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id='assentedDate'>Act current to 2024-10-30 and <a href='index.html#hist'>last amended</a> on 2023-04-27. <a href='PITIndex.html'>Previous Versions</a></p></div></header><div class='lineSeparator goldLineTop'></div></div><div class='docContents' id='docCont'> <nav><div class="btn-group btn-group-justified"><a rel="prev" aria-disabled="true" href="#" class="btn btn-default disabled" role="button">Previous Page</a><a id="right-panel-trigger" class="overlay-lnk btn btn-default" role="button" href="index.html" aria-controls="right-panel">Table of Contents</a><a rel="next" class="btn btn-default" role="button" href="page-2.html#docCont" >Next Page</a></div></nav><div class="wb-txthl"> <section class="intro"><header><h2 class='Title-of-Act'>Accessible Canada Act</h2><p class='ChapterNumber'><abbr title='Statutes of Canada'>S.C.</abbr> 2019, c. 10</p></header><p class='AssentedDate'>Assented to 2019-06-21</p><p class='LongTitle' id='id-lt'>An Act to ensure a barrier-free Canada</p></section> <section> <section class="order"><h6 id="preamble" class="MarginalNote">Preamble</h6><p class="indent-0-0" id="1153382">Whereas the <cite class="XRefExternalAct">Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms</cite> guarantees the right to the equal protection and equal benefit of the law without discrimination and, in particular, discrimination on the basis of disability;</p><p class="indent-0-0" id="1153384">Whereas the <cite class="XRefExternalAct"><a href="/eng/acts/H-6">Canadian Human Rights Act</a></cite> recognizes that all individuals should have an opportunity equal with other individuals to make for themselves the lives that they are able and wish to have and to have their needs accommodated without discrimination and, in particular, discrimination on the basis of disability;</p><p class="indent-0-0" id="1153385">Whereas a proactive and systemic approach for identifying, removing and preventing barriers to accessibility without delay complements the rights of persons with disabilities under the <cite class="XRefExternalAct"><a href="/eng/acts/H-6">Canadian Human Rights Act</a></cite>;</p><p class="indent-0-0" id="1153386">Whereas Canada is a State Party to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and Canada has agreed to take appropriate measures respecting accessibility and to develop and monitor minimum accessibility standards;</p><p class="indent-0-0" id="1153387">Whereas barriers to accessibility can impact all persons in Canada, in particular those with disabilities and their families, and can prevent persons with disabilities from achieving their full and equal participation in society;</p><p class="indent-0-0" id="1153388">And whereas Parliament considers that it is essential to ensure the economic, social and civic participation of all persons in Canada, regardless of their disabilities, and to allow them to fully exercise their rights and responsibilities in a barrier-free Canada;</p></section><div class="Enacts"><p class="indent-0-0" id="1153390">Now, therefore, Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows:</p></div><h2 class="Part" id="h-1153392"><span class="HTitleText1">Short Title</span></h2><p class="MarginalNote"><span class="wb-invisible">Marginal note:</span>Short title</p><p class="Section" id="1153393"><strong><a class="sectionLabel" id="s-1"><span class="sectionLabel">1</span></a></strong> This Act may be cited as the <cite class="XRefExternalAct"><a href="/eng/acts/A-0.6">Accessible Canada Act</a></cite>.</p> <h2 class="Part" id="h-1153395"><span class="HTitleText1">Interpretation</span></h2><p class="MarginalNote"><span class="wb-invisible">Marginal note:</span>Definitions</p><p class="Section" id="1153396"><strong><a class="sectionLabel" id="s-2"><span class="sectionLabel">2</span></a></strong> The following definitions apply in this Act.</p><dl class="Definition"><dt id="1153398"><span class="DefinedTerm"><dfn>Accessibility Commissioner</dfn></span></dt><dd><p class="Definition"><span class="DefinedTerm"><dfn>Accessibility Commissioner</dfn></span> means the member of the Canadian Human Rights Commission that is appointed under subsection 26(1) of the <cite class="XRefExternalAct"><a href="/eng/acts/H-6">Canadian Human Rights Act</a></cite> and that is referred to in that Act as the “Accessibility Commissioner”. (<span class="DefinedTermLink" lang="fr">commissaire à l’accessibilité</span>)</p></dd><dt id="1153399"><span class="DefinedTerm"><dfn>barrier</dfn></span></dt><dd><p class="Definition"><span class="DefinedTerm"><dfn>barrier</dfn></span> means anything — including anything physical, architectural, technological or attitudinal, anything that is based on information or communications or anything that is the result of a policy or a practice — that hinders the full and equal participation in society of persons with an impairment, including a physical, mental, intellectual, cognitive, learning, communication or sensory impairment or a functional limitation. (<span class="DefinedTermLink" lang="fr">obstacle</span>)</p></dd><dt id="1153400"><span class="DefinedTerm"><dfn>broadcasting undertaking</dfn></span></dt><dd><p class="Definition"><span class="DefinedTerm"><dfn>broadcasting undertaking</dfn></span> has the same meaning as in subsection 2(1) of the <cite class="XRefExternalAct"><a href="/eng/acts/B-9.01">Broadcasting Act</a></cite>. (<span class="DefinedTermLink" lang="fr">entreprise de radiodiffusion</span>)</p></dd><dt id="1153401"><span class="DefinedTerm"><dfn>Canadian carrier</dfn></span></dt><dd><p class="Definition"><span class="DefinedTerm"><dfn>Canadian carrier</dfn></span> has the same meaning as in subsection 2(1) of the <cite class="XRefExternalAct"><a href="/eng/acts/T-3.4">Telecommunications Act</a></cite>. (<span class="DefinedTermLink" lang="fr">entreprise canadienne</span>)</p></dd><dt id="1153402"><span class="DefinedTerm"><dfn>disability</dfn></span></dt><dd><p class="Definition"><span class="DefinedTerm"><dfn>disability</dfn></span> means any impairment, including a physical, mental, intellectual, cognitive, learning, communication or sensory impairment — or a functional limitation — whether permanent, temporary or episodic in nature, or evident or not, that, in interaction with a barrier, hinders a person’s full and equal participation in society. (<span class="DefinedTermLink" lang="fr">handicap</span>)</p></dd><dt id="1153403"><span class="DefinedTerm"><dfn>Minister</dfn></span></dt><dd><p class="Definition"><span class="DefinedTerm"><dfn>Minister</dfn></span> means the member of the Queen’s Privy Council for Canada designated under section 4. (<span class="DefinedTermLink" lang="fr">ministre</span>)</p></dd><dt id="1153404"><span class="DefinedTerm"><dfn>personal information</dfn></span></dt><dd><p class="Definition"><span class="DefinedTerm"><dfn>personal information</dfn></span> has the same meaning as in section 3 of the <cite class="XRefExternalAct"><a href="/eng/acts/P-21">Privacy Act</a></cite>. (<span class="DefinedTermLink" lang="fr">renseignements personnels</span>)</p></dd><dt id="1153405"><span class="DefinedTerm"><dfn>regulated entity</dfn></span></dt><dd><p class="Definition"><span class="DefinedTerm"><dfn>regulated entity</dfn></span> means an entity or person referred to in subsection 7(1). (<span class="DefinedTermLink" lang="fr">entité réglementée</span>)</p></dd><dt id="1153406"><span class="DefinedTerm"><dfn>Standards Organization</dfn></span></dt><dd><p class="Definition"><span class="DefinedTerm"><dfn>Standards Organization</dfn></span> means the Canadian Accessibility Standards Development Organization established under subsection 17(1). (<span class="DefinedTermLink" lang="fr">organisation de normalisation</span>)</p></dd><dt id="1153407"><span class="DefinedTerm"><dfn>telecommunications service provider</dfn></span></dt><dd><p class="Definition"><span class="DefinedTerm"><dfn>telecommunications service provider</dfn></span> has the same meaning as in subsection 2(1) of the <cite class="XRefExternalAct"><a href="/eng/acts/T-3.4">Telecommunications Act</a></cite>. (<span class="DefinedTermLink" lang="fr">fournisseur de services de télécommunication</span>)</p></dd></dl> <h2 class="Part" id="h-1153408"><span class="HTitleText1">Her Majesty</span></h2><p class="MarginalNote"><span class="wb-invisible">Marginal note:</span>Binding on Her Majesty</p><p class="Section" id="1153409"><strong><a class="sectionLabel" id="s-3"><span class="sectionLabel">3</span></a></strong> This Act is binding on Her Majesty in right of Canada.</p> <h2 class="Part" id="h-1153411"><span class="HTitleText1">Designation</span></h2><p class="MarginalNote"><span class="wb-invisible">Marginal note:</span>Designation of Minister</p><p class="Section" id="1153412"><strong><a class="sectionLabel" id="s-4"><span class="sectionLabel">4</span></a></strong> The Governor in Council may, by order, designate a member of the Queen’s Privy Council for Canada as the Minister for the purposes of this Act.</p> <h2 class="Part" id="h-1153414"><span class="HTitleText1">Purpose of Act</span></h2><p class="MarginalNote"><span class="wb-invisible">Marginal note:</span>Purpose</p><p class="Section" id="1153415"><strong><a class="sectionLabel" id="s-5"><span class="sectionLabel">5</span></a></strong> The purpose of this Act is to benefit all persons, especially persons with disabilities, through the realization, within the purview of matters coming within the legislative authority of Parliament, of a Canada without barriers, on or before January 1, 2040, particularly by the identification and removal of barriers, and the prevention of new barriers, in the following areas:</p><ul class="ProvisionList"><li><p class="Paragraph" id="1153417"><span class="lawlabel">(a)</span> employment;</p></li><li><p class="Paragraph" id="1153418"><span class="lawlabel">(b)</span> the built environment;</p></li><li><p class="Paragraph" id="1153419"><span class="lawlabel">(c)</span> information and communication technologies;</p></li><li><p class="Paragraph" id="1153420"><span class="lawlabel">(c.1)</span> communication, other than information and communication technologies;</p></li><li><p class="Paragraph" id="1153421"><span class="lawlabel">(d)</span> the procurement of goods, services and facilities;</p></li><li><p class="Paragraph" id="1153422"><span class="lawlabel">(e)</span> the design and delivery of programs and services;</p></li><li><p class="Paragraph" id="1153423"><span class="lawlabel">(f)</span> transportation; and</p></li><li><p class="Paragraph" id="1153424"><span class="lawlabel">(g)</span> areas designated under regulations made under paragraph 117(1)(b).</p></li></ul> <p class="MarginalNote"><span class="wb-invisible">Marginal note:</span>Clarification</p><ul class="Section ProvisionList" id="1153425"><li><p class="Subsection" id="1153427"><strong><a class="sectionLabel" id="s-5.1"><span class="sectionLabel">5.1</span></a></strong> <span class="lawlabel">(1)</span> The area of communication referred to in paragraph 5(c.1)</p><ul class="ProvisionList"><li><p class="Paragraph" id="1153428"><span class="lawlabel">(a)</span> includes the use of American Sign Language, Quebec Sign Language and Indigenous sign languages; and</p></li><li><p class="Paragraph" id="1153429"><span class="lawlabel">(b)</span> does not include <span class="DefinitionRef"><dfn>broadcasting</dfn></span> as defined in subsection 2(1) of the <cite class="XRefExternalAct"><a href="/eng/acts/B-9.01">Broadcasting Act</a></cite> or <span class="DefinitionRef"><dfn>telecommunications</dfn></span> as defined in subsection 2(1) of the <cite class="XRefExternalAct"><a href="/eng/acts/T-3.4">Telecommunications Act</a></cite>.</p></li></ul></li><li><p class="MarginalNote"><span class="wb-invisible">Marginal note:</span>Recognition of sign languages</p><p class="Subsection" id="1153430"><span class="lawlabel">(2)</span> American Sign Language, Quebec Sign Language and Indigenous sign languages are recognized as the primary languages for communication by deaf persons in Canada.</p></li></ul> <p class="MarginalNote"><span class="wb-invisible">Marginal note:</span>Interpretation</p><p class="Section" id="1153432"><strong><a class="sectionLabel" id="s-5.2"><span class="sectionLabel">5.2</span></a></strong> Nothing in this Act, including its purpose of the realization of a Canada without barriers, should be construed as requiring or authorizing any delay in the removal of barriers or the implementation of measures to prevent new barriers as soon as is reasonably possible.</p> <h2 class="Part" id="h-1153434"><span class="HTitleText1">Principles</span></h2><p class="MarginalNote"><span class="wb-invisible">Marginal note:</span>Principles</p><p class="Section" id="1153435"><strong><a class="sectionLabel" id="s-6"><span class="sectionLabel">6</span></a></strong> This Act is to be carried out in recognition of, and in accordance with, the following principles:</p><ul class="ProvisionList"><li><p class="Paragraph" id="1153437"><span class="lawlabel">(a)</span> all persons must be treated with dignity regardless of their disabilities;</p></li><li><p class="Paragraph" id="1153438"><span class="lawlabel">(b)</span> all persons must have the same opportunity to make for themselves the lives that they are able and wish to have regardless of their disabilities;</p></li><li><p class="Paragraph" id="1153439"><span class="lawlabel">(c)</span> all persons must have barrier-free access to full and equal participation in society, regardless of their disabilities;</p></li><li><p class="Paragraph" id="1153440"><span class="lawlabel">(d)</span> all persons must have meaningful options and be free to make their own choices, with support if they desire, regardless of their disabilities;</p></li><li><p class="Paragraph" id="1153441"><span class="lawlabel">(e)</span> laws, policies, programs, services and structures must take into account the disabilities of persons, the different ways that persons interact with their environments and the multiple and intersecting forms of marginalization and discrimination faced by persons;</p></li><li><p class="Paragraph" id="1153442"><span class="lawlabel">(f)</span> persons with disabilities must be involved in the development and design of laws, policies, programs, services and structures; and</p></li><li><p class="Paragraph" id="1153443"><span class="lawlabel">(g)</span> the development and revision of accessibility standards and the making of regulations must be done with the objective of achieving the highest level of accessibility for persons with disabilities.</p></li></ul> <h2 class="Part" id="h-1153444"><span class="HTitleText1">Application</span></h2><p class="MarginalNote"><span class="wb-invisible">Marginal note:</span>Application</p><ul class="Section ProvisionList" id="1153445"><li><p class="Subsection" id="1153447"><strong><a class="sectionLabel" id="s-7"><span class="sectionLabel">7</span></a></strong> <span class="lawlabel">(1)</span> This Act applies to the following entities and persons:</p><ul class="ProvisionList"><li><p class="Paragraph" id="1153448"><span class="lawlabel">(a)</span> each entity named or set out in any of Schedules I to V to the <cite class="XRefExternalAct"><a href="/eng/acts/F-11">Financial Administration Act</a></cite>;</p></li><li><p class="Paragraph" id="1153449"><span class="lawlabel">(b)</span> each <span class="DefinitionRef"><dfn>Crown corporation</dfn></span>, as defined in subsection 83(1) of the <cite class="XRefExternalAct"><a href="/eng/acts/F-11">Financial Administration Act</a></cite> that is not referred to in Schedule III to that Act;</p></li><li><p class="Paragraph" id="1153450"><span class="lawlabel">(c)</span> every portion of the federal public administration that is designated under subsection (3);</p></li><li><p class="Paragraph" id="1153451"><span class="lawlabel">(d)</span> the Canadian Forces;</p></li><li><p class="Paragraph" id="1153452"><span class="lawlabel">(e)</span> any person, partnership or unincorporated organization that operates a work or carries on an undertaking or business that is within the legislative authority of Parliament, other than a work, undertaking or business of a local or private nature in Yukon, the Northwest Territories or Nunavut; and</p></li><li><p class="Paragraph" id="1153453"><span class="lawlabel">(f)</span> any entity or person — including a trustee, executor, administrator, liquidator of the succession, guardian, curator or tutor — that acts in the name of, or for the benefit of, any entity or person in the operation of a work or carrying on of an undertaking or business that is within the legislative authority of Parliament, other than a work, undertaking or business of a local or private nature in Yukon, the Northwest Territories or Nunavut.</p></li></ul></li><li><p class="MarginalNote"><span class="wb-invisible">Marginal note:</span>Parliamentary entities</p><p class="Subsection" id="1153454"><span class="lawlabel">(2)</span> This Act also applies, to the extent provided for in Part 9, to the entities referred to in the definition of <span class="DefinitionRef"><dfn>parliamentary entity</dfn></span> in section 134.</p></li><li><p class="MarginalNote"><span class="wb-invisible">Marginal note:</span>Designation</p><p class="Subsection" id="1153456"><span class="lawlabel">(3)</span> For the purposes of paragraph (1)(c), the Governor in Council may, by order, designate any portion of the federal public administration that is not named or set out in any of Schedules I to V to the <cite class="XRefExternalAct"><a href="/eng/acts/F-11">Financial Administration Act</a></cite>.</p></li></ul> <p class="MarginalNote"><span class="wb-invisible">Marginal note:</span>Non-application</p><p class="Section" id="1153458"><strong><a class="sectionLabel" id="s-8"><span class="sectionLabel">8</span></a></strong> Nothing in this Act applies to the Yukon Government, the Government of the Northwest Territories or the Government of Nunavut or a corporation established to perform any function or duty on behalf of any of those Governments.</p> <p class="MarginalNote"><span class="wb-invisible">Marginal note:</span>Canadian Forces</p><p class="Section" id="1153460"><strong><a class="sectionLabel" id="s-9"><span class="sectionLabel">9</span></a></strong> Nothing in this Act is to be construed as affecting the principle of universality of service under which members of the Canadian Forces must at all times and under any circumstances perform any functions that they may be required to perform.</p> <p class="MarginalNote"><span class="wb-invisible">Marginal note:</span>Royal Canadian Mounted Police</p><p class="Section" id="1153462"><strong><a class="sectionLabel" id="s-10"><span class="sectionLabel">10</span></a></strong> Nothing in this Act is to be construed as affecting the principle that certain physical and other qualifications are necessary for appointment under the <cite class="XRefExternalAct"><a href="/eng/acts/R-10">Royal Canadian Mounted Police Act</a></cite> or to prevent the establishment of requirements that are necessary to carry out functions and duties within the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.</p> <h2 class="Part" id="h-1153464"><span class="HLabel1">PART 1</span><span class="HTitleText1">Minister’s Powers, Duties and Functions</span></h2><p class="MarginalNote"><span class="wb-invisible">Marginal note:</span>Mandate</p><ul class="Section ProvisionList" id="1153465"><li><p class="Subsection" id="1153467"><strong><a class="sectionLabel" id="s-11"><span class="sectionLabel">11</span></a></strong> <span class="lawlabel">(1)</span> The Minister’s mandate is the realization of a Canada without barriers on or before January 1, 2040.</p></li><li><p class="MarginalNote"><span class="wb-invisible">Marginal note:</span>Powers</p><p class="Subsection" id="1153468"><span class="lawlabel">(2)</span> In carrying out his or her mandate, the Minister may, among other things,</p><ul class="ProvisionList"><li><p class="Paragraph" id="1153470"><span class="lawlabel">(a)</span> provide information, advice and assistance in relation to matters relating to accessibility; and</p></li><li><p class="Paragraph" id="1153471"><span class="lawlabel">(b)</span> promote, support and conduct research into the identification and removal of barriers and the prevention of new barriers.</p></li></ul></li></ul> <p class="MarginalNote"><span class="wb-invisible">Marginal note:</span>Minister’s powers, duties and functions</p><p class="Section" id="1153472"><strong><a class="sectionLabel" id="s-12"><span class="sectionLabel">12</span></a></strong> The Minister’s powers, duties and functions extend to and include all matters relating to accessibility over which Parliament has jurisdiction and that are not by law assigned to any other Minister or to any department, board or agency of the Government of Canada.</p> <p class="MarginalNote"><span class="wb-invisible">Marginal note:</span>Policies, programs and projects</p><p class="Section" id="1153474"><strong><a class="sectionLabel" id="s-13"><span class="sectionLabel">13</span></a></strong> The Minister may initiate, recommend, implement and promote policies, programs and projects in relation to matters relating to accessibility.</p> <p class="MarginalNote"><span class="wb-invisible">Marginal note:</span>Grants and contributions</p><p class="Section" id="1153476"><strong><a class="sectionLabel" id="s-14"><span class="sectionLabel">14</span></a></strong> The Minister may make grants and contributions in support of the Minister’s programs and projects in relation to matters relating to accessibility.</p> <p class="MarginalNote"><span class="wb-invisible">Marginal note:</span>Information</p><p class="Section" id="1153478"><strong><a class="sectionLabel" id="s-15"><span class="sectionLabel">15</span></a></strong> Subject to the <cite class="XRefExternalAct"><a href="/eng/acts/S-19">Statistics Act</a></cite>, the Minister may collect, analyse, interpret, publish and distribute information in relation to matters relating to accessibility.</p> <p class="MarginalNote"><span class="wb-invisible">Marginal note:</span>Coordination with provincial and territorial authorities</p><p class="Section" id="1153480"><strong><a class="sectionLabel" id="s-16"><span class="sectionLabel">16</span></a></strong> The Minister must make every reasonable effort to collaborate with provincial or territorial authorities with a view to coordinating efforts in relation to matters relating to accessibility.</p> <h2 class="Part" id="h-1153482"><span class="HLabel1">PART 2</span><span class="HTitleText1">Canadian Accessibility Standards Development Organization</span></h2><h3 class="Subheading" id="h-1153483"><span class="HTitleText2">Establishment</span></h3><p class="MarginalNote"><span class="wb-invisible">Marginal note:</span>Canadian Accessibility Standards Development Organization</p><ul class="Section ProvisionList" id="1153484"><li><p class="Subsection" id="1153486"><strong><a class="sectionLabel" id="s-17"><span class="sectionLabel">17</span></a></strong> <span class="lawlabel">(1)</span> A corporation is established to be known as the Canadian Accessibility Standards Development Organization.</p></li><li><p class="MarginalNote"><span class="wb-invisible">Marginal note:</span>Agent of Her Majesty</p><p class="Subsection" id="1153487"><span class="lawlabel">(2)</span> The Standards Organization is an agent of Her Majesty in right of Canada.</p></li><li><p class="MarginalNote"><span class="wb-invisible">Marginal note:</span>Head office</p><p class="Subsection" id="1153489"><span class="lawlabel">(3)</span> The head office of the Standards Organization is to be at a place in Canada that is designated by the Governor in Council.</p></li></ul> <h3 class="Subheading" id="h-1153491"><span class="HTitleText2">Mandate</span></h3><p class="MarginalNote"><span class="wb-invisible">Marginal note:</span>Mandate</p><p class="Section" id="1153492"><strong><a class="sectionLabel" id="s-18"><span class="sectionLabel">18</span></a></strong> The Standards Organization’s mandate is to contribute to the realization of a Canada without barriers, on or before January 1, 2040, through, among other things,</p><ul class="ProvisionList"><li><p class="Paragraph" id="1153494"><span class="lawlabel">(a)</span> the development and revision of accessibility standards;</p></li><li><p class="Paragraph" id="1153495"><span class="lawlabel">(b)</span> the recommendation of accessibility standards to the Minister;</p></li><li><p class="Paragraph" id="1153496"><span class="lawlabel">(c)</span> the provision of information, products and services in relation to the accessibility standards that it has developed or revised;</p></li><li><p class="Paragraph" id="1153497"><span class="lawlabel">(d)</span> the promotion, support and conduct of research into the identification and removal of barriers and the prevention of new barriers; and</p></li><li><p class="Paragraph" id="1153498"><span class="lawlabel">(e)</span> the dissemination of information, including information about best practices, in relation to the identification and removal of barriers and the prevention of new barriers.</p></li></ul> </section></div> </div>  <section id="right-panel" class="wb-overlay modal-content overlay-def wb-panel-l"><header class="modal-header"><h2 class="modal-title">Table of Contents</h2></header><div class="modal-body"><nav> <ul class="TocIndent"> <li><a title="Page 1" href="page-1.html"> Accessible Canada Act</a><ul class="TocIndent"><li><span class='sectionRange'>1 - </span><a href="page-1.html#h-1153392"><span class="HTitleText1">Short Title</span></a> </li> <li><span class='sectionRange'>2 - </span><a href="page-1.html#h-1153395"><span class="HTitleText1">Interpretation</span></a> </li> <li><span class='sectionRange'>3 - </span><a href="page-1.html#h-1153408"><span class="HTitleText1">Her Majesty</span></a> </li> <li><span class='sectionRange'>4 - </span><a href="page-1.html#h-1153411"><span class="HTitleText1">Designation</span></a> </li> <li><span class='sectionRange'>5 - </span><a href="page-1.html#h-1153414"><span class="HTitleText1">Purpose of Act</span></a> </li> <li><span class='sectionRange'>6 - </span><a href="page-1.html#h-1153434"><span class="HTitleText1">Principles</span></a> </li> <li><span class='sectionRange'>7 - </span><a href="page-1.html#h-1153444"><span class="HTitleText1">Application</span></a> </li> <li><span class='sectionRange'>11 - </span><a href="page-1.html#h-1153464"><span class="HLabel1">PART 1</span> - <span class="HTitleText1">Minister’s Powers, Duties and Functions</span></a> </li> <li><span class='sectionRange'>17 - </span><a href="page-1.html#h-1153482"><span class="HLabel1">PART 2</span> - <span class="HTitleText1">Canadian Accessibility Standards Development Organization</span></a> <ul class="TocIndent"><li> <span class='sectionRange'>17 - </span><a href="page-1.html#h-1153483"><span class="HTitleText2">Establishment</span></a> </li> <li><span class='sectionRange'>18 - </span><a href="page-1.html#h-1153491"><span class="HTitleText2">Mandate</span></a> </li> <li><span class='sectionRange'>19 - </span><a href="page-2.html#h-1153499"><span class="HTitleText2">Powers</span></a> </li> <li><span class='sectionRange'>21 - </span><a href="page-2.html#h-1153512"><span class="HTitleText2">Minister</span></a> </li> <li><span class='sectionRange'>22 - </span><a href="page-2.html#h-1153518"><span class="HTitleText2">Board of Directors</span></a> </li> <li><span class='sectionRange'>29 - </span><a href="page-2.html#h-1153552"><span class="HTitleText2">Chair</span></a> </li> <li><span class='sectionRange'>30 - </span><a href="page-2.html#h-1153560"><span class="HTitleText2">Chief Executive Officer</span></a> </li> <li><span class='sectionRange'>33 - </span><a href="page-2.html#h-1153582"><span class="HTitleText2">Human Resources</span></a> </li> <li><span class='sectionRange'>34 - </span><a href="page-2.html#h-1153585"><span class="HTitleText2">General</span></a> </li> <li><span class='sectionRange'>36 - </span><a href="page-2.html#h-1153590"><span class="HTitleText2">Annual Report</span></a> </li></ul> </li><li><span class='sectionRange'>37 - </span><a href="page-2.html#h-1153596"><span class="HLabel1">PART 3</span> - <span class="HTitleText1">Accessibility Commissioner</span></a> </li> <li><span class='sectionRange'>42 - </span><a href="page-3.html#h-1153632"><span class="HLabel1">PART 4</span> - <span class="HTitleText1">Duties of Regulated Entities</span></a> <ul class="TocIndent"><li> <span class='sectionRange'>42 - </span><a href="page-3.html#h-1153633"><span class="HTitleText2">Regulated Entities That Carry On Broadcasting Undertakings</span></a> <ul class="TocIndent"><li> <span class='sectionRange'>42 - </span><a href="page-3.html#h-1153634"><span class="HTitleText3">Accessibility Plans — Requirements Under the <cite class="XRefExternalAct">Broadcasting Act</cite></span></a> </li> <li><span class='sectionRange'>43 - </span><a href="page-3.html#h-1153658"><span class="HTitleText3">Feedback</span></a> </li> <li><span class='sectionRange'>44 - </span><a href="page-3.html#h-1153668"><span class="HTitleText3">Progress Reports</span></a> </li> <li><span class='sectionRange'>45 - </span><a href="page-3.html#h-1153684"><span class="HTitleText3">Regulations</span></a> </li> <li><span class='sectionRange'>46 - </span><a href="page-3.html#h-1153698"><span class="HTitleText3">Exemptions</span></a> </li> <li><span class='sectionRange'>47 - </span><a href="page-3.html#h-1153704"><span class="HTitleText3">Accessibility Plans — Regulations Under This Act</span></a> </li> <li><span class='sectionRange'>48 - </span><a href="page-4.html#h-1153726"><span class="HTitleText3">Feedback</span></a> </li> <li><span class='sectionRange'>49 - </span><a href="page-4.html#h-1153736"><span class="HTitleText3">Progress Reports</span></a> </li> <li><span class='sectionRange'>50 - </span><a href="page-4.html#h-1153752"><span class="HTitleText3">Exemptions</span></a> </li></ul> </li><li><span class='sectionRange'>51 - </span><a href="page-4.html#h-1153760"><span class="HTitleText2">Regulated Entities That Are Canadian Carriers or Telecommunications Service Providers</span></a> <ul class="TocIndent"><li> <span class='sectionRange'>51 - </span><a href="page-4.html#h-1153761"><span class="HTitleText3">Accessibility Plans — Requirements Under the <cite class="XRefExternalAct">Telecommunications Act</cite></span></a> </li> <li><span class='sectionRange'>52 - </span><a href="page-4.html#h-1153784"><span class="HTitleText3">Feedback</span></a> </li> <li><span class='sectionRange'>53 - </span><a href="page-4.html#h-1153794"><span class="HTitleText3">Progress Reports</span></a> </li> <li><span class='sectionRange'>54 - </span><a href="page-4.html#h-1153810"><span class="HTitleText3">Regulations</span></a> </li> <li><span class='sectionRange'>55 - </span><a href="page-4.html#h-1153824"><span class="HTitleText3">Exemptions</span></a> </li> <li><span class='sectionRange'>56 - </span><a href="page-4.html#h-1153830"><span class="HTitleText3">Accessibility Plans — Regulations Under This Act</span></a> </li> <li><span class='sectionRange'>57 - </span><a href="page-5.html#h-1153852"><span class="HTitleText3">Feedback</span></a> </li> <li><span class='sectionRange'>58 - </span><a href="page-5.html#h-1153862"><span class="HTitleText3">Progress Reports</span></a> </li> <li><span class='sectionRange'>59 - </span><a href="page-5.html#h-1153878"><span class="HTitleText3">Exemptions</span></a> </li></ul> </li><li><span class='sectionRange'>60 - </span><a href="page-5.html#h-1153886"><span class="HTitleText2">Regulated Entities in the Transportation Network</span></a> <ul class="TocIndent"><li> <span class='sectionRange'>60 - </span><a href="page-5.html#h-1153887"><span class="HTitleText3">Accessibility Plans — Regulations Under the <cite class="XRefExternalAct">Canada Transportation Act</cite></span></a> </li> <li><span class='sectionRange'>61 - </span><a href="page-5.html#h-1153912"><span class="HTitleText3">Feedback</span></a> </li> <li><span class='sectionRange'>62 - </span><a href="page-5.html#h-1153922"><span class="HTitleText3">Progress Reports</span></a> </li> <li><span class='sectionRange'>63 - </span><a href="page-5.html#h-1153938"><span class="HTitleText3">Regulations</span></a> </li> <li><span class='sectionRange'>64 - </span><a href="page-5.html#h-1153952"><span class="HTitleText3">Exemptions</span></a> </li> <li><span class='sectionRange'>65 - </span><a href="page-5.html#h-1153958"><span class="HTitleText3">Accessibility Plans — Regulations Under This Act</span></a> </li> <li><span class='sectionRange'>66 - </span><a href="page-6.html#h-1153983"><span class="HTitleText3">Feedback</span></a> </li> <li><span class='sectionRange'>67 - </span><a href="page-6.html#h-1153993"><span class="HTitleText3">Progress Reports</span></a> </li> <li><span class='sectionRange'>68 - </span><a href="page-6.html#h-1154009"><span class="HTitleText3">Exemptions</span></a> </li></ul> </li><li><span class='sectionRange'>69 - </span><a href="page-6.html#h-1154017"><span class="HTitleText2">Other Regulated Entities</span></a> <ul class="TocIndent"><li> <span class='sectionRange'>69 - </span><a href="page-6.html#h-1154018"><span class="HTitleText3">Accessibility Plans — Regulations Under This Act</span></a> </li> <li><span class='sectionRange'>70 - </span><a href="page-6.html#h-1154040"><span class="HTitleText3">Feedback</span></a> </li> <li><span class='sectionRange'>71 - </span><a href="page-6.html#h-1154050"><span class="HTitleText3">Progress Reports</span></a> </li> <li><span class='sectionRange'>72 - </span><a href="page-6.html#h-1154066"><span class="HTitleText3">Exemptions</span></a> </li></ul> </li></ul> </li><li><span class='sectionRange'>73 - </span><a href="page-6.html#h-1154074"><span class="HLabel1">PART 5</span> - <span class="HTitleText1">Administration and Enforcement</span></a> <ul class="TocIndent"><li> <span class='sectionRange'>73 - </span><a href="page-6.html#h-1154075"><span class="HTitleText2">Inspections</span></a> </li> <li><span class='sectionRange'>74 - </span><a href="page-7.html#h-1154105"><span class="HTitleText2">Production Order</span></a> </li> <li><span class='sectionRange'>75 - </span><a href="page-7.html#h-1154113"><span class="HTitleText2">Compliance Order</span></a> </li> <li><span class='sectionRange'>77 - </span><a href="page-7.html#h-1154130"><span class="HTitleText2">Administrative Monetary Penalties</span></a> </li></ul> </li><li><span class='sectionRange'>94 - </span><a href="page-8.html#h-1154257"><span class="HLabel1">PART 6</span> - <span class="HTitleText1">Remedies</span></a> <ul class="TocIndent"><li> <span class='sectionRange'>94 - </span><a href="page-8.html#h-1154258"><span class="HTitleText2">Filing of Complaint</span></a> </li> <li><span class='sectionRange'>95 - </span><a href="page-8.html#h-1154270"><span class="HTitleText2">Investigation</span></a> </li> <li><span class='sectionRange'>109 - </span><a href="page-9.html#h-1154376"><span class="HTitleText2">General</span></a> </li></ul> </li><li><span class='sectionRange'>111 - </span><a href="page-9.html#h-1154381"><span class="HLabel1">PART 7</span> - <span class="HTitleText1">Chief Accessibility Officer</span></a> <ul class="TocIndent"><li> <span class='sectionRange'>111 - </span><a href="page-9.html#h-1154382"><span class="HTitleText2">Appointment</span></a> </li> <li><span class='sectionRange'>112 - </span><a href="page-9.html#h-1154392"><span class="HTitleText2">Remuneration and Expenses</span></a> </li> <li><span class='sectionRange'>113 - </span><a href="page-9.html#h-1154398"><span class="HTitleText2">Duties and Functions</span></a> </li></ul> </li><li><span class='sectionRange'>117 - </span><a href="page-9.html#h-1154415"><span class="HLabel1">PART 8</span> - <span class="HTitleText1">General</span></a> <ul class="TocIndent"><li> <span class='sectionRange'>117 - </span><a href="page-9.html#h-1154416"><span class="HTitleText2">Regulations</span></a> </li> <li><span class='sectionRange'>122 - </span><a href="page-10.html#h-1154484"><span class="HTitleText2">Miscellaneous</span></a> </li> <li><span class='sectionRange'>133 - </span><a href="page-11.html#h-1154535"><span class="HTitleText2">National AccessAbility Week</span></a> </li></ul> </li><li><span class='sectionRange'>134 - </span><a href="page-11.html#h-1154538"><span class="HLabel1">PART 9</span> - <span class="HTitleText1">Parliamentary Entities</span></a> <ul class="TocIndent"><li> <span class='sectionRange'>134 - </span><a href="page-11.html#h-1154539"><span class="HTitleText2">Definition and Application</span></a> </li> <li><span class='sectionRange'>137 - </span><a href="page-11.html#h-1154553"><span class="HTitleText2">Parliamentary Powers, Privileges and Immunities</span></a> </li> <li><span class='sectionRange'>138 - </span><a href="page-11.html#h-1154556"><span class="HTitleText2">Application</span></a> </li> <li><span class='sectionRange'>143 - </span><a href="page-11.html#h-1154626"><span class="HTitleText2">Notification of Speakers</span></a> </li></ul> </li><li><span class='sectionRange'>147 - </span><a href="page-12.html#h-1154658"><span class="HLabel1">PART 10</span> - <span class="HTitleText1">Related Amendments</span></a> <ul class="TocIndent"><li> <span class='sectionRange'>147 - </span><a href="page-12.html#h-1154659"><span class="HTitleText2"><cite class="XRefExternalAct">Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission Act</cite></span></a> </li> <li><span class='sectionRange'>148 - </span><a href="page-12.html#h-1154664"><span class="HTitleText2"><cite class="XRefExternalAct">Canadian Human Rights Act</cite></span></a> </li> <li><span class='sectionRange'>154 - </span><a href="page-12.html#h-1154679"><span class="HTitleText2"><cite class="XRefExternalAct">Parliamentary Employment and Staff Relations Act</cite></span></a> </li> <li><span class='sectionRange'>161 - </span><a href="page-12.html#h-1154698"><span class="HTitleText2"><cite class="XRefExternalAct">Broadcasting Act</cite></span></a> </li> <li><span class='sectionRange'>162 - </span><a href="page-12.html#h-1154708"><span class="HTitleText2"><cite class="XRefExternalAct">Telecommunications Act</cite></span></a> </li> <li><span class='sectionRange'>166 - </span><a href="page-12.html#h-1154732"><span class="HTitleText2"><cite class="XRefExternalAct">Canada Transportation Act</cite></span></a> </li> <li><span class='sectionRange'>184 - </span><a href="page-12.html#h-1154794"><span class="HTitleText2"><cite class="XRefExternalAct">Federal Public Sector Labour Relations Act</cite></span></a> </li> <li><span class='sectionRange'>194 - </span><a href="page-12.html#h-1154824"><span class="HTitleText2"><cite class="XRefExternalAct">Public Service Employment Act</cite></span></a> </li></ul> </li><li><span class='sectionRange'>200 - </span><a href="page-12.html#h-1154839"><span class="HLabel1">PART 11</span> - <span class="HTitleText1">Consequential and Coordinating Amendments</span></a> <ul class="TocIndent"><li> <span class='sectionRange'>200 - </span><a href="page-12.html#h-1154840"><span class="HTitleText2">Consequential Amendments</span></a> <ul class="TocIndent"><li> <span class='sectionRange'>200 - </span><a href="page-12.html#h-1154841"><span class="HTitleText3"><cite class="XRefExternalAct">Access to Information Act</cite></span></a> </li> <li><span class='sectionRange'>201 - </span><a href="page-12.html#h-1154846"><span class="HTitleText3"><cite class="XRefExternalAct">Financial Administration Act</cite></span></a> </li> <li><span class='sectionRange'>204 - </span><a href="page-12.html#h-1154856"><span class="HTitleText3"><cite class="XRefExternalAct">Privacy Act</cite></span></a> </li></ul> </li><li><span class='sectionRange'>205 - </span><a href="page-12.html#h-1154861"><span class="HTitleText2">Coordinating Amendments</span></a> </li></ul> </li><li><span class='sectionRange'>206 - </span><a href="page-12.html#h-1154869"><span class="HLabel1">PART 12</span> - <span class="HTitleText1">Coming into Force</span></a> </li></ul> </li></ul> </nav> </div></section> <div class="lineSeparator"> </div><nav><div class="btn-group btn-group-justified"><a rel="prev" aria-disabled="true" href="#" class="btn btn-default disabled" role="button">Previous Page</a><a rel="next" class="btn btn-default" role="button" href="page-2.html#docCont" >Next Page</a></div></nav><form class='form-inline goToSection' action='/scripts/gotopage.asp' method='post'><div class='nextPreviousBtnAlign selectTop'><select title='Select page' 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