Proposed new Regulation (December 2004)

Regulations Amending the Lobbyists Registration Regulations

General information

The Office of the Registrar of Lobbyists has proceeded with the pre-publication of the proposed Regulations Amending the Lobbyists Registration Regulations (thereafter referred to as the "Regulations"), under the authority of the Lobbyists Registration Act (R.S.C. 1985, c.44 (4th supp.) as amended by S.C. 1995, c.12).

The Lobbyists Registration Act (thereafter called the Act) authorizes the Governor in Council to make regulations respecting the form and manner of the returns to be filed by lobbyists.

The Act was amended by Bill C-15, An Act to Amend the Lobbyists Registration Act, Chapter 10 of the Statutes of Canada 2003, which received Royal Assent on June 11, 2003. The Regulations set out the administrative measures for complying with the Act. To reflect the amendments to the Act, changes to the Regulations are necessary and, before the Act can come into force, amendments to the Regulations must be made.

The proposed Regulations have been approved by the Treasury Board for the purpose of pre-publication in Part I of the Canada Gazette. The Canada Gazette is one of the vehicles that Canadians can use to access the laws and regulations that govern their daily lives. It is the official newspaper of the Government of Canada.

The proposed Regulations are published under the authority of the Statutory Instruments Act and of the Statutory Instruments Regulations. Pre-publication of the proposed Regulations in Part I of the Canada Gazette provide interested individuals and organizations with the opportunity to provide their comments on the proposed Regulations during a period of 60 days following the date of pre-publication.

The proposed Regulations, the Registration Forms and the accompanying Regulatory Impact Assessment Statement (RIAS) can be obtained through the official site of the Canada Gazette at the following address:

Canada Gazette
http://canadagazette.gc.ca/