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PART 1: Immigration to CanadaDIVISION 10: General Provisions
§93

Statutory Instruments Act

Statutory Instruments Act

🍁 In Simple Terms

Housekeeping: Ministerial instructions and the Board Chairperson's guidelines skip the formal registration and publication process that regulations go through. They still bind, they simply move faster.

Affects: Immigration applicants (economic, family, humanitarian)
Legal Text: IRPA Section 93

93 Instructions given by the Minister or the Minister of Employment and Social Development under this Act and guidelines issued by the Chairperson under paragraph 159(1)(h) are not statutory instruments for the purposes of the Statutory Instruments Act.

Amendment History (2)
2001, c. 27, s. 93
2013, c. 33, s. 165, c. 40, s. 238
In Practice
Official Source: Justice Canada: IRPA s. 93 (authoritative, may differ from this display)
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