Canada Gazette
The Canada Gazette (French: Gazette du Canada) is an official publication by the government of Canada that publishes all laws and Orders in Council issued by the government. It also contains other information on things such as hearing and tribunals, proposed changes and any thing else the government feels should be told to the public in the time period stated in the Statutory Instruments Regulations. It is administered by Public Works and Government Services Canada by the Queen's Printer since 1841.
The Gazette is not widely read with only some media, government, and businesses paying close attention. It is important, however, as once a law or regulation is noted in the Gazette, ignorance of it is no longer a legal defence.
Canada's provinces all have their own versions of the Gazette.
The Gazette is published in three parts:
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[edit] Part 1
Part I is published each Saturday. It contains public notices, official appointments and proposed regulations, as well as miscellaneous notices from the private sector that are required to be published by federal statute or by regulations. The proposed regulations are published in Part I as a way for the public to comment on them.
[edit] Part 2
Part II is published every second Wednesday and it contains all regulations that have been enacted as well as statutory instruments and other documents, such as orders in council, orders and proclamations. It has a consolidated index of regulations dating since January 1, 1955.
[edit] Part 3
Part III is published with the text of any new laws immediately after they have received Royal Assent and was first published in 1974. Starting from January 1998 all publications other than Part III are available in HTML and are not official. From April 1, 2003, the PDF version is an official version, as it is marked up from the same file as the printed version. It also contains a list of the proclamations of Canada and orders in council relating to the coming into force of federal acts.
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- Official website (with all copies online from 1998 onwards)
- Canada Gazette 1841 - 1997
- Canada Gazette June 1868 - December 1878
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