Originally Posted by
Len One O
So if it does pass it still takes time to go into effect correct?
Third reading vote (this week), then
Royal Assent (this week), then
Coming into Force dates (unknown, but could be this week).
Coming into Force
Order in council
22 (1) Section 1, subsections 3(2) and 4(2) and sections 16 and 18 to 21 come into force on a day to be fixed by order of the Governor in Council.
Order in council
(2) Section 2 comes into force on a day to be fixed by order of the Governor in Council.
Order in council
(3) Subsection 4(3) and sections 6, 8 and 15 come into force on a day to be fixed by order of the Governor in Council.
Order in council
(4) Sections 5 and 9 to 11 and subsection 13(1) come into force on a day to be fixed by order of the Governor in Council.
Order in council
(5) Section 7, subsection 13(3) and section 14 come into force on a day to be fixed by order of the Governor in Council, but that day must not be before the day referred to in subsection (4).
-- Bill C-71, Third Reading, Text of the Bill,
https://www.parl.ca/DocumentViewer/e...reading#enH606
Governor in Council means that as soon as it gets Royal Assent, Minister of Public Safety Ralph Goodale can Gazette when he wants the various sections to come into force. For example, if the Canadian Firearms Program doesn't have the software ready to issue Reference Numbers, Goodale may delay that section until that time.