Interpretation

1 In these Regulations, Act means the Department of Social Development Act.

Public Officer

2 For the purpose of the definition public officer in section 24 of the Act, a prescribed individual is a person employed in a federal institution or whose services are required by a federal institution, on a casual or temporary basis or under a student employment program.

Availability of Information

3 For the purpose of subsection 29(2) of the Act, information referred to in that subsection may be made available to the following:

• a) the Canada Customs and Revenue Agency, for the administration or enforcement of the Income Tax Act;

• b) the Department of Justice, for the administration of activities conducted with respect to legal proceedings and activities related to mutual legal assistance under an agreement;

• c) the Library and Archives of Canada, for the administration or enforcement of the Library and Archives of Canada Act; and

• d) the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, for the administration of the following activities, namely,

  • (i) enforcing the laws of Canada or a province,

  • (ii) carrying out a lawful investigation, or

  • (iii) exercising mutual legal assistance under an agreement.

Coming into Force

4 These Regulations come into force on the day on which section 37 of the Department of Social Development Act, chapter 35 of the Statutes of Canada, 2005, comes into force.