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A regulation is the manifestation of a legislative power conferred by Parliament on the executive branch of government.
The Statutory Instruments Act (R.S., 1985, C. S-22) defines the term regulations and establishes the basic legal process the federal government must follow when developing regulations:
"To be a regulation, an instrument must be:
- a statutory instrument that is made in the exercise of a legislative power conferred by or under an Act of Parliament, or
- a statutory instrument for the contravention of which a penalty, fine or imprisonment is prescribed by or under an Act of Parliament,
- a rule, order or regulation governing the practice or procedure in any proceeding before a judicial or quasi-judicial body established by or under an Act of Parliament; or
- an instrument described as a regulation in any Act of Parliament."
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