Repeal of Review Panel Service Charges Order

Summary#

This is the Order Repealing the Environmental Assessment Review Panel Service Charges Order (SOR/2023-35). It removes a now-unused regulation called the Environmental Assessment Review Panel Service Charges Order (SOR/98-443). The order came into force on February 23, 2023.

What it does#

• Repeals the Environmental Assessment Review Panel Service Charges Order (SOR/98-443), a regulatory instrument made under the older environmental law.
• Confirms that the repealed instrument has no current legal effect because those rules were already made spent when newer laws replaced the old ones.

Who's affected#

• Generally, no businesses or members of the public will see direct changes from this repeal.
• The change responds to a recommendation from the Standing Joint Committee for the Scrutiny of Regulations (SJCSR) and is intended to remove a source of confusion for stakeholders who track environmental rules.
• A government review said this repeal will not affect small businesses.

Why it matters#

• It cleans up old, obsolete rules so people and companies looking for current law are less likely to be confused by leftover documents.
• It clarifies the regulatory record after environmental assessment laws were replaced by the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act, 2012 (CEAA 2012) and then the Impact Assessment Act (IAA).