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Bill C-8

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R.S., c. 1 (5th Supp.)

Income Tax Act

33. Paragraph 241(4)(i) of the Income Tax Act is replaced by the following:

    (i) provide access to records of taxpayer information to the Librarian and Archivist of Canada or a person acting on behalf of or under the direction of the Librarian and Archivist, solely for the purposes of section 12 of the Library and Archives of Canada Act, and transfer such records to the care and control of such persons solely for the purposes of section 13 of that Act;

1993, c. 29

Nunavut Land Claims Agreement Act

34. Paragraph 7(a) of the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement Act is replaced by the following:

    (a) the Library and Archives of Canada;

R.S., c. P-1

Parliament of Canada Act

2001, c. 36, s. 1

35. Subsection 75.1(2) of the Parliament of Canada Act is replaced by the following:

Selection

(2) The Speaker of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Commons, acting together, shall select the Parliamentary Poet Laureate from a list of three names submitted in confidence by a committee chaired by the Parliamentary Librarian and also composed of the Librarian and Archivist of Canada, the Commissioner of Official Languages for Canada and the Chair of the Canada Council.

R.S., c. P-6

Pension Act

2000, c. 34, s. 41

36. Paragraph 109.1(d) of the Pension Act is replaced by the following:

    (d) personal information collected or obtained by the Library and Archives of Canada in the administration of the Library and Archives of Canada Act, or any predecessor enactment relating to the same subject-matter.

R.S., c. P-21

Privacy Act

R.S., c. 1 (3rd Supp.), s. 12(5) (Sch., s. 4(1))

37. (1) Paragraph 8(2)(i) of the Privacy Act is replaced by the following:

    (i) to the Library and Archives of Canada for archival purposes;

R.S., c. 1 (3rd Supp.), s. 12(5) (Sch., s. 4(2))

(2) Subsection 8(3) of the Act is replaced by the following:

Personal information disclosed by Library and Archives of Canada

(3) Subject to any other Act of Parliament, personal information under the custody or control of the Library and Archives of Canada that has been transferred there by a government institution for historical or archival purposes may be disclosed in accordance with the regulations to any person or body for research or statistical purposes.

R.S., c. 1 (3rd Supp.), s. 12(5) (Sch., s. 4(3))

38. Subsection 10(2) of the Act is replaced by the following:

Exception for Library and Archives of Canada

(2) Subsection (1) does not apply in respect of personal information under the custody or control of the Library and Archives of Canada that has been transferred there by a government institution for historical or archival purposes.

1990, c. 3, s. 32 (Sch., s. 6(1))

39. Paragraph 69(1)(b) of the Act is replaced by the following:

    (b) material placed in the Library and Archives of Canada, the National Gallery of Canada, the Canadian Museum of Civilization, the Canadian Museum of Nature or the National Museum of Science and Technology by or on behalf of persons or organizations other than government institutions.

R.S., c. 1 (3rd Supp.), s. 12(5) (Sch., s. 4(6))

40. The schedule to the Act is amended by striking out the following under the heading ``Other Government Institutions'':

National Archives of Canada

    Archives nationales du Canada

National Library

    Bibliothèque nationale

41. The schedule to the Act is amended by adding the following in alphabetical order under the heading ``Other Government Institutions'':

Library and Archives of Canada

    Bibliothèque et Archives du Canada

2000, c. 17; 2001, c. 41, s. 48

Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act

2001, c. 12, s. 1

42. Paragraph 54(e) of the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act is replaced by the following:

    (e) notwithstanding the Library and Archives of Canada Act, shall destroy each report received and all information received or collected on the expiry of the applicable period referred to in paragraph (d).

1991, c. 30

Public Sector Compensation Act

43. Schedule I to the Public Sector Compensation Act is amended by striking out the following under the heading ``Other Portions of the Public Service'':

National Archives of Canada

    Archives nationales du Canada

National Library

    Bibliothèque nationale

44. Schedule I to the Act is amended by adding the following in alphabetical order under the heading ``Other Portions of the Public Service'':

Library and Archives of Canada

    Bibliothèque et Archives du Canada

R.S., c. P-35

Public Service Staff Relations Act

SOR/87-297

45. Part I of Schedule I to the Public Service Staff Relations Act is amended by striking out the following:

National Archives of Canada

    Archives nationales du Canada

National Library

    Bibliothèque nationale

46. Part I of Schedule I to the Act is amended by adding the following in alphabetical order:

Library and Archives of Canada

    Bibliothèque et Archives du Canada

R.S., c. W-3

War Veterans Allowance Act

2000, c. 34, s. 84

47. Paragraph 30(1.1)(c) of the War Veterans Allowance Act is replaced by the following:

    (c) personal information collected or obtained by the Library and Archives of Canada in the administration of the Library and Archives of Canada Act, or any predecessor enactment relating to the same subject-matter.

2002, c. 1

Youth Criminal Justice Act

48. The portion of section 126 of the Youth Criminal Justice Act before paragraph (a) is replaced by the following:

Records in the custody, etc., of archivists

126. When records originally kept under sections 114 to 116 are under the custody or control of the Librarian and Archivist of Canada or the archivist for any province, that person may disclose any information contained in the records to any other person if

49. (1) Subsections 128(2) and (3) of the Act are replaced by the following:

Disposal of records

(2) Subject to paragraph 125(7)(c), any record kept under sections 114 to 116, other than a record kept under subsection 115(3), may, in the discretion of the person or body keeping the record, be destroyed or transmitted to the Librarian and Archivist of Canada or the archivist for any province, at any time before or after the end of the applicable period set out in section 119.

Disposal of R.C.M.P. records

(3) All records kept under subsection 115(3) shall be destroyed or, if the Librarian and Archivist of Canada requires it, transmitted to the Librarian and Archivist, at the end of the applicable period set out in section 119 or 120.

(2) Subsection 128(6) of the Act is replaced by the following:

Authority to inspect

(6) The Librarian and Archivist of Canada may, at any time, inspect records kept under sections 114 to 116 that are under the control of a government institution as defined in section 2 of the Library and Archives of Canada Act, and the archivist for a province may at any time inspect any records kept under those sections that the archivist is authorized to inspect under any Act of the legislature of the province.

1994, c. 34

Yukon First Nations Land Claims Settlement Act

50. Paragraph 15(a) of the Yukon First Nations Land Claims Settlement Act is replaced by the following:

    (a) the Library and Archives of Canada;

1994, c. 35

Yukon First Nations Self-Government Act

51. Paragraph 25(a) of the Yukon First Nations Self-Government Act is replaced by the following:

    (a) the Library and Archives of Canada;

TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS

No continuation in office

52. (1) The persons who were the National Archivist of Canada and the National Librarian immediately before the coming into force of section 55 cease to hold those offices on the coming into force of subsection 5(1).

Transfer of existing holdings

(2) The records and publications that constituted the collections of the National Archives of Canada and the National Library immediately before the coming into force of section 55 are transferred to the Librarian and Archivist subject to any terms and conditions that were applicable to those records and publications.

Continuation of personnel

(3) Every person who was, immediately before the coming into force of section 55, an employee employed in the National Archives of Canada or the National Library is an employee of the Library and Archives of Canada.

Transfer of funds

(4) All amounts that were in the accounts of Canada called the National Archives of Canada Account and the National Library Special Operating Account immediately before the coming into force of section 55 are transferred to the Library and Archives of Canada Account.

References

(5) Unless the context requires otherwise, ``National Archives of Canada'' and ``National Library'' are replaced by ``Library and Archives of Canada'' in

    (a) any regulation, as defined in section 2 of the Statutory Instruments Act; and

    (b) any other instrument made

      (i) in the execution of a power conferred by or under an Act of Parliament, or

      (ii) by or under the authority of the Governor in Council.

References

(6) Unless the context requires otherwise, ``National Archivist of Canada'' and ``National Librarian'' are replaced by ``Librarian and Archivist of Canada'' in

    (a) any regulation, as defined in section 2 of the Statutory Instruments Act; and

    (b) any other instrument made

      (i) in the execution of a power conferred by or under an Act of Parliament, or

      (ii) by or under the authority of the Governor in Council.

References

(7) Unless the context requires otherwise, a reference in any contract or other document to

    (a) the ``National Archives of Canada'' or the ``National Library'' shall be read as a reference to the ``Library and Archives of Canada''; and

    (b) the ``National Archivist of Canada'' or the ``National Librarian'' shall be read as a reference to the ``Librarian and Archivist of Canada''.