Railway Safety Act

Marginal note:Publication of proposed regulations

• 50 (1) Subject to subsection (2), a copy of each regulation that is proposed to be made under subsection 7(1), section 7.1, subsection 16(5.1) or section 18, 24, 37, 47 or 47.1 shall be published in the Canada Gazette at least 90 days before its proposed effective date, and interested persons shall be given a reasonable opportunity within those 90 days to make representations to the Minister with respect to the regulation.

• Marginal note:Exceptions

  (2) Subsection (1) does not apply in respect of a proposed regulation that

  • (a) has previously been published pursuant to that subsection, whether or not it has been changed as a result of representations made pursuant to that subsection; or

  • (b) makes no substantive change to an existing regulation.