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First Session, Forty-fourth Parliament,

70-71 Elizabeth II – 1-2 Charles III, 2021-2022-2023

STATUTES OF CANADA 2023

CHAPTER 27
An Act to amend the Department of Public Works and Government Services Act (use of wood)

ASSENTED TO
October 26, 2023

BILL S-222



SUMMARY

This enactment amends the Department of Public Works and Government Services Act to permit the Minister, in developing requirements for public works, to allow the use of wood or any other thing that achieves environmental benefits.

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70-71 Elizabeth II – 1-2 Charles III

CHAPTER 27

An Act to amend the Department of Public Works and Government Services Act (use of wood)

[Assented to 26th October, 2023]

His Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows:

1996, c. 16

Department of Public Works and Government Services Act

1Section 7 of the Department of Public Works and Government Services Act is amended by adding the following after subsection (1):

Use of wood

(1.‍1)In developing requirements with respect to the construction, maintenance and repair of public works, federal real property and federal immovables, the Minister shall consider any potential reduction in greenhouse gas emissions and any other environmental benefits and may allow the use of wood or any other thing — including a material, product or sustainable resource — that achieves such benefits.
Published under authority of the Senate of Canada

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