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The Irrigation Act, 2019, SS 2019, c I-14.2, is proclaimed into force March 20, 2020, replacing The Irrigation Act, 1996. According to the government’s Justice Update: The revised Act includes four areas of amendment. First, the new Act sets clearer terms and conditions around the transfer of government owned irrigation assets to irrigation districts. Second, the provisions around the responsibility...
Read More +Photo by StellrWeb on Unsplash Subdivision H of Division 9 of Part 4 (other than s 206 to 212 which came into force on assent) of the Budget Implementation Act, 2019, No. 1, SC 2019, c 29, is proclaimed into force on the day on which this Order is published in the Canada Gazette Part II (PC 2020-0072). Division 2 of Part 4...
Read More +The following regulations were published in The Saskatchewan Gazette, Part II, Vol. 116 No. 10, March 6, 2020: SR 13/2020 The Training Allowance Amendment Regulations, 2020SR 14/2020 The Water Security Agency (Industrial Water Use) Amendment Regulations, 2020SR 15/2020 The Saskatchewan Crop Insurance Corporation Amendment Regulations, 2020 The following Bills received royal assent on March 16, 2020: Bill 174 The Enforcement...
Read More +By Ken Fox, Research Librarian The Election Amendment Act, 2019, SS 2019, c 29, is proclaimed into force January 31, 2020. According to the government’s summary, “the Act implements recommendations arising from the Chief Electoral Officer’s (CEO) report Volume IV – Chief Electoral Officer’s Recommendations for Legislative Reform.” The Tobacco Control Amendment Act, 2019, SS 2019, c 32, is proclaimed...
Read More +The following regulations were published in The Saskatchewan Gazette, Part II, Vol. 116 No. 4, January 24, 2020: P-12.1 Reg 2 The Pipelines Administration and Licensing RegulationsSR 1/2020 The Securities Commission (Adoption of National Instruments) (NI 31-103, Client Focused Reforms) Amendment Regulations, 2019SR 2/2020 The Change of Name (Criminal Record Check) Amendment Regulations, 2020RS 2/2020 Règlement modificatif de 2020 sur...
Read More +The Ministry of Justice has prepared brief summaries of the Acts passed in the Saskatchewan Legislature in 2019. You can find them at Justice Update 2019.
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