Budget Implementation Act, 2022, No. 1 (S.C. 2022, c. 10)

293 The Act is amended by adding the following after section 86:

DIVISION 18Civil Lunar Gateway Agreement Implementation Act

Enactment of Act

Marginal note:Enactment

294 The Civil Lunar Gateway Agreement Implementation Act is enacted as follows:

Related Amendments

R.S., c. C-46Criminal Code

295 Paragraph 2.3(1)(a) of the Criminal Code is replaced by the following:

• 296 (1) Subsections 7(2.3) and (2.31) of the French version of the Act are replaced by the following:

  • Marginal note:Station spatiale : membres d’équipage canadiens

    (2.3) Malgré les autres dispositions de la présente loi ou de toute autre loi, le membre d’équipage canadien qui est l’auteur, hors du Canada et au cours d’un vol spatial soit à bord d’un élément de vol de la station spatiale ou relativement à tel élément, soit à bord d’un moyen de transport effectuant la navette avec la station, d’un fait — acte ou omission — qui, s’il était commis au Canada, constituerait un acte criminel, est réputé avoir commis ce fait au Canada.

  • Marginal note:Station spatiale : membres d’équipage d’un État partenaire

    (2.31) Malgré les autres dispositions de la présente loi ou de toute autre loi, le membre d’équipage d’un État partenaire qui est l’auteur, hors du Canada et au cours d’un vol spatial soit à bord d’un élément de vol de la station spatiale ou relativement à tel élément, soit à bord d’un moyen de transport spatial effectuant la navette avec la station, d’un fait — acte ou omission — qui, s’il était commis au Canada, constituerait un acte criminel, est réputé avoir commis ce fait au Canada dans les cas suivants :

    • a) le fait porte atteinte à la vie ou à la sécurité d’un membre d’équipage canadien;

    • b) le fait est commis à bord d’un élément de vol fourni par le Canada, ou relativement à tel élément, ou l’endommage.

• (2) Paragraph (b) of the definition crew member of a Partner State in subsection 7(2.34) of the Act is replaced by the following:

  • (b) a citizen of a state, other than Canada or a Partner State, who is authorized by a Partner State to act as a crew member for a space flight on, or in relation to, a flight element. (membre d’équipage d’un État partenaire)

• (3) The definition Space Station in subsection 7(2.34) of the Act is replaced by the following:

  Space Station

  Space Station means the civil international Space Station that is a multi-use facility in low-earth orbit, with flight elements and dedicated ground elements provided by, or on behalf of, Canada or the Partner States. (station spatiale)

• (4) Section 7 of the Act is amended by adding the following after subsection (2.34):

  • Marginal note:Lunar Gateway — Canadian crew members

    (2.35) Despite anything in this Act or any other Act, a Canadian crew member who, during a space flight, commits an act or omission outside Canada that if committed in Canada would constitute an indictable offence is deemed to have committed that act or omission in Canada, if that act or omission is committed

    • (a) on, or in relation to, a flight element of the Lunar Gateway;

    • (b) on any means of transportation to or from the Lunar Gateway; or

    • (c) on the surface of the Moon.

  • Marginal note:Lunar Gateway — crew members of Partner States

    (2.36) Despite anything in this Act or any other Act, a crew member of a Partner State who commits an act or omission outside Canada during a space flight on, or in relation to, a flight element of the Lunar Gateway, on any means of transportation to and from the Lunar Gateway or on the surface of the Moon that if committed in Canada would constitute an indictable offence is deemed to have committed that act or omission in Canada, if that act or omission

    • (a) threatens the life or security of a Canadian crew member; or

    • (b) is committed on or in relation to, or damages, a flight element provided by Canada.

  • Marginal note:Consent of Attorney General of Canada

    (2.37) No proceedings in relation to an offence referred to in subsection (2.35) or (2.36) may be instituted without the consent of the Attorney General of Canada.

  • Marginal note:Definitions

    (2.38) The definitions in this subsection apply in this subsection and in subsections (2.35) and (2.36).

    Agreement

    Agreement has the same meaning as in section 2 of the Civil Lunar Gateway Agreement Implementation Act. (Accord)

    Canadian crew member

    Canadian crew member means a crew member of the Lunar Gateway who is 

    • (a) a Canadian citizen; or

    • (b) a citizen of a foreign state, other than a Partner State, who is authorized by Canada to act as a crew member for a space flight on, or in relation to, a flight element. (membre d’équipage canadien)

    crew member of a Partner State

    crew member of a Partner State means a crew member of the Lunar Gateway who is  

    • (a) a citizen of a Partner State; or

    • (b) a citizen of a state, other than Canada or a Partner State, who is authorized by a Partner State to act as a crew member for a space flight on, or in relation to, a flight element. (membre d’équipage d’un État partenaire)

    flight element

    flight element means a Lunar Gateway element provided by Canada or by a Partner State under the Agreement and under any memorandum of understanding or implementing arrangement entered into to carry out the Agreement. (élément de vol)

    Lunar Gateway

    Lunar Gateway means the civil Lunar Gateway that is a multi-use facility in orbit around the Moon, with flight elements and dedicated ground elements provided by, or on behalf of, Canada or the Partner States. (station lunaire Gateway)

    Partner State

    Partner State means a State, other than Canada, that is a Gateway Partner as defined in Article 3.1 of the Agreement. (État partenaire)

    space flight

    space flight means a flight that spans the period beginning with the launching of a crew member of the Lunar Gateway, continuing during their stay in orbit around or on the surface of the Moon and ending with their landing on earth. (vol spatial)

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

297 Subsection 9.1(3) of the Government Employees Compensation Act is replaced by the following:

Coming into Force

Marginal note:Order in council

298 This Division comes into force on a day to be fixed by order of the Governor in Council.

DIVISION 191992, c. 20Corrections and Conditional Release Act

Amendments to the Act

299 Section 51 of the Corrections and Conditional Release Act is replaced by the following:

300 Subsection 65(1) of the Act is replaced by the following:

Coordinating Amendments

Marginal note:2019, c. 27

• 301 (1) In this section, other Act means An Act to amend the Corrections and Conditional Release Act and another Act, chapter 27 of the Statutes of Canada, 2019.

• (2) On the first day on which both section 16 of the other Act and section 299 of this Act are in force, section 51 of the Corrections and Conditional Release Act is replaced by the following:

  Marginal note:Detention in dry cell

  • 51 (1) If the institutional head is satisfied that there are reasonable grounds to believe that an inmate has ingested contraband or is carrying contraband in their rectum, the institutional head may authorize in writing the detention of the inmate in a cell without plumbing fixtures, on the expectation that the contraband will be expelled.

  • Marginal note:Visits by registered health care professional

    (2) The inmate must be visited at least once every day by a registered health care professional.

• (3) If section 22 of the other Act comes into force before section 300 of this Act, then that section 300 is deemed never to have come into force and is repealed.

• (4) If section 22 of the other Act comes into force on the same day as section 300 of this Act, then that section 300 is deemed to have come into force before that section 22.