Housekeeping: this lets Cabinet write the detailed rules (the IRPR) that make the Act work day to day. It also lets new rules apply to applications already in the queue, so requirements can change while you wait, and it sends a short list of sensitive rule changes to Parliament for review first.
(1)Except as otherwise provided, the Governor in Council may make any regulation that is referred to in this Act or that prescribes any matter whose prescription is referred to in this Act.
(1.1)Regulations made under this Act that apply in respect of sponsorship applications or applications for permanent or temporary resident visas, permanent or temporary resident status or work or study permits may, if they so provide, apply in respect of any such applications that are pending on the day on which the regulations are made, other than (a)applications to become a permanent resident made in Canada by protected persons; and (b)applications for permanent resident visas made by persons referred to in subsection 99(2) and sponsorship applications made in respect of those applications.