Vol. 148, No. 21 — October 8, 2014

Registration

SOR/2014-223 September 26, 2014

CANADIAN INTERNATIONAL TRADE TRIBUNAL ACT

Regulations Amending the Canadian International Trade Tribunal Procurement Inquiry Regulations

P.C. 2014-985 September 25, 2014

His Excellency the Governor General in Council, on the recommendation of the Minister of Finance, pursuant to section 40 (see footnote a) of the Canadian International Trade Tribunal Act (see footnote b), makes the annexed Regulations Amending the Canadian International Trade Tribunal Procurement Inquiry Regulations.

REGULATIONS AMENDING THE CANADIAN INTERNATIONAL TRADE TRIBUNAL PROCUREMENT INQUIRY REGULATIONS

AMENDMENTS

1. (1) Subsection 3(1) of the Canadian International Trade Tribunal Procurement Inquiry Regulations (see footnote 1) is replaced by the following:

3. (1) For the purposes of the definition “designated contract” in section 30.1 of the Act, any contract or class of contract concerning a procurement of goods or services or any combination of goods or services, as described in Article 1001 of NAFTA, in Article 502 of the Agreement on Internal Trade, in Article II of the Agreement on Government Procurement, in Article Kbis-01 of Chapter Kbis of the CCFTA, in Article 1401 of Chapter Fourteen of the CPFTA, in Article 1401 of Chapter Fourteen of the CCOFTA, in Article 16.02 of Chapter Sixteen of the CPAFTA or in Article 17.2 of Chapter Seventeen of the CHFTA, that has been or is proposed to be awarded by a government institution, is a designated contract.

(2) Paragraphs 3(2)(a) and (b) of the Regulations are replaced by the following:

2. Paragraph 5(a) of the Regulations is replaced by the following:

3. Paragraph 6(3)(b) of the Regulations is replaced by the following:

4. Paragraph 7(1)(c) of the Regulations is replaced by the following:

5. Paragraph 10(a) of the Regulations is replaced by the following:

6. Section 11 of the Regulations is replaced by the following:

11. If the Tribunal conducts an inquiry into a complaint, it shall determine whether the procurement was conducted in accordance with the requirements set out in whichever of NAFTA, the Agreement on Internal Trade, the Agreement on Government Procurement, the CCFTA, the CPFTA, the CCOFTA, the CPAFTA or the CHFTA applies.

COMING INTO FORCE

7. These Regulations come into force on the day on which section 31 of the Canada–Honduras Economic Growth and Prosperity Act, chapter 14 of the Statutes of Canada, 2014, comes into force, but if they are registered after that day, they come into force on the day on which they are registered.

N.B. The Regulatory Impact Analysis Statement for these Regulations appears following SOR/2014-222,Regulations Amending the Canadian International Trade Tribunal Regulations.