Budget Implementation Act, 2024, No. 1 (S.C. 2024, c. 17)

415 Sections 56.1 and 56.2 of the Act are repealed.

Transitional Provisions

Marginal note:Definitions

416 The following definitions apply in this section and sections 417 to 419.

commencement day

commencement day means the day on which subsection 413(4) and sections 414 and 415 come into force. (date de référence)

previous version

previous version means the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act, as it reads immediately before commencement day. (version antérieure)

regulatory scheme

regulatory scheme means regulations that are made under subsection 55(1) of the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act, as it reads on the day on which this section comes into force, respecting authorizations for activities that could be allowed under an exemption granted under subsection 56.1(1) of the previous version. (régime réglementaire)

Marginal note:Exemptions

• 417 (1) An exemption granted under subsection 56.1(1) of the previous version that is valid immediately before commencement day is deemed to be an authorization issued under the regulatory scheme on that day.

• Marginal note:Validity period

  (2) Subsection (1) does not have the effect of extending the validity period of the exemption.

• Marginal note:Terms and conditions

  (3) For greater certainty, the terms and conditions of the exemption are terms and conditions of the authorization. However, if there is a conflict between any of those terms and conditions and a requirement of the regulatory scheme, the requirement of the regulatory scheme prevails to the extent of the conflict.

Marginal note:Applications

418 If an application for an exemption under subsection 56.1(1) of the previous version is submitted before commencement day and the minister responsible for the previous version has not, before that day, made a decision in relation to the application, the application is deemed to have been submitted on that day as an application for an authorization under the regulatory scheme.

Marginal note:Regulations

419 The Governor in Council may make any regulations that the Governor in Council considers necessary to provide for any other transitional matter arising from the coming into force of the regulatory scheme.

Coming into Force

Marginal note:Order in council

420 Subsection 413(4) and sections 414 and 415 come into force on a day to be fixed by order of the Governor in Council.