Note from The Department of Justice Canada
Consolidation Official
As of June 1, 2009, the consolidated Acts and regulations on the Justice Laws Website are “official”, meaning that they can be used for evidentiary purposes. This comprises the current versions and any previous versions that have been published on this website since June 1st, 2009.
Amendments made to the Statute Revision Act, renamed the Legislation Revision and Consolidation Act by chapter 5 of the 2000 Statutes of Canada, in force on June 1, 2009, authorize the Minister of Justice to publish an electronic consolidation of statutes and regulations and provide that the consolidation is evidence of those statutes and regulations. The Act also provides that, in the case of an inconsistency between the consolidated statute or regulation and the original or a subsequent amendment, the original or amendment prevails.
For the text of the relevant provisions of the Legislation Revision and Consolidation Act, click here.
Reproductions
The Department of Justice Canada assumes no responsibility for the accuracy or reliability of any reproduction derived from the legislative material on this site.
Interpretation and Application
For all purposes of interpreting and applying the law, users should consult:
- the original and amending Acts as passed by Parliament, which are published in the "Assented to" Acts service, in Part III of the Canada Gazette and in the annual Statutes of Canada, and
- the original and amending regulations, as registered by the Clerk of the Privy Council and published in Part II of the Canada Gazette.
The above-mentioned publications are available in most public libraries.
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