Budget Implementation Act, 1995

S.C. 1995, c. 17

Assented to 1995-06-22

An Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on February 27, 1995

Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows:

Short Title

Marginal note:Short title

1 This Act may be cited as the Budget Implementation Act, 1995.

PART I Compensation

2 to 6 [Amendments]

PART II Management of Labour

7 to 10 [Amendments]

PART III Transportation Matters

National Transportation Act, 1987

11 to 22 [Amendments]

Coming into Force

Marginal note:Coming into force

23 Sections 11 to 22 come into force, or are deemed to have come into force, on August 1, 1995.

Repeals

24 to 26 [Repeals]

Transitional Provisions

Marginal note:Transitional provision

27 No payments may be made out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund in respect of a movement of goods that was eligible for assistance under the Atlantic Region Freight Assistance Act or the Maritime Freight Rates Act where

(a) the movement originates after June 30, 1995; or

(b) the claim in respect of the payment is made after September 1, 1995.

Marginal note:Statutory payments to railway companies for 1994-95 crop year

28 (1) The Minister of Transport shall pay to railway companies any amount that the Minister would have been required to pay after July 31, 1995 under subsections 56(1) and 57(1) of the Western Grain Transportation Act in respect of the crop year beginning August 1, 1994 and ending July 31, 1995 if that Act had not been repealed.

Marginal note:Payments under agreements

(2) The Minister of Transport shall pay any amount that the Minister would have been required to pay after July 31, 1995 under an agreement entered into under section 60 of the Western Grain Transportation Act in respect of the crop year beginning August 1, 1994 and ending July 31, 1995 if that Act had not been repealed.

Marginal note:Deadline for payments

(3) Payments required by subsection (1) or (2) shall be made no later than October 29, 1995.

Enactment

Marginal note:Transition Act

29 The Western Grain Transition Payments Act set out in Schedule II is enacted.

PART IV Fiscal Arrangements and Other Matters

30 [Repealed, 1996, c. 11, s. 46.1]

Canada Assistance Plan

31 and 32 [Amendment and repeal]

Canada Health Act

33 to 41 [Amendments]

Children of Deceased Veterans Education Assistance Act

42 [Amendment]

Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Act

43 [Amendment]

Federal-Provincial Fiscal Arrangements and Federal Post-Secondary Education and Health Contributions Act

44 [Amendment]

45 (1) [Amendment]

(2) A reference in any Act, regulation, agreement or other instrument to the Federal-Provincial Fiscal Arrangements and Federal Post-Secondary Education and Health Contributions Act is, except where the context otherwise requires, deemed to be a reference to the Federal-Provincial Fiscal Arrangements Act.

46 to 56 [Amendments]

Financial Administration Act

57 to 60 [Amendments]

Pension Benefits Standards Act, 1985

61 [Amendment]

Public Utilities Income Tax Transfer Act

62 to 64 [Amendments and repeal]

Marginal note:Termination of payments

65 No payment may be made under the Act after March 31, 1999.

Tax Rebate Discounting Act

66 [Amendment]

Vocational Rehabilitation of Disabled Persons Act

67 [Amendment]

War Veterans Allowance Act

68 to 72 [Amendments]

Conditional Amendments

73 [Amendments]

SCHEDULE I
[Amendment]

SCHEDULE II(Section 29)

[See Western Grain Transition Payments Act]