Budget Implementation Act, 2017, No. 1 (S.C. 2017, c. 20)

• 167 (1) The portion of section 22 of the Act before paragraph (a) is replaced by the following:

  Marginal note:Time period to respond to garnishee summons

  22 The Senate, House of Commons, Library of Parliament, office of the Senate Ethics Officer, office of the Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner, Parliamentary Protective Service or office of the Parliamentary Budget Officer has the following time period within which to respond to a garnishee summons:

• (2) Paragraph 22(a) of the English version of the Act is replaced by the following:

  • (a) in the case of a salary, 15 days, or any lesser number of days that is prescribed, after the last day of the second pay period next following the pay period in which the Senate, House of Commons, Library of Parliament, office of the Senate Ethics Officer, office of the Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner, Parliamentary Protective Service or office of the Parliamentary Budget Officer is bound by the garnishee summons; or

• 168 (1) Subsection 23(1) of the Act is replaced by the following:

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  • 23 (1) In addition to any method of responding to a garnishee summons permitted by provincial garnishment law, the Senate, House of Commons, Library of Parliament, office of the Senate Ethics Officer, office of the Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner, Parliamentary Protective Service or office of the Parliamentary Budget Officer may respond to a garnishee summons by registered mail or by any other method prescribed.

• (2) Subsection 23(2) of the English version of the Act is replaced by the following:

  • Marginal note:Response by registered mail

    (2) If the Senate, House of Commons, Library of Parliament, office of the Senate Ethics Officer, office of the Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner, Parliamentary Protective Service or office of the Parliamentary Budget Officer responds to a garnishee summons by registered mail, the receipt issued in accordance with regulations relating to registered mail made under the Canada Post Corporation Act shall be received in evidence and is, unless the contrary is shown, proof that the Senate, House of Commons, Library of Parliament, office of the Senate Ethics Officer, office of the Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner, Parliamentary Protective Service or office of the Parliamentary Budget Officer, as the case may be, has responded to the garnishee summons.

• (3) Subsections 23(3) and (4) of the Act are replaced by the following:

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    (3) A payment into court by the Senate, House of Commons, Library of Parliament, office of the Senate Ethics Officer, office of the Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner, Parliamentary Protective Service or office of the Parliamentary Budget Officer under this section is a good and sufficient discharge of liability, to the extent of the payment.

  • Marginal note:Recovery of overpayment to debtor

    (4) If, in honouring a garnishee summons, the Senate, House of Commons, Library of Parliament, office of the Senate Ethics Officer, office of the Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner, Parliamentary Protective Service or office of the Parliamentary Budget Officer, through error, pays to a debtor by way of salary or remuneration an amount in excess of the amount that it should have paid to that debtor, the excess becomes a debt due to the Senate, House of Commons, Library of Parliament, office of the Senate Ethics Officer, office of the Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner, Parliamentary Protective Service or office of the Parliamentary Budget Officer, as the case may be, by that debtor and may be recovered from the debtor at any time by set-off against future moneys payable to the debtor as salary or remuneration.

169 Paragraph 24(a) of the Act is replaced by the following:

170 Section 26 of the Act is replaced by the following:

R.S., c. G-5Government Employees Compensation Act

171 Paragraph (e) of the definition employee in section 2 of the Government Employees Compensation Act is replaced by the following:

R.S., c. P-36Public Service Superannuation Act

172 The definition public service in subsection 3(1) of the Public Service Superannuation Act is replaced by the following:

R.S., c. R-2; 1989, c. 17, s. 2Radiocommunication Act

• 173 (1) Subsection 3(1) of the Radiocommunication Act is replaced by the following:

  Marginal note:Application to Her Majesty and Parliament

  • 3 (1) Subject to subsection (2), this Act is binding on Her Majesty in right of Canada, on the Senate, House of Commons, Library of Parliament, office of the Senate Ethics Officer, office of the Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner, Parliamentary Protective Service and office of the Parliamentary Budget Officer and on Her Majesty in right of a province.

• (2) The portion of subsection 3(2) of the Act before paragraph (a) is replaced by the following:

  • Marginal note:Exemptions

    (2) The Governor in Council may by order exempt Her Majesty in right of Canada, or the Senate, House of Commons, Library of Parliament, office of the Senate Ethics Officer, office of the Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner, Parliamentary Protective Service or office of the Parliamentary Budget Officer, as represented by the person or persons named in the order, from any or all provisions of this Act or the regulations, and such an exemption may be

R.S., c. R-10Royal Canadian Mounted Police Act

173.1 Subsection 45.47(5) of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Act is replaced by the following:

R.S., c. 33 (2nd Supp.)Parliamentary Employment and Staff Relations Act

174 The long title of the Parliamentary Employment and Staff Relations Act is replaced by the following:

175 Paragraph 2(a) of the Act is replaced by the following:

176 The definition employer in section 3 of the Act is amended by striking out “or” at the end of paragraph (e), by adding “or” at the end of paragraph (f) and by adding the following after paragraph (f):

177 The definition employer in section 85 of the Act is amended by striking out “or” at the end of paragraph (c.3) and by adding the following after that paragraph: