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Order Designating Newfoundland and Labrador for the Purposes of Section 347.1 of the Criminal Code (SOR/2018-257)

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Order Designating Newfoundland and Labrador for the Purposes of Section 347.1 of the Criminal Code

SOR/2018-257

CRIMINAL CODE

Registration 2018-11-23

Order Designating Newfoundland and Labrador for the Purposes of Section 347.1 of the Criminal Code

P.C. 2018-1439 2018-11-22

Whereas Newfoundland and Labrador has legislative measures that protect recipients of payday loans and that provide for limits on the total cost of borrowing under a payday loan agreement;

And whereas the Lieutenant Governor in Council of Newfoundland and Labrador has requested that the Governor in Council designate that province for the purposes of section 347.1Footnote a of the Criminal CodeFootnote b;

Therefore, Her Excellency the Governor General in Council, on the recommendation of the Minister of Justice and the Attorney General of Canada and the Minister of Industry, pursuant to subsection 347.1(3)Footnote a of the Criminal CodeFootnote b, makes the annexed Order Designating Newfoundland and Labrador for the Purposes of Section 347.1 of the Criminal Code.

Province Designated

1 Newfoundland and Labrador is designated for the purposes of section 347.1 of the Criminal Code.

Coming into Force

Footnote *2 This Order comes into force on the first day on which the following Newfoundland and Labrador legislative measures are all in force:

  • (a) An Act to Amend the Consumer Protection and Business Practices Act, S.N.L. 2016, c. 46;

  • (b) Payday Loans Regulations;

  • (c) Payday Loans Licensing Regulations.

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