Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999

Marginal note:Subsequent regulations or instruments

• 78 (1) If the Ministers publish a statement under subparagraph 77(6)(c)(i) indicating that more than one proposed regulation or instrument respecting preventive or control actions in relation to a substance is to be developed, the Minister shall, when the first regulation or instrument respecting preventive or control actions in relation to the substance is published under paragraph 92(1)(a) or a statement identifying the first such regulation or instrument is published under paragraph 92(1)(b) or (c), as the case may be, publish in the Environmental Registry and in any other manner that the Minister considers appropriate a statement respecting the development of the subsequent proposed regulations or instruments that specifies, to the extent possible, an estimated time frame within which those proposed regulations or instruments are to be developed.

• Marginal note:Amendments to statement

  (2) If the Ministers amend the statement respecting the development of the subsequent proposed regulations or instruments, the Minister shall publish that statement as amended and the reasons for the amendment in the Environmental Registry and in any other manner that the Minister considers appropriate.

• Marginal note:Progress report

  (3) The Minister shall include in the annual report required by section 342 a report on the progress made in developing any subsequent proposed regulations or instruments.

• Marginal note:Update on estimated timelines

  (4) The report on progress referred to in subsection (3) shall include an update on estimated timelines and reasons for any delay.