Employment Insurance Act - Amendments - Bill C-30

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PAST AMENDMENTS TO THE EMPLOYMENT INSURANCE ACT

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BILL C- 30

The Courts Administration Service Act
[Assented to March 27, 2002]

Official version published in the Canada Gazette Part III- Vol. 25, No 1, Chapter 8, on May 2, 2002.

An Act to establish a body that provides administrative services to the Federal Court of Appeal, the Federal Court, the Court Martial Appeal Court and the Tax Court of Canada, to amend the Federal Court Act, the Tax Court of Canada Act and the Judges Act, and to make related and consequential amendments to other Acts

SUMMARY

This enactment consolidates the current administrative services of the Federal Court of Canada, the Court Martial Appeal Court and the Tax Court of Canada into a single "Courts Administration Service".

It amends the Federal Court Act and related legislation to create a separate Federal Court of Appeal.

It amends the Tax Court of Canada Act and related legislation to change the status of the Tax Court of Canada to that of a superior court.

It also makes consequential amendments to various other federal statutes.

SHORT TITLE

1. This Act may be cited as the Courts Administration Service Act.

PURPOSE OF ACT

2. The purposes of this Act are to

1. facilitate coordination and cooperation among the Federal Court of Appeal, the Federal Court, the Court Martial Appeal Court and the Tax Court of Canada for the purpose of ensuring the effective and efficient provision of administrative services to those courts;
2. enhance judicial independence by placing administrative services at arm's length from the Government of Canada and by affirming the roles of chief justices and judges in the management of the courts; and
3. enhance accountability for the use of public money in support of court administration while safeguarding the independence of the judiciary.

The sections of Bill C-30 relating to the Employment Insurance Act are as follows:

Employment Insurance (1996, c. 23)

135. (1) Subsection 112(2) of the Employment Insurance Act is replaced by the following:

Judges acting as umpires

(2) Subject to subsection (4), a judge or former judge of a superior, county or district court or a judge or former judge appointed under an Act of Parliament or the legislature of a province may, at the request of the chief umpire made with the approval of the Governor in Council, act as an umpire and, while so acting, the judge or former judge has all the powers of an umpire. 1998, c. 19, s. 270;

(2) Subsection 112(5) of the Act is replaced by the following:

Salary and travel allowance

(5) A judge or former judge who acts as an umpire shall be paid

1. a salary for the period the person acts at the rate fixed by the Judges Act for a judge of the Federal Court, other than the Chief Justice of that Court, less any amount otherwise payable to the person under that Act for the period; and
2. the travel allowances that a judge is entitled to be paid under that Act.

References

Replacement of  ''Federal Court Act'' with ''Federal Courts Act''

182. (1) The following provisions are amended by replacing the expression "Federal Court Act" with the expression "Federal Courts Act":

(a) to (n) [Amendments]

(o) sections 105 and 118 and subsection 132(3) of the Employment Insurance Act;

(p) to (z.12) [Amendments]

Other references to Federal Court Act

(2) [Amendments]

General replacement

(3) Unless the context requires otherwise, the expression ''Federal Court Act'' is replaced by the expression ''Federal Courts Act'' in

1. any regulation, as defined in section 2 of the Statutory Instruments Act; and
2. any other instrument made
   1. in the execution of a power conferred under an Act of Parliament, or
   2. by order or under the authority of the Governor in Council.

COMING INTO FORCE

199. The provisions of this Act, other than sections 193 to 198, and the provisions of any Act enacted by this Act, come into force on a day or days to be fixed by order of the Governor in Council.

EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Bill)

The consequential amendments to the EI Regulations, effect ss. 87(2), 87(3) & subparagraph 88(1)(b)iii.
(2002, c. 8, ss. 182(3))

SI/2003-109 fixes July 2, 2003 as the day on which the Courts Administration Service Act, Bill C-30, came into force.