Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 (S.C. 1999, c. 33)

RELATED PROVISIONS

• — 2023, c. 12, s. 59

  • Words and expressions

    59 Unless the context otherwise requires, words and expressions used in sections 60 to 62 have the same meaning as in the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999.

• — 2023, c. 12, s. 60

  • Statement under subsection 77(1) — deemed recommendation to add to Part 1

    • 60 (1) If, before the day on which subsection 21(1) of this Act comes into force, a statement is published under subsection 77(1) of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 indicating that the measure that the Ministers propose to take in respect of a substance is a recommendation to add the substance to the List of Toxic Substances in Schedule 1 of that Act and to implement virtual elimination under subsection 65(3) of that Act and no statement confirming or amending that measure has been published under paragraph 77(6)(b) of that Act before that day, the measure is deemed to be a recommendation, made under paragraph 77(2)(c) of that Act, as that paragraph reads after that day, to add the substance on the list of toxic substances in Part 1 of Schedule 1, as that Schedule reads after that day.

    • Statement under subsection 77(1) — deemed recommendation to add to Part 2

      (2) If, before the day on which subsection 21(1) of this Act comes into force, a statement is published under subsection 77(1) of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 indicating that the measure that the Ministers propose to take in respect of the substance is a recommendation to add the substance to the List of Toxic Substances in Schedule 1 of that Act without implementing virtual elimination under subsection 65(3) of that Act and no statement confirming or amending that measure is published under paragraph 77(6)(b) of that Act before that day, the measure is deemed to be a recommendation, made under paragraph 77(2)(d) of that Act, as enacted by that subsection 21(1), to add the substance on the list of toxic substances in Part 2 of Schedule 1, as that Schedule reads after that day.

• — 2023, c. 12, s. 61

  • Statement under paragraph 77(6)(b) — deemed recommendation to add to Part 1

    • 61 (1) If, before the day on which subsection 21(2) of this Act comes into force, a statement is published under paragraph 77(6)(b) of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 indicating that the measure that the Ministers propose to take, as confirmed or amended, in respect of a substance is a recommendation to add the substance to the List of Toxic Substances in Schedule 1 of that Act and to implement virtual elimination under subsection 65(3) of that Act, the statement is deemed to be a statement, published under paragraph 77(6)(b) of that Act, as it reads after that day, indicating that the measure, as confirmed or amended, is a recommendation to add the substance on the list of toxic substances in Part 1 of Schedule 1, as that Schedule reads after that day.

    • Statement under paragraph 77(6)(b) — deemed recommendation to add to Part 2

      (2) If, before the day on which subsection 21(2) of this Act comes into force, a statement is published under paragraph 77(6)(b) of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 indicating that the measure that the Ministers propose to take, as confirmed or amended, in respect of the substance is a recommendation to add the substance to the List of Toxic Substances in Schedule 1 of that Act without the implementation of virtual elimination under subsection 65(3) of that Act, the statement is deemed to be a statement, published under paragraph 77(6)(b) of that Act, as it reads after that day, indicating that the measure, as confirmed or amended, is a recommendation to add the substance on the list of toxic substances in Part 2 of Schedule 1, as that Schedule reads after that day.

• — 2023, c. 12, s. 62

  • Schedule 1 — substance added

    • 62 (1) If a substance is added to the List of Toxic Substances in Schedule 1 of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 before the day on which section 58 of this Act comes into force but the substance is not specified on the list of toxic substances in Part 1 or 2 of Schedule 1 of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 on that day, the Governor in Council must as soon as feasible after that day make an order adding the substance

      • (a) to the list of toxic substances in Part 1 of Schedule 1 of that Act, if the Governor in Council is satisfied that the substance is toxic within the meaning of section 64 of that Act and if the Ministers recommended the implementation of virtual elimination under subsection 65(3) of that Act in relation to the substance; or

      • (b) to the list of toxic substances in Part 2 of Schedule 1 of that Act, if the Governor in Council is satisfied that the substance is toxic within the meaning of section 64 of that Act and if the Ministers did not recommend the implementation of virtual elimination under subsection 65(3) of that Act in relation to the substance.

    • Schedule 1 — substance deleted

      (2) If a substance is deleted from the List of Toxic Substances in Schedule 1 of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 before the day on which section 58 of this Act comes into force but the substance is specified on the list of toxic substances in Part 1 or 2 of Schedule 1 of that Act as it reads after that day, the Governor in Council must as soon as feasible after that day make an order deleting the substance from the list of toxic substances on which it is specified.

• — 2023, c. 12, s. 63

  • Regulations

    63 The Minister of the Environment and the Minister of Health may, by regulation,

    • (a) repeal the Virtual Elimination List; and

    • (b) repeal the Regulations Adding Perfluorooctane Sulfonate and Its Salts to the Virtual Elimination List.