Bill C-363: An Act to amend the Species at Risk Act (amendment of the List)

Bill C-363 LEGISinfo First Reading Bilingual view XML PDF Cover Summary BILL C-363 First Session, Forty-second Parliament, 64-65-66 Elizabeth II, 2015-2016-2017 HOUSE OF COMMONS OF CANADA BILL C-363 An Act to amend the Species at Risk Act (amendment of the List) FIRST READING, September 22, 2017 Mr. Cannings 421399 SUMMARY This enactment amends the Species at Risk Act in order to impose obligations on the Minister of the Environment in relation to the amendment of the List of Wildlife Species at Risk. Available on the House of Commons website at the following address: www.ourcommons.ca 1st Session, 42nd Parliament, 64-65-66 Elizabeth II, 2015-2016-2017 HOUSE OF COMMONS OF CANADA BILL C-363 An Act to amend the Species at Risk Act (amendment of the List) 2002, c. 29 Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows: 1 (1) Subsection 27(1.‍1) of the Species at Risk Act is replaced by the following: Decision in respect of assessment (1.‍1) Within one year after receiving an assessment of the status of a species by COSEWIC, the Minister shall make one of the following recommendations to the Governor in Council: (a) that the assessment be accepted and the species be added to the List; (b) that the species not be added to the List; (c) that the matter be referred back to COSEWIC for further information or consideration. (2) Subsection 27(3) of the Act is replaced by the following: Amendment of List by Minister (3) If the Governor in Council has not taken any course of action under subsection (1.‍1) within 30 days after the Minister has made a recommendation, the Minister shall, by order, amend the List in accordance with COSEWIC’s assessment. 2 The Act is amended by adding the following after section 27: Report to Parliament 27.‍1 If the Minister does not make an order as required under subsection 27(3), the Minister must prepare a report stating the reasons the order has not been made and indicating when it will be made and cause the report to be laid before each House of Parliament on any of the first 15 days on which that House is sitting after the report is completed. Published under authority of the Speaker of the House of Commons Publication Explorer Publication Explorer ParlVU