National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians Act (S.C. 2017, c. 15)
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Assented to 2017-06-22
R.S., c. O-5; 2001, c. 41, s. 25Security of Information Act
Marginal note:2001, c. 41, s. 29; 2003, c. 22, par. 224(z.76)(E)
40 (1) Paragraph (a) of the definition person permanently bound to secrecy in subsection 8(1) of the French version of the Security of Information Act is replaced by the following :
a) Le membre ou l’employé — ancien ou actuel — d’un ministère, d’un secteur ou d’un organisme de l’administration publique fédérale mentionné à l’annexe;
(2) The definition person permanently bound to secrecy in subsection 8(1) of the Act is amended by striking out “or” at the end of paragraph (a) and by adding the following after that paragraph :
(a.1) a current or former member of the National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians; or
Marginal note:2001, c. 41, s. 29
(3) Paragraph (b) of the definition person permanently bound to secrecy in subsection 8(1) of the French version of the Act is replaced by the following :
b) la personne qui a reçu signification à personne de l’avis mentionné au paragraphe 10(1) ou qui a été informée de sa délivrance conformément aux règlements pris en vertu du paragraphe 11(2). (person permanently bound to secrecy)
41 The schedule to the Act is amended by adding the following in alphabetical order :
Secretariat of the National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians
Secrétariat du Comité des parlementaires sur la sécurité nationale et le renseignement
R.S., c. P-1Parliament of Canada Act
42 Section 33 of the Parliament of Canada Act is amended by adding the following after subsection (3):
Marginal note:National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians
(3.1) Despite anything in this Division, a person is not rendered ineligible to be a member of the House of Commons, or disqualified from sitting or voting in that House, by reason only that the person is a member of the National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians.
43 Section 62.3 of the Act is amended by adding the following after subsection (2):
Marginal note:Members of National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians
(3) For the fiscal year commencing on April 1, 2016, there shall be paid to the following members of the Senate or the House of Commons the following additional annual allowances :
Marginal note:Subsequent fiscal years
(4) The additional annual allowance that shall be paid for each fiscal year subsequent to the fiscal year referred to in subsection (3) to a member of the Senate or the House of Commons referred to in that subsection is the additional annual allowance for the previous fiscal year plus the amount obtained by multiplying that additional annual allowance by the index described in section 67.1 for the previous calendar year.
Marginal note:2005, c. 16, par. 21(3)(a); 2013, c. 40, par. 237(1)(m)
44 Section 67.1 of the Act is replaced by the following :
Marginal note:Index
67.1 The index referred to in paragraph 55.1(2)(b) and subsections 62.1(2), 62.2(2) and 62.3(2) and (4) for a calendar year is the index of the average percentage increase in base-rate wages for the calendar year, resulting from major settlements negotiated with bargaining units of 500 or more employees in the private sector in Canada, as published by the Department of Employment and Social Development within three months after the end of that calendar year.
R.S., c. P-21Privacy Act
45 The Privacy Act is amended by adding the following after section 22.3:
Marginal note:Secretariat of National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians
22.4 The Secretariat of the National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians shall refuse to disclose personal information requested under subsection 12(1) that was obtained or created by it or on its behalf in the course of assisting the National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians in fulfilling its mandate.
46 The schedule to the Act is amended by adding the following in alphabetical order under the heading “Other Government Institutions”:
Secretariat of the National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians
Secrétariat du Comité des parlementaires sur la sécurité nationale et le renseignement
2000, c. 17; 2001, c. 41, s. 48Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act
47 The Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act is amended by adding the following after section 53.3:
Marginal note:National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians Act
53.4 The Director shall, at the request of the Minister or an officer of the Department of Finance, disclose to the Minister or the officer, as the case may be, in the form and manner that the Minister or officer directs, any information under the control of the Centre that would assist the Minister in exercising his or her powers or performing his or her duties or functions under the National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians Act.
2006, c. 9, s. 2Conflict of Interest Act
48 Paragraph (d) of the definition public office holder in subsection 2(1) of the Conflict of Interest Act is amended by striking out “and” at the end of subparagraph (v), by adding “and” at the end of subparagraph (vi) and by adding the following after subparagraph (vi):
(vii) a member of the National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians;
Coming into Force
Marginal note:Order in council
49 This Act comes into force on a day to be fixed by order of the Governor in Council.
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