French Language Services Regulation

French Language Services Regulation, M.R. 199/2005 The Child and Family Services Authorities Act , C.C.S.M. c. C90 Regulation 199/2005 Registered December 23, 2005 bilingual version (HTML) Table of Contents Section 1 Definitions 2 Requirement for annual French Language Services Plan 3 Approval of the minister 4 Amendments to a plan 5 Report 6 Coming into force Schedule Definitions 1 The following definitions apply in this regulation. "Act" means The Child and Family Services Authorities Act . (« Loi ») "authority" means (a) the First Nations of Northern Manitoba Child and Family Services Authority; (b) the Southern First Nations Network of Care; (c) the Metis Child and Family Services Authority; and (d) the General Child and Family Services Authority. (« régie ») "designated agency" means an agency jointly designated by the authorities as set out in the Joint Intake and Emergency Services by Designated Agencies Regulation . (« office désigné ») "designated area" means a French Language Services area listed in the Schedule. (« région désignée ») "plan" means the French Language Services Plan of an authority. (« plan ») M.R. 28/2016 Requirement for annual French Language Services Plan 2(1) An authority must annually, at the time and in the form required by the minister, submit a proposed plan for French language services to the minister for his or her approval. 2(2) In a proposed plan, an authority must (a) describe its policy respecting French language services; (b) describe the measures it will implement to ensure that child and family services are available and accessible in French to residents of designated areas; (c) describe the measures that (i) agencies mandated by that authority, and (ii) designated agencies that are under the direction of that authority, will implement to ensure that child and family services are available and accessible in French to residents of designated areas; (d) describe the communication strategy it will use to publicize the availability and accessibility of its French language services; (e) describe the process, actions and outcomes of the consultations taken under subsection (3); (f) describe how it will consult with and ensure the involvement of French-speaking communities in designated areas in (i) developing proposed amendments to the plan under section 4, and (ii) preparing reports to the minister under section 5; and (g) deal with any other matter and provide any other information that the minister requires. 2(3) In preparing an annual plan and as part of its assessment of the child and family services needs of persons in designated areas, an authority must consult with (a) French-speaking communities in designated areas; (b) agencies, designated agencies and other providers of family and child caring services in designated areas; (c) other authorities; and (d) any other person the authority or the minister considers appropriate. Approval of the minister 3(1) After receiving a proposed plan, the minister may provide it to any persons the minister considers should review the plan and invite their comments. 3(2) The minister may delegate responsibility for reviewing the plan to the director. 3(3) The director must consult with the authority when reviewing the plan and provide recommendations to the minister regarding approval of the plan. 3(4) The minister may approve the plan or refer it back to the authority to be revised in accordance with any directions the minister considers appropriate. 3(5) The authority must revise the proposed plan that is referred back to it in accordance with the minister's directions, and resubmit it to the minister for his or her approval at the time and in the form required by the minister. Amendments to a plan 4(1) An authority must submit any amendments it proposes to make to an approved plan to the minister for his or her approval. 4(2) In addition, the minister may require an authority to make amendments to an approved plan about any matter the minister specifies, and the authority must make the amendments and submit them to the minister for his or her approval. 4(3) Section 3 applies to amendments under this section. Report 5 An authority must submit a report to the minister on the implementation and operation of its plan at the time and in the form required by the minister. Coming into force 6 This regulation comes into force on January 1, 2006. SCHEDULE FRENCH LANGUAGE SERVICES AREAS REGION 1: All that area contained within the exterior boundaries of the Rural Municipality of Ellice. REGION 2: All that area contained within the exterior boundaries of the Rural Municipality of Ste Rose. REGION 3: Parcel 1 : All those areas contained within the exterior boundaries of the Rural Municipalities of Alexander and Victoria Beach. Parcel 2 : Section 17, Fractional Sections 18, 19, 20, 29, 30 and 32 Township 18 Range 7 EPM and Fractional Sections 13 and 24 Township 18 Range 6 EPM all contained within the Rural Municipality of St Clements. REGION 4: Parcel 1 : All those areas contained within the exterior boundaries of the Rural Municipalities of Lorne, Grey, Cartier, St Francois Xavier and St Laurent. Parcel 2: Townships 13, 14 and 15 Range 4 WPM contained within the Rural Municipality of Woodlands. Parcel 3: All that portion of Township 15 Range 5 WPM contained within the Rural Municipality of Portage la Prairie. Parcel 4: Township 7 Range 7 WPM and all that portion of Township 6 Range 7 WPM contained within the Rural Municipality of Dufferin. Parcel 5: Township 7 Ranges 8 and 9 WPM, all that portion of Township 7 Range 10 WPM and Sections 1, 2, 3 and 10 to 15 (Both Inclusive) in Township 8 Range 8 WPM all contained within the Rural Municipality of South Norfolk. REGION 5: Parcel 1: All those areas contained within the exterior boundaries of the Rural Municipalities of Piney, La Broquerie, Ste Anne, Taché, Ritchot, De Salaberry and Montcalm. Parcel 2: All that portion of the Rural Municipality of Macdonald contained within the following limits: Commencing at the NE corner of 1-9-1 EPM, thence E'ly along the Northern limits of Sections 6, 5, 4, 3 and Frac. 2-9-2 EPM to NE corner of said Frac. 2, thence S'ly along the Eastern limitof said Frac. 2 to the intersection with the Northern limit of 35-8-2 EPM, thence E'ly to the NE corner of said Section 35, thence S'ly along the Eastern limit of said Section 35 to the NE corner of 26-8-2 EPM, thence NE'ly and E'ly along the North Western and Northern limits of Frac. 36-8-2 EPM and Frac. 31-8-3 EPM to the NE corner of said Frac. 31, thence S'ly along the Eastern limits of Sections Frac. 31, 30, 19, Frac 18, 7 and 6-8-3 EPM to the intersection with the Northern limit of River Lot 623 Parish of Ste. Agathe, thence W'ly along the said Northern limit of River Lot 623 to the NE corner of Frac. 31-7-3 EPM, thence S'ly along the Eastern limit of Frac. 31-7-3 EPM to the intersection with the Northern limit of River Lot 607 Parish of Ste Agathe, thence W'ly along the Northern limits of said River Lot 607 and Sections 25, 26 and 27 -7-2 EPM to the NE corner of 28-7-2 EPM, thence N'ly along the Eastern limit of 33-7-2 EPM and Eastern limits of Sections 4, 9 and 16-8-2 EPM to the NE corner of said Section 16, thence W'ly along the Northern limits of Sections 16, 17 and 18-8-2 EPM to NE corner 13-8-1 EPM, thence N'ly along the Eastern limits of Sections 24, 25 and 36-8-1 EPM and Section 1-9-1 EPM to the point of commencement. Parcel 3: All that portion of the Rural Municipality of Morris lying to the North of the following described line: Commencing at the NE corner of 36-5-1 EPM, thence E'ly along the Northern limits of Section 31-5-2 EPM, River Lots 431 and 432 Parish of Ste. Agathe, Sections Frac. 35 and 36-5-2 EPM to the NE corner of said 36 and which lies to the East of the following described line: Commencing at the NE corner of said 36-5-1 EPM, thence N'ly along the Eastern limits of Sections 1, 12, 13, 24, 25 and 36-6-1 EPM to the NE corner of said Section 36-6-1 EPM. REGION 6: All that portion of the City of Winnipeg contained within the following limits: Commencing at the West limit of the Four Mile Road and the W'ly production of the South limit of Lot 70 of the Outer Two Miles of the Parish of St Norbert; thence in a general North direction along the West and North limits of said Four Mile Road to the South limit of the Perimeter Highway Plan No. 6788 WLTO; thence in a general East direction along the South limit of said Plan 6788 WLTO to the West limit of the Two Mile Road at the North limit of Lot 94 of the Outer Two Miles of said Parish: thence in a general East direction along the South limit of Perimeter Highway Plan 7428 WLTO and the straight production E'ly of the South limit of said Perimeter Highway Plan 7428 WLTO to the centre of the Red River; thence N'ly along the sinuous centre thread of the Red River to the centre line of the main line of the Canadian Pacific Railway Plan 770 WLTO; thence E'ly along said centre line and the straight production E'ly to the West limit of Archibald Street; thence in a general South direction along the West limits of said Archibald Street and its straight production South to the centre line of the main line of the Canadian National Railway Plan 7495 WLTO; thence E'ly along the centre line of the said Canadian National Railway Plan to the straight production North of the East limit of Lot 5 Plan 14363 WLTO; thence S'ly along said straight production and East limit Lot 5 and its straight production South to the centre line of Springfield Road (now Dugald Road) Plan 433 WLTO; thence E'ly along the centre line of said Springfield Road (now Dugald Road) to the straight production N'ly of the most Western of the East limits of Block 10 Plan 13723 WLTO; thence in a general South and East direction along the said straight production of the most Western of the East limits of said Block 10 and the other East limit and North limit of said Block 10 to the straight production W'ly of the South limit of Parcel 5 Plan 9296 WLTO; thence E'ly along the South limit of said Parcel 5 and the straight productions West and East to the East limit of Plessis Road Plan 433 WLTO; thence S'ly along the East limits of said Plessis Road to the North limit of River Lot 122 of the Parish of St Boniface; thence E'ly along the said North limit to the East limit of said River lot 122; thence S'ly along the said East limit and the East limit of River Lot 121 of the said Parish to the South limit thereof; thence West along said South limit to the East limit of Plessis Road Plan 433 WLTO; thence South along said East limit to the straight production W'ly of the North limit of Frac. 8-10-4 EPM; thence E'ly along said production to the West limit of said Frac. Section 8; thence S'ly along the said West limit, its straight production S'ly and the West limit of 5-10-4 EPM and its straight production S'ly to the straight production E'ly of the North limit of 31-9-4 EPM; thence W'ly along the said production and North limit of said Section 31 to the North-West limit of the Greater Winnipeg Floodway Plan12989 WLTO; thence SW'ly along the said North- West limit of the Floodway to the West limit of said Section 31; thence S'ly along the said West limit to the South limit of said Section 31; thence E'ly along the said South limit to the straight production N'ly of the West limit of Frac. 30-9-4 EPM; thence S'ly along the said production and West limit of Frac. Section 30 to the straight production E'ly of the South limit of Lot 180 in the Outer Two Miles of the Parish of St Norbert; thence W'ly along the said production and South limit of said Lot 180 to the East limit of the Two Mile Road in the said Parish; thence S'ly and E'ly along the East and North limits of the said Two Mile Road to the straight production E'ly of the North limit of River Lot 189 of the Parish of St Norbert; thence W'ly along said production and North limit of said River Lot 189 and its straight production W'ly to the centre of the Red River; thence N'ly along the sinuous centre thread of the Red River to the straight production E'ly of the South limit of River Lot 70 of said Parish; thence W'ly along the said production and the South limits of Lot 70 in the Inner and Outer Two Miles of said Parish to the point of commencement.