HEAL Committee Report

APPENDIX A

Tobacco Act
(Statutes of Canada, 1997, c. 13)

42.1(1) Laying of proposed regulations

42.1(1) The Governor in Council may not make a regulation under section 7, 14, 17, 33 or 42 unless the Minister has first laid the proposed regulation before the House of Commons.

42.1(2) Report by committee

(2) A proposed regulation that is laid before the House of Commons is deemed to be automatically referred to the appropriate committee of the House, as determined by the rules of the House, and the committee may conduct inquiries or public hearings with respect to the proposed regulation and report its findings to the House.

42.1(3) Making of regulations

(3) The Governor in Council may make a regulation under section 7, 14, 17, 33 or 42 only if

(a) the House of Commons has not concurred in any report
        from a committee respecting the proposed regulation within
        the thirty sitting days following the day on which the
        proposed regulation was laid before the House, in which
        case the regulation may only be made in the form laid; or

(b) the House of Commons has concurred in a report from a
        committee approving the proposed regulation or an
        amended version of it, in which case the Governor in
        Council may only make the regulation in the form concurred
        in.

42.1(4) Definition of "sitting day"

(4) For the purpose of this section, "sitting day" means a day on which the House of Commons sits.