Legislation Revision and Consolidation Act (R.S.C., 1985, c. S-20)

Marginal note:Citation of Revised Regulations

• 20 (1) Any regulation included in the Revised Regulations may be cited and referred to in any Act, regulation, proceeding, instrument or document whatever either by its short or long title or by using the expression “Revised Regulations of Canada, chapter ”, or “Revised Regulations, chapter ”, or “Chapter of the Revised Regulations”, or the abbreviation “R.R.C., c. ”, adding in each case the number of the particular chapter.

• Marginal note:Amendments included

  (2) The citation of any chapter of the Revised Regulations in accordance with subsection (1) is deemed to include any amendments made after the publication of that regulation in the Revised Regulations.

Marginal note:Electronic publishing

• 21 (1) The Queen’s Printer may publish an edition of the Revised Regulations in electronic form and every copy of a revised regulation published in electronic form by the Queen’s Printer is evidence of that regulation and of its contents, and every copy purporting to be published by the Queen’s Printer is deemed to be so published, unless the contrary is shown.

• Marginal note:Inconsistencies in regulations

  (2) In the event of an inconsistency between a revised regulation published by the Queen’s Printer in electronic form and the original of the regulation as printed in the Roll deposited in the office of the Clerk of the Privy Council under section 12, the original of the regulation prevails to the extent of the inconsistency.

Marginal note:Request to remake regulations

• 22 (1) If the Clerk of the Privy Council, after consultation with the Deputy Minister of Justice, is of the opinion that any particular regulations should be remade by the regulation-making authority instead of being revised under this Act, the Clerk of the Privy Council may request that authority or any person acting on behalf of that authority to make new regulations.

• Marginal note:Failure to comply with request

  (2) Where any authority or person referred to in subsection (1) fails to comply within a reasonable time with a request made pursuant to that subsection, the Governor in Council may, by order, direct that authority or person to comply with the request within such period of time as he may specify in the order.

Marginal note:Indices

23 The Commission may cause indices to the Revised Regulations to be prepared and published for the convenience of the public.

Marginal note:Citation of Consolidated Regulations, 1978

• 24 (1) Any regulation included in the Consolidated Regulations of Canada, 1978 may be cited and referred to in any Act, regulation, proceeding, instrument or document whatever either by its short or long title or by using the expression “Consolidated Regulations of Canada, chapter ”, or “Consolidated Regulations, chapter ”, or “Chapter of the Consolidated Regulations”, or the abbreviation “C.R.C., c. ”, adding in each case the number of the particular chapter.

• Marginal note:Amendments included

  (2) The citation of any chapter of the Consolidated Regulations of Canada, 1978 in accordance with subsection (1) is deemed to include any amendments made after the publication of that regulation in the Consolidated Regulations of Canada, 1978.

PART IIIConsolidated Statutes and Regulations of Canada

Interpretation

Marginal note:Definitions

25 The definitions in this section apply in this Part.

consolidated regulations

 consolidated regulations means the consolidated regulations of Canada maintained by the Minister under this Part. (règlements codifiés)

consolidated statutes

 consolidated statutes means the consolidated statutes of Canada maintained by the Minister under this Part. (lois codifiées)

Consolidation of the Statutes and Regulations

Marginal note:Authority to maintain

26 The Minister may maintain a consolidation of the public statutes of Canada and a consolidation of the regulations of Canada.

Marginal note:Powers of Minister

27 In maintaining a consolidation of the statutes or regulations, the Minister may

• (a) omit any Act or regulation, or any part of an Act or a regulation, that has expired, has been repealed or has had its effect;

• (b) include historical references or other information that enhances the value of the consolidation;

• (c) correct grammatical and typographical errors without changing the substance of any enactment; and

• (d) set out as a separate Act or regulation any Act or regulation enacted by another Act or regulation.

Publication and Distribution

Marginal note:Authority to publish

• 28 (1) The Minister may cause the consolidated statutes or consolidated regulations to be published in printed or electronic form, and in any manner and frequency that the Minister considers appropriate.

• Marginal note:Differences in form

  (2) A publication in an electronic form may differ from a publication in another form to accommodate the needs of the electronic form if the differences do not change the substance of any enactment.

Marginal note:Free distribution

29 Copies of the consolidated statutes and consolidated regulations must be distributed without charge to the persons or classes of persons, and in the form and manner, that the Governor in Council, on the recommendation of the Minister, directs.

Effect of Consolidation

Marginal note:Consolidation not new law

30 The consolidated statutes and consolidated regulations do not operate as new law.

Marginal note:Published consolidation is evidence

• 31 (1) Every copy of a consolidated statute or consolidated regulation published by the Minister under this Act in either print or electronic form is evidence of that statute or regulation and of its contents and every copy purporting to be published by the Minister is deemed to be so published, unless the contrary is shown.

• Marginal note:Inconsistencies in Acts

  (2) In the event of an inconsistency between a consolidated statute published by the Minister under this Act and the original statute or a subsequent amendment as certified by the Clerk of the Parliaments under the Publication of Statutes Act, the original statute or amendment prevails to the extent of the inconsistency.

• Marginal note:Inconsistencies in regulations

  (3) In the event of an inconsistency between a consolidated regulation published by the Minister under this Act and the original regulation or a subsequent amendment as registered by the Clerk of the Privy Council under the Statutory Instruments Act, the original regulation or amendment prevails to the extent of the inconsistency.

Co-publishing Agreements

Marginal note:Agreements

32 The Minister may enter into agreements for the production of the consolidated statutes or consolidated regulations and for their publication, sale or distribution.