Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
Legal and Constitutional Affairs

Issue 28 - Seventeenth Report of the Committee

Thursday, December 6, 2012

The Standing Senate Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs has the honour to present its

SEVENTEENTH REPORT

Your committee, to which was referred Bill S-12, An Act to amend the Statutory Instruments Act and to make consequential amendments to the Statutory Instruments Regulations, has, in obedience to the order of reference of Tuesday, November 6, 2012, examined the said Bill and now reports the same without amendment.

Your committee has also made certain observations, which are appended to this report.

Respectfully submitted,

Bob Runciman

Chair

OBSERVATIONS
to the Seventeenth Report of the Standing Senate Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs
(Bill S-12)

Some witnesses who were supportive of Bill S-12 nonetheless expressed a desire for greater certainty about how the bill would be implemented. The committee encourages the government to develop guidelines with respect to the use of incorporation by reference.