The Minister of Citizenship and Immigration, pursuant to subsections 91(5) a and (7) a of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act b, hereby makes the annexed Regulations Designating a Body for the Purposes of Paragraph 91(2)(c) of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act. S.C. 2011, c. 8, s. 1 S.C. 2001, c. 27
Ottawa, June 27, 2011
JASON KENNEY Minister of Citizenship and Immigration
Interpretation
The following definitions apply in these Regulations.
Act means the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act. (Loi)
ICCRC means the Immigration Consultants of Canada Regulatory Council, incorporated under Part II of the Canada Corporations Act on February 18, 2011. (CRCIC)
Designation
For the purposes of paragraph 91(2)(c) of the Act, the ICCRC is designated as a body whose members in good standing may represent or advise a person for consideration — or offer to do so — in connection with a proceeding or application under the Act.
Transitional Measures
Any person who, on the date on which these Regulations come into force, is a member in good standing of the Canadian Society of Immigration Consultants, incorporated under Part II of the Canada Corporations Act on October 8, 2003, is a member of the ICCRC, for the purposes of the Act, for a period lasting until the earlier of
120 days following the date on which these Regulations come into force; and
the date on which that person discontinues their status as a member of the ICCRC.
For the period during which they are a member of the ICCRC in accordance with subsection (1), the persons referred to in that subsection are not required to pay membership fees to that body.
Coming into Force
These Regulations come into force on the day on which section 1 of An Act to amend the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act, chapter 8 of the Statutes of Canada, 2011, comes into force, but if they are registered after that day, they come into force on the day on which they are registered.[Note: Regulations in force June 30, 2011, see SI/2011-57.]