Competition Policy
National Legislation - Canada
Competition Act --
CHAPTER C-34
(Continuation)
PART X
GENERAL
Representations to Boards, Commissions or Other Tribunals
Representations
to federal boards, etc.
125.
(1) The Commissioner, at the request of any
federal board, commission or other tribunal or on his own initiative, may,
and on direction from the Minister shall, make representations to and call
evidence before the board, commission or other tribunal in respect of
competition, whenever such representations are, or evidence is, relevant
to a matter before the board, commission or other tribunal, and to the
factors that the board, commission or other tribunal is entitled to take
into consideration in determining the matter.
Definition of "federal
board, commission or other tribunal"
(2) For the purposes of this
section, "federal board, commission or other tribunal" means any
board, commission, tribunal or person that carries on regulatory
activities and is expressly charged by or pursuant to an enactment of
Parliament with the responsibility of making decisions or recommendations
related directly or indirectly to the production, supply, acquisition or
distribution of a product.
R.S., 1985, c. 19 (2nd Supp.), s. 45; 1999, c.
2, s. 37.
Representations to provincial boards, etc.
126.
(1) The
Commissioner, at the request of any provincial board, commission or other
tribunal, or on his own initiative with the consent of the board,
commission or other tribunal, may make representations to and call
evidence before the board, commission or other tribunal in respect of
competition, whenever such representations are, or evidence is, relevant
to a matter before the board, commission or other tribunal, and to the
factors that the board, commission or other tribunal is entitled to take
into consideration in determining the matter.
Definition of
"provincial board, commission or other tribunal"
(2) For the
purposes of this section, "provincial board, commission or other
tribunal" means any board, commission, tribunal or person that
carries on regulatory activities and is expressly charged by or pursuant
to an enactment of the legislature of a province with the responsibility
of making decisions or recommendations related directly or indirectly to
the production, supply, acquisition or distribution of a product.
R.S.,
1985, c. 19 (2nd Supp.), s. 45; 1999, c. 2, s. 37.
Report to Parliament
Annual report
127. The Commissioner shall report annually to the Minister
on the operation of the Acts referred to in subsection 7(1), and the
Minister shall cause the report to be laid before each House of Parliament
on any of the first fifteen days after the Minister receives the report on
which that House is sitting.
R.S., 1985, c. 19 (2nd Supp.), s. 45; 1999,
c. 2, s. 36.
Regulations
Regulations
128.
(1) The Governor in Council may
make such regulations as are necessary for carrying out this Act and for
the efficient administration thereof.
Publication of proposed regulations
(2) Subject to subsection (3), a copy of each regulation that the Governor
in Council proposes to make under subsection (1) shall be published in the
Canada Gazette at least sixty days before the proposed effective date
thereof and a reasonable opportunity shall be afforded to interested
persons to make representations with respect thereto.
Exception
(3) No
proposed regulation need be published under subsection (2) if it has
previously been published pursuant to that subsection, whether or not it
has been amended as a result of representations made pursuant to that
subsection.
R.S., 1985, c. 19 (2nd Supp.), s. 45.
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