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Bill C-71

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PART VII

AGREEMENTS

Administra-
tive agreements

60. (1) The Minister may enter into agreements with provinces or other bodies respecting the administration and enforcement of this Act, including the designation of provincial or other officials and bodies as inspectors under this Act and the appointment of federal officials as inspectors under provincial legislation in respect of tobacco.

Equivalency agreements

(2) The Minister may enter into equivalency agreements with a province where there are in force, under the laws of that province, provisions that are equivalent to the provisions of this Act.

Order

(3) The Governor in Council may, on the recommendation of the Minister, by order, declare that certain provisions of this Act or the regulations, other than those creating an absolute prohibition, do not apply within a province in which an equivalency agreement is in force.

Table in Parliament

(4) A copy of an equivalency agreement in respect of which an order is made under subsection (3) must be tabled in Parliament within fifteen days after the order is made.

PART VIII

CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS, REPEALS AND COMING INTO FORCE

Consequential Amendments

R.S., c. H-3

Hazardous Products Act

R.S., c. 15 (4th Supp.), s. 9(2)

61. Subsection 3(2) of the Hazardous Products Act is replaced by the following:

Restrictions on application

(2) This Part does not apply to the advertising, sale or importation of a tobacco product as defined in section 2 of the Tobacco Act or the advertising of lighters or matches that display a tobacco product-related brand element.

R.S., c. 24 (3rd Supp.), s. 1

62. Paragraph 12(h) of the Act is replaced by the following:

    (h) tobacco or a tobacco product as defined in section 2 of the Tobacco Act; or

R.S., c. 15 (4th Supp.), s. 9(1)

63. Section 4.1 of Part II of Schedule I to the Act is repealed.

Repeals

Repeal of R.S., c. 14 (4th Supp.)

64. The Tobacco Products Control Act is repealed.

Repeal

65. The Tobacco Sales to Young Persons Act, chapter 5 of the Statutes of Canada, 1993, is repealed.

Coming into Force

Subsections 24(2) and (3)

66. Subsections 24(2) and (3) come into force on October 1, 1998 or on such earlier day the Governor in Council may fix by order.