Accessible Canada Act

Marginal note:Powers

19 The Standards Organization, in carrying out its mandate, may

• (a) enter into contracts, agreements or other arrangements with any person or entity, including any government, in the name of Her Majesty in right of Canada or in its own name;

• (b) make grants and contributions;

• (c) establish and register its own marks under the Trademarks Act and authorize and regulate their use subject to that Act;

• (d) license, sell or otherwise make available any patent, copyright, industrial design, trademark or other similar property right that it holds, controls or administers;

• (e) charge a fee for any accessibility standard that it develops or revises and any information, product or service that it provides under this Act;

• (f) spend any money that it receives through its activities, in the fiscal year in which the money is received or in the subsequent fiscal year;

• (g) acquire any money, securities or other personal or movable property by gift or bequest and expend, administer or dispose of the property subject to the terms, if any, on which the gift or bequest was made; and

• (h) undertake any other activities that it considers conducive to the furtherance of its mandate and the exercise of its powers.