report of Agency

• 17 (1) The President shall, within six months after the end of each fiscal year, submit a report on the operations of the Agency in that year to the Minister.

• Marginal note:Annual report of Minister

  (2) The Minister shall cause to be laid before each House of Parliament, on any of the first 15 days on which that House is sitting after October 31 next following the end of each fiscal year, a report, including a copy of the annual report submitted to the Minister under subsection (1), on the administration of this Act for that fiscal year.

• Marginal note:Comprehensive report

  (3) The President shall, on or before December 31, 2006 and every five years after that date, submit to the Minister a comprehensive report, in addition to the annual report of the Agency, providing an evaluation of all activities in which the Agency was involved.

• Marginal note:Tabling of comprehensive report

  (4) The Minister shall cause a copy of the comprehensive report to be laid before each House of Parliament on any of the first 15 days on which that House is sitting after the Minister receives it.

Transitional Provisions

Marginal note:Definitions

• 18 (1) The following definitions apply in this section.

  former agency

  former agency means the portion of the federal public administration known as the Economic Development Agency of Canada for the Regions of Quebec. (ancienne agence)

  new agency

  new agency means the Economic Development Agency of Canada for the Regions of Quebec established by section 8. (nouvelle agence)

• Marginal note:President

  (2) The person occupying the position of Deputy Minister of the former agency on the day on which this section comes into force becomes the President of the new agency on that day and is deemed to have been appointed under subsection 9(1).

• Marginal note:Positions

  (3) Nothing in this Act shall be construed as affecting the status of an employee who, immediately before the coming into force of this section, occupied a position in the former agency, except that the employee shall, on the coming into force of this section, occupy their position in the new agency.

• Marginal note:Definition of employee

  (4) In subsection (3), employee has the same meaning as in subsection 2(1) of the Public Service Employment Act.

• Marginal note:Transfer of appropriations

  (5) Any amount appropriated, for the fiscal year in which this section comes into force, by an appropriation Act based on the Estimates for that year for defraying the charges and expenses of the federal public administration for the former agency that, on the day on which this section comes into force, is unexpended is deemed, on that day, to be an amount appropriated for defraying the charges and expenses of the federal public administration for the new agency.

• Marginal note:Transfer of powers, duties and functions

  (6) Wherever under any Act, order, rule or regulation, or any contract, lease, licence or other document, any power, duty or function is vested in or exercisable by the Deputy Minister of the former agency or an employee of the former agency, the power, duty or function is vested in and shall be exercised by the President of the new agency or an employee of the new agency, unless the Governor in Council by order designates a Deputy Minister or officer of the federal public administration to exercise that power, duty or function.

• Marginal note:References

  (7) A reference to the former agency in any of the following is deemed to be a reference to the new agency:

  • (a) Schedule I to the Access to Information Act, under the heading “Other Government Institutions”;

  • (b) Schedule I.1 to the Financial Administration Act;

  • (c) the schedule to the Privacy Act, under the heading “Other Government Institutions”;

  • (d) Part I of Schedule I to the Public Service Staff Relations Act; and

  • (e) any order of the Governor in Council made pursuant to the definition department in subsection 2(1) of the Public Service Employment Act.

• Marginal note:Deputy head

  (8) The designation of a person as deputy head of the former agency in any order of the Governor in Council made pursuant to the definition deputy head in subsection 2(1) of the Public Service Employment Act is deemed to be a designation of the President of the new agency as deputy head of that agency.

Consequential Amendments

Auditor General Act

19 [Amendments]

Department of Industry Act

20 [Amendment]

21 [Amendment]

22 [Amendment]

23 [Amendments]

Financial Administration Act

24 [Amendment]

Public Service Superannuation Act

25 [Amendment]

Salaries Act

26 [Amendment]

Coordinating Amendments

27 [Amendments]

Coming into Force

Marginal note:Order in council

Footnote ^*28 The provisions of this Act, other than section 27, come into force on a day or days to be fixed by order of the Governor in Council.

• Return to footnote ^*[Note: Section 27 in force on assent June 23, 2005; Act, other than section 27, in force October 5, 2005, see SI/2005-101.]