Proposed Regulations
for Pre-Publication in
Part I, Canada Gazette
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Statutory Authority
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Regulatory Plan Listing
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Atlantic Pilotage Authority
Regulations, amendment
The proposed amendments to
subsection 14(2) and 18(2) would decrease pilotage
certification requirement from 12 to 4 one-way trips for
three less difficult areas: Bay of Exploits and Humber
Arm in Newfoundland and Confederation Bridge in Prince
Edward Island.
The current requirement for
an applicant for a pilotage certificate to complete at
least 12 one-way trips in the relevant compulsory
pilotage waters within the two year period prior to
sitting a pilotage certificate exam remains in place for
11 other more difficult pilotage areas in the Atlantic
area.
- Contact: Captain F.H.
Wade, Senior Advisor, Certification and Pilotage
Branch, Department of Transport, Place de Ville, Tower
C, 11th Floor, Ottawa, Ontario, K1A 0N8.
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Pilotage Act ,
subsection 20(1)
Published in Canada Gazette
March 28, 1998
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Safety Management
Regulation
The new regulation will
ensure that Canada meets its international obligations
with respect to certification of Canadian Convention
ships and will ensure International Safety Management
(ISM) Code compliance of foreign ships entering and
operating in waters under Canadian jurisdiction.
The Regulation must be in
effect by July 1, 1998, the implementation date of new
Chapter IX of the Annex to the Safety of Life at Sea
Convention (SOLAS) 1974, which incorporates the new ISM
Code.
The ISM Code will become
mandatory internationally for convention ships by July 1,
1998 for all passenger ships, including passenger high
speed craft; and for oil tankers, chemical tankers, gas
carriers, bulk carriers and cargo high speed craft of 500
tons gross tonnage and over.
The Regulations list
organizations recognized for the purpose of implementing
Chapter IX of the Safety Convention.
The proposed regulations
would come into force July 1, 1998.
- Contact: Roger
Côté, Marine Safety Directorate,
Department of Transport, Place de Ville, Tower C, 11th
Floor, 330 Sparks Street, Ottawa, Ontario, K1A 0N8.
Tel: 613-990-1535; Fax: 613-954-4916.
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Canada Shipping Act
, section 314, paragraph 657(1)(e) and (k) and subsection
657(2)
Published in Canada Gazette
March 28, 1998
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Exempt from Pre-Publication
and Approved
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Statutory Authority
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Regulatory Plan Listing
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Dairy Products Regulations,
amendment (I.D. No. 96015(D2))
(SOR/98-216,
OIC 1998-492); Dairy Products Fees Order, amendment
(SOR/98-222)
These amendments replace
mandatory export grading and certification requirements
for butter, Cheddar cheese and dry milk powder (in bulk
format) with optional organoleptic grading and
certification services that will be available upon
request; repeal the grade designations Canada 2 and
Canada 3 for butter and Cheddar cheese; and require that
registration licences be renewed on April 1 of each year.
More specifically:
- The mandatory grading of
dry milk products has been discontinued in favour of
voluntary grading as needed. The Government has
concluded that mandatory grading of all bulk butter,
cheddar cheese and dry milk powder no longer serves a
useful purpose and the costs cannot be justified. If
importing countries require Canadian government
certification, it will be available on demand and
payment of the fees.
- The objective of
organoleptic grading was to ensure that butter and
cheddar cheese carrying the Canada 1 grade name met
certain specific standards for commercial quality,
including flavour, texture and appearance. The dairy
industry no longer considers that organoleptic
standards are an effective marketing tool for butter
and cheddar cheese because foreign buyers'
requirements may differ from Canadian organoleptic
standards. The industry will bear full responsibility
for the commercial quality of its products.
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Canada Agricultural Products
Act, R.S., C. 20, (4th Supp.), section 32; Financial
Administration Act, paragraphs 19(1)(b) and 19.1(b)
To be published in Canada
Gazette April 15, 1998
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Despite deregulation, the
specifications for grades and grading for butter, cheddar
cheese and dry milk products will continue to include the
standards of identity, health and safety and labelling
requirements. The Food Inspection Agency will continue to
inspect processing facilities to monitor health and
safety compliance and will routinely examine samples of
graded products to maintain the integrity of the Canada 1
federal trade mark.
With respect to the Dairy
Products Fees Order, changes were prepublished in Part I
of the Canada Gazette on August 9, 1997.
Following prepublication,
some adjustments were made to the Fees Order that are
also reflected in these amendments to the Dairy Products
Regulations.
More specifically:
- Registrations will now
be renewable on April 1 rather than 12 months from
their date of issue.
- There will normally be a
uniform 12 month registration period from April 1 to
March 31 for all establishments.
- Existing registrations
will be allowed to continue until their current expiry
dates.
- Fees for new
registrations beginning after April 1 will be prorated
to the number of complete months remaining until the
next April 1.
- New or renewing
registrations beginning in December, January, February
or March may be issued for 15, 14, 13 and 12 months,
respectively, and registrations for terms of less than
12 months may be issued where appropriate, and the
fees prorated accordingly.
- Contact: R. Carberry,
A/Director, Dairy, Fruit and Vegetable Division,
Canadian Food Inspection Agency, 59 Camelot Drive,
Nepean, Ontario K1A 0Y9. Tel: 613-952-8000, ext. 4727;
Fax: 613-228-6615; e-mail: carberryr@em.agr.ca.
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Quebec Fishery Regulations,
1990, amendment
(SOR/98-218,
OIC 1998-496)
These changes, made at the
request of the Province of Quebec, amend and update
certain provisions of the Regulations. While they apply
to commercial and sport fishing, they have no impact on
the native food fishery.
More specifically, the
amendments:
- amend the definition of
"Area" so that the possession restrictions provided
for in section 39 will apply in respect of the
portions of areas described in Part I of Schedules I
to XXV;
- introduce the delegation
level of Assistant Deputy Minister between that of the
Minister and that of the Regional Director, for the
purpose of making orders;
- exclude the trunk part
of Highway 132 from Sainte-Flavie to Matapedia, in
order to clarify the description of the waters of Area
1 where a fishing licence is not required to fish for
species other than salmon;
- allow the use of live
fish for bait in a segment of the Ottawa River located
in Area 12 and bordering on Lake Timiskaming, located
in Area 25;
- allow the use of dead
fish for bait in Pin Blanc Lake, located in the
Restigo Z.E.C., from December 1 to April 15;
- clarify the provision
authorizing the possession of dead fish for bait in
certain portions of Areas 1,2,3, 15,18 and 19, for use
in Areas 7 and 21;
- provide that holders of
the new licence for residents with mandatory release
of fish who are asked by a fishery officer or fishery
guardian to produce the licence must do so within
seven days;
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Fisheries Act, sections 8
and 43
To be published in Canada
Gazette April 15, 1998
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- allow the use of dead
smelts as bait in certain bodies of water of Area 18
from December 1 to April 15 and, in the table to
subsection 15(4), add Lakes Rond, Montreal and Gronick
to the list of bodies of water where the use of dead
smelt is permitted for winter fishing;
- forbid any person who is
swimming to use a spear to practice the sport fishing
of any species of fish in the waters of Areas 17, 22,
23 and 24;
- in order to resolve
certain conservation issues, allow the establishment
of quotas for salmon released into salmon rivers, and
amend the wording of the yellow perch quota so that
section 39 may be applied to the possession
restriction in a wildlife area or reserve;
- forbid a person to
continue, during a day, to fish a species of fish when
the quota of fish caught has been reached for that
species;
- review the authorized
gear in four of the sectors of the Matapedia River,
grant the status of salmon river to the northern
branch of the Humqui River, and clarify the
descriptions of the sectors of the river, which have
become confused in the course of successive
amendments;
- allow only fly fishing
in Lakes Frenette, Nord and Tremblay located in the
Casault Z.E.C., in Lake Ross located in the
York-Balllargeon Z.E.C. and in Petit Auclair Lake
located in the Owen Z.E.C.,;
- divide the network of
the Ouelle River between Areas 2 and 3, and amend the
authorized gear and close times relative to certain
sectors of that river;
- in the Grosse Truite,
Leuc and Nemo Lakes located in the Rivière
Blanche Z.E.C., allow only fly fishing, and remove
this obligation in Vitry Lake;
- add smelt in certain
sectors of the Laval River, and establish the
appropriate quota, authorized gear and close time;
- repeal references to
certain sectors of salmon rivers which are not
frequented by salmon;
- correct errors of
coordinates and of toponymy;
- create three new
licences and increase sport fishing licence fees for
1998-1999 and subsequent years, in order to take
inflation into account;
- add to Schedule XXIX
that part of the Bonaventure River between the
downstream side of the Highway 132 bridge and the
downstream side of the old bridges of Highway 132
(48° 02' 50"N., 65° 28' W.), in order to
allow smelt fishing without a licence; and
- amend fishing gear or
species in order to take current commercial fishing
practices into account.
- Contact: Jean-Pierre
Dorion, Regulatory Services, Wildlife Reserves,
Regulation and Licencing Directorate, Department of
Environment and Wildlife, 150
René-Lévesque Boulevard East, 4th floor,
P.O. Box 91, Quebec, Quebec, G1R 4Y1. Tel:
418-644-8376; Fax: 418-528-0834; e-mail:
jean-pierre.dorion@mef.gouv.qc.ca
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Small Business Loans Regulations,
1993, amendment
(SOR/98-219,
OIC 1998-500)
The amendments facilitate
amendments being made to the Small Business Loans Act
that, if approved, will extend the existing lending
period by one year to March 31, 1999 and would increase
the existing lending ceiling by $1.0 billion to an
aggregate of$15.0 billion.
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Small Business Loans Act,
section 7
To be published in Canada
Gazette April 15, 1998
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The Act and Regulations
establish a federal government loan loss indemnification
program brought into effect in January 1961 to encourage
commercial lenders in the private sector to make term
loans in respect of land, premises and equipment for the
purpose of the establishment, expansion, modernization
and improvement of small and medium-sized business
enterprises.
The existing paragraphs
7(b), 8(b) and 9(c) of the 1993 Regulations provide that
eligible loans may be made "beginning on January 1, 1996
and ending on March 31, 1998". The amendments, made
pursuant to paragraph 7(1)(e) of the existing Act, change
this wording to "after December 31, 1995", in order to be
consistent with all other similar provisions in the 1993
Regulations.
The amendments come into
effect March 31, 1998, in order to ensure that the Small
Business Loans Program can continue without interruption.
- Contact: George Hussey,
Acting Director, Small Business Loans Administration
Directorate, Programs and Services Branch, Operations
Sector, Industry Canada, 235 Queen Street, Ottawa,
Ontario, K1A 0H5. Tel: 613-952-7339.
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Canada Grain Regulations,
amendment (SOR/98-220, OIC 1998-507)
The amendments, effective
April 1, 1998, reduce the fee listed in Schedule I, item
4(a)(i)(i) from $14.75 to $5.90 per carload, truckload or
container and change the wording in the first line of
Schedule I, item 4(a)(i)(i) from "weighing" to "official
weighing".
These changes result from
discussions between the Canadian grain industry and the
CGC that have led to an agreement whereby the CGC will
provide a less intensive service for car unloads at
terminal elevators at a lower fee.
- Contact: Valerie Gilroy,
Legal Counsel, Canadian Grain Commission, 600-303 Main
Street, Winnipeg, Manitoba, R3C 3G8. Tel:
204-983-2733; Fax: 204-983-2751.
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Canada Grain Act, R.S., c.
37, (4th Supp.), subsection 116(1)
To be published in Canada
Gazette April 15, 1998
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Ministerial Orders
Approved
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Statutory Authority
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Regulatory Plan Listing
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Advance Income Tax Ruling Fees
Order, amendment
(SOR/98-221)
This amendment, which comes
into force on March 26, 1998, sets the fee payable for
requesting an advance income tax ruling from Revenue
Canada at $90 for each hour or part thereof that is spent
preparing the ruling, whether or not the ruling request
is withdrawn.
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Order in Council P.C.
1989-1949
To be published in Canada
Gazette April 15, 1998
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Canadian Chicken Marketing
Quota Regulations, 1990, amendment
(SOR/98-223)
This amendment, which comes
into force on June 7, 1998, establishes the periodic
allocation for the period June 7, 1998 to August 1, 1998
for producers who market chicken in interprovincial or
export trade.
The new limits in Column II
of Schedule II are as follows (in kilograms of
liveweight): Ontario, 55,400,000; Quebec, 47,261,484;
Nova Scotia, 6,477,500; New Brunswick, 4,742,571;
Manitoba, 6,849,267; P.E.I., 612,018; Saskatchewan,
4,047,159; Alberta, 16,033,106; and Newfoundland,
2,318,916. The overall total is 143,742,021 kg.
Under Column III, the new
limits are: Quebec, 2,703,750; Nova Scotia, 100,000;
Manitoba, 62,500; and Alberta, 340,560.
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Farm
Products Agencies Act, paragraph 22(1)(f)
To be published in Canada
Gazette April 15, 1998
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Canadian
Chicken Marketing Levies Order, amendments
(SOR/98-224)
The amendment set the levy
rate to be paid by producers engaged in the provinces,
other than British Columbia, in the marketing of chicken
in interprovincial or export trade, effective April 12,
1998.
The new levies set out in
paragraph 4(a) to (i) are as follows: Ontario, 1.49
cents; Quebec, 1.26 cents; Nova Scotia, 1.12 cents; New
Brunswick, 1 cent; Manitoba, 1.44 cents; Prince Edward
Island, 0.94 cents; Saskatchewan, 1.8 cents; Alberta, 1
cent; and Newfoundland, 1.577 cents.
The amended regulations came
into force on April 12, 1998.
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Farm
Products Agencies Act, paragraph 22(1)(f);
Canadian Chicken Marketing
Agency Proclamation, section 12 of the Schedule
To be published in Canada
Gazette April 15, 1998
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