SCHEDULES TO REGULATIONS

Schedules generally contain lists, tables, tariffs, forms, figures, charts or other factual or statistical information. They are accessory to provisions set out in the body of the regulations and should not contain substantive provisions.

Example:

  1. An offence under a provision, or a combination of provisions, of a Regulation set out in column 1 of Schedules 1 to 4 is designated as a contravention for the purposes of the XYZ Act.

Following a convention adopted by the Legislative Services Branch in 1996, schedules in new regulations are numbered using Arabic numerals.

In regulations amending regulations that contain schedules numbered in Roman numerals, the drafter is encouraged to replace the numbers with the corresponding Arabic numerals if it is appropriate to do so; for example, if a large portion of the regulations is being replaced or the regulations are very short, or at the request of the client. In such cases, it is possible to use general amending formulas designed to replace an expression throughout the regulations. If, however, the regulations are very long or the client wishes to keep the old numbering system, the drafter is advised not to make the change. For uniformity, a single numbering system should be used for a series of schedules.

These numbering rules also apply to parts, divisions, tables and columns.

If a regulation has only one schedule, the schedule is not numbered. References to it in the body of the regulation are not capitalized, i.e. "schedule". If a regulation has more than one schedule, references to it in the body of the regulation are capitalized, i.e. "Schedule 2".

The heading "SCHEDULE", in full capitals, is centered at the top of the first page of the schedule. The regulatory provisions that refer to the schedule are indicated in parentheses and in italics on the line immediately under the heading. The title of the schedule, in full capitals, is centered below.

Example:

SCHEDULE 2 
(Section 12 and subsection 33(2))

LIST OF PROHIBITED SUBSTANCES

The word "schedule" takes the preposition "to", not "of".

Example:

Schedule 1 to the Regulations … .

The sections or items of a schedule are numbered using Arabic numerals.

In a schedule set out in the form of tables (columns) or lists, the item numbers are not in bold. In a schedule that consists of sentences or that is divided into sections, subsections, paragraphs and so forth, the section numbers appear in bold.

In stamped copies, schedules and tables consisting of more than one page should not bear the heading "SCHEDULE (Continued)" or "(Concluded)". The Canada Gazette staff will insert the heading "SCHEDULE (Continued)" on all the pages of a schedule after the first page.

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