The dictionary for the transitional rules, the ones that govern anything still in motion when the current Act replaced the old Immigration Act in 2002. It fixes what the former Act means and confirms that a reference to the current Act takes in its regulations and rules too. It matters only where an old file, order, or application is still alive.
(1)The definitions in this subsection apply in this Part. former Regulations means the Immigration Regulations, 1978, as enacted by Order in Council P.C. 1978-486 dated February 23, 1978 and registered as SOR/78-172. (ancien règlement) Humanitarian Designated Classes Regulations means the Humanitarian Designated Classes Regulations , as enacted by Order in Council P.C. 1997-477 dated April 8, 1997 and registered as SOR/97-183. (Règlement sur les catégories d’immigrants précisées pour des motifs d’ordre humanitaire) Immigration Act Fees Regulations means the Immigration Act Fees Regulations, as enacted by Order in Council P.C. 1996-2003 dated December 19, 1996 and registered as SOR/97-22. (Règlement sur les prix à payer — Loi sur l’immigration) Refugee Claimants Designated Class Regulations means the Refugee Claimants Designated Class Regulations, as enacted by Order in Council P.C. 1989-2517 dated December 21, 1989 and registered as SOR/90-40. (Règlement sur la catégorie admissible de demandeurs du statut de réfugié)
(2)For greater certainty, in this Part former Act has the same meaning as in section 187 of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act.
(3)A reference in this Part to the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act includes the regulations and rules made under it.