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Regulations Act, 1986

This section defines “proposed regulation” and “regulation.”

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Jurisdiction: Canada — Quebec
Structure: 34 provisions
Official identity: Year 1986
Dates: Enacted 1986 · Source version 10 Jun 2026

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Section 1

This section defines “proposed regulation” and “regulation.”

Section 1

Section 9

9. Section 8 does not require the publication in the Gazette officielle du Québec of any text referred to in a proposed regulation. 1986, c. 22, s. 9.

Section 9

Section 18

A regulation may take effect on its publication date in the Gazette officielle du Québec, or before the section 17 date if justified; the justification must be published with the regulation.

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Schedule

This schedule repeals chapter 22 of the 1986 statutes, except section 33, as of the coming into force of chapter R-18.1 of the Revised Statutes.

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§ 1Section 1Provision

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This section defines “proposed regulation” and “regulation.”

1. In this Act, “proposed regulation” means the text which an authority proposes to make as a regulation, where no approval by any other authority is required by law, or, where such approval is so required, the text which must be submitted for approval; “regulation” means a normative instrument of a general and impersonal nature, made under an Act and having force of law when it is in effect. 1986, c. 22, s. 1.

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§ 2Section 2Provision

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2. This Act applies to every proposed regulation or proposed by-law and to every regulation or by-law that may be made or approved by the Government, the Conseil du trésor, a minister or an agency the majority of whose members are appointed by the Government or a minister, whose staff must, by law, be appointed in accordance with the Public Service Act (chapter F-3.1.1), or at least one-half of whose capital stock forms part of the domain of the State. 1986, c. 22, s. 2; 1999, c. 40, s. 256; 2000, c. 8, s. 242.

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§ 3Section 3Provision

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3. This Act does not apply to (1) proposed regulations or by-laws or regulations or by-laws regulating internal management, the exercise of borrowing powers or the management of human resources, including all conditions of employment of employees appointed in accordance with the Public Service Act (chapter F-3.1.1) and those of the staff of the institutions or agencies referred to in paragraphs 3, 3.1 and 4 and in section 2; (2) proposed by-laws or the by-laws of municipalities or of an agency which may make by-laws in the place of the municipalities, or of agencies of such municipalities, or of supramunicipal bodies within the meaning of the Act respecting the Pension Plan of Elected Municipal Officers (chapter R-9.3), or of the Kativik Regional Government; (3) proposed by-laws or the by-laws of school service centres and of school boards, or of general and vocational colleges, or of the agencies established pursuant to the Act respecting the Université du Québec (chapter U-1); (3.0.1) draft by-laws or by-laws of the Conservatoire de musique et d’art dramatique du Québec; (3.0.2) draft by-laws or by-laws of the Institut de technologie agroalimentaire du Québec; (3.1) draft regulations or the regulations of institutions within the meaning of the Act respecting the governance of the health and social services system (chapter G-1.021) or the Act respecting health services and social services for the Inuit and Naskapi (chapter S-4.2), or of the regional board governed by the latter Act; (4) proposed regulations or by-laws or the regulations or by-laws of institutions within the meaning of the Act respecting health services and social services for Cree Native persons (chapter S-5), or of regional health and social service councils established under that Act; (5) proposed court regulations or regulations of the courts of justice; (6) such proposed regulations or regulations as the Government may determine by order. 1986, c. 22, s. 3; 1988, c. 85, s. 98; 1992, c. 21, s. 297, s. 375; 1992, c. 57, s. 691; 1994, c. 2, s. 80; 1994, c. 23, s. 23; 2000, c. 8, s. 242; 2005, c. 32, s. 308; I.N. 2016-01-01 (NCCP); I.N. 2019-10-01; 2020, c. 1, s. 302; 2021, c. 3, s. 77; 2023, c. 34, s. 1228.

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§ 4Section 4Provision

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4. Every proposed regulation shall be transmitted for examination, by the authority proposing to make it or, in the case of a text to be submitted for approval, by the authority that must approve it, to the Minister of Justice or a person

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§ 5Section 5Provision

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The examination must be made to check whether the proposed regulation is authorized, consistent with existing laws and regulations, appropriate to its purpose, coherent, and properly drafted.

5. The examination shall be made to ensure that the proposed regulation (1) is authorized by the Act under which it is proposed; (2) is in harmony with the existing Acts and regulations; (3) is juridically appropriate to the object pursued; (4) is coherent; (5) meets the standards of draftsmanship. 1986, c. 22, s. 5.

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§ 6Section 6Provision

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After examining the proposed regulation, a substantiated opinion must be given to the authority that sent it.

6. Following the examination of the proposed regulation, a substantiated opinion shall be given to the authority that transmitted it. 1986, c. 22, s. 6.

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§ 7Section 7Amendment

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If a proposed regulation with an opinion is later amended in a way not recommended in the opinion, it must be returned for examination.

7. If the proposed regulation on which an opinion has been given is subsequently amended otherwise than as recommended in the opinion, it shall be returned for examination. 1986, c. 22, s. 7.

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§ 8Section 8Provision

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Every proposed regulation must be published in the Gazette officielle du Québec.

8. Every proposed regulation shall be published in the Gazette officielle du Québec. 1986, c. 22, s. 8.

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§ 9Section 9Provision

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9. Section 8 does not require the publication in the Gazette officielle du Québec of any text referred to in a proposed regulation. 1986, c. 22, s. 9.

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§ 10Section 10Provision

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A proposed regulation published in the Gazette officielle du Québec must be accompanied by a notice.

10. Every proposed regulation published in the Gazette officielle du Québec shall be accompanied with a notice stating, in particular, the period within which no proposed regulation may be made or submitted for approval but within which interested persons may transmit their comments to a person designated in the notice. 1986, c. 22, s. 10.

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§ 11Section 11Provision

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A proposed regulation cannot be made or submitted for approval until 45 days after publication, unless a longer period applies.

11. No proposed regulation may be made or submitted for approval before the expiry of 45 days from its publication in the Gazette officielle du Québec, or before the expiry of the period indicated in the notice accompanying it or in the Act under which the proposed regulation may be made or approved, where the notice or the Act provides for a longer period. 1986, c. 22, s. 11.

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§ 12Section 12Repeal

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A regulation-making authority may approve or make a proposed regulation earlier than usual, or without publication, if it considers the Act’s reason or one of the listed circumstances justifies it.

12. A proposed regulation may be made or approved at the expiry of a shorter period than the period applicable to it, or without having been published, if the authority making or approving it is of the opinion that a reason provided for in the Act under which the proposed regulation may be made or approved, or one of the following circumstances, warrants it: (1) the urgency of the situation requires it; (2) the proposed regulation is designed to establish, amend or repeal norms of a fiscal nature. 1986, c. 22, s. 12.

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§ 13Section 13Provision

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The reason for a shorter publication period must be published with the proposed regulation, and the reason for no publication must be published with the regulation.

13. The reason justifying a shorter publication period shall be published with the proposed regulation, and the reason justifying the absence of such publication shall be published with the regulation. 1986, c. 22, s. 13.

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§ 14Section 14Amendment

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A proposed regulation may be amended after publication without being published again.

14. A proposed regulation may be amended after its publication without being published a second time. 1986, c. 22, s. 14.

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§ 15Section 15Provision

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Every regulation must be published in the Gazette officielle du Québec.

15. Every regulation shall be published in the Gazette officielle du Québec. 1986, c. 22, s. 15.

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§ 16Section 16Offence

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A person cannot be convicted under a text referred to by a regulation if that text was not published in the Gazette officielle du Québec, unless the text was otherwise published and the relevant persons could have learned of it before the offence.

16. Section 15 does not require the publication in the Gazette officielle du Québec of any text referred to in a regulation. No person may be convicted of an offence under a text that has not been published in the Gazette officielle du Québec and that is referred to by a regulation unless it is proved that the text has been published otherwise and that the persons to whom the text may be applicable were in a position to acquaint themselves with it before the offence was committed. 1986, c. 22, s. 16.

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§ 17Section 17Provision

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A regulation starts 15 days after it is published in the Gazette officielle du Québec, unless the regulation or enabling Act sets a later date.

17. A regulation comes into force 15 days after the date of its publication in the Gazette officielle du Québec or on any later date indicated in the regulation or in the Act under which it is made or approved. 1986, c. 22, s. 17.

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§ 18Section 18Repeal

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A regulation may take effect on its publication date in the Gazette officielle du Québec, or before the section 17 date if justified; the justification must be published with the regulation.

18. A regulation may come into force on the date of its publication in the Gazette officielle du Québec or between that date and the date applicable under section 17 where the authority that has made or approved it is of the opinion that a reason provided for in the Act under which the regulation may be made or approved, or one of the following circumstances, warrants it: (1) the urgency of the situation requires it; (2) the regulation establishes, amends or repeals norms of a fiscal nature. The reason justifying such coming into force shall be published with the regulation. 1986, c. 22, s. 18.

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§ 19Section 19Offence

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19. Where a regulation comes into force in accordance with section 18, no person may be convicted of an offence under the regulation, committed between the date of its coming into force and the fifteenth day after the date of its publication in the Gazette officielle du Québec, unless it is proved that the persons to whom the regulation may be applicable were in a position to acquaint themselves with it before the offence was committed. 1986, c. 22, s. 19.

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§ 20Section 20Provision

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Every person must acquaint himself with the regulations published in the Gazette officielle du Québec.

20. Every person is bound to acquaint himself with the regulations published in the Gazette officielle du Québec, and those regulations do not need to be specially pleaded. 1986, c. 22, s. 20.

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§ 21Section 21Provision

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The National Assembly may vote to disallow regulations or parts of a regulation, in accordance with its standing orders.

21. The National Assembly may, in accordance with its standing orders, vote the disallowance of any regulations or any prescriptions of a regulation. 1986, c. 22, s. 21.

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§ 22Section 22Provision

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The Secretary General must promptly publish notice in the Gazette officielle du Québec when a regulation or prescription is disallowed, including the date of disallowance.

22. The Secretary General of the National Assembly shall immediately cause to be published in the Gazette officielle du Québec notice that a regulation or, as the case may be, any prescription of a regulation has been disallowed, with notice of the date of the disallowance. Every person is bound to acquaint himself with the notice so published, and the notice does not need to be specially pleaded. 1986, c. 22, s. 22.

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§ 23Section 23Provision

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23. The disallowance of a regulation or of any prescription of a regulation takes effect on the date of passage of the motion of disallowance or on any later date indicated in the motion. 1986, c. 22, s. 23.

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§ 24Section 24Repeal

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A disallowed regulation, or a prescription within a regulation, has the same effect as a repealed regulation.

24. The disallowance of a regulation or of any prescription of a regulation has the same effect as the repeal of a regulation. 1986, c. 22, s. 24.

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§ 25Section 25Provision

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25. Failure to carry out an obligation prescribed under this Act does not invalidate a regulation unless the obligation is contemplated in one or another of sections 8, 10, 13 and 15 or in the second paragraph of section 18. 1986, c. 22,

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§ 26Section 26Provision

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26. Sections 1 to 25 take precedence over any inconsistent provision of any general law or special Act assented to before 1 September 1986. Any provision of an Act assented to before 1 September 1986 takes precedence over section 8 if it expressly provides that a proposed regulation may be made or approved without having been published in the Gazette officielle du Québec. 1986, c. 22, s. 26.

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§ 27Section 27Provision

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27. This Act does not prevent a regulation from taking effect before the date of its publication in the Gazette officielle du Québec where the Act under which it is made or approved expressly provides therefor. 1986, c. 22, s. 27.

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§ 28Section 28Amendment

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This section notes that an amendment has been integrated into c. A-2.1, section 131, and gives the 1986 citation.

28. (Amendment integrated into c. A-2.1, s. 131). 1986, c. 22, s. 28.

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§ 29Section 29Amendment

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This section notes that the amendment was integrated into c. A-2.1, s. 157.

29. (Amendment integrated into c. A-2.1, s. 157). 1986, c. 22, s. 29.

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§ 30Section 30Amendment

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This section states that an amendment was integrated into c. I-16, s. 13.

30. (Amendment integrated into c. I-16, s. 13). 1986, c. 22, s. 30.

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§ 31Section 31Provision

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Sections 1 to 19, 25, 28 and 29 do not apply to certain regulations made or transmitted on or before 1 September 1986.

31. Sections 1 to 19, 25, 28 and 29 do not apply to regulations made before 1 September 1986. The sections mentioned in the first paragraph also do not apply to proposed regulations transmitted on or before 1 September 1986 for publication in the Gazette officielle du Québec. 1986, c. 22, s. 31.

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§ 32Section 32Provision

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The Minister of Justice is responsible for administering this Act, except Division V.

32. The Minister of Justice is responsible for the administration of this Act, with the exception of Division V. 1986, c. 22, s. 32.

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§ 33Section 33Provision

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Section 33 is omitted.

33. (Omitted). 1986, c. 22, s. 33.

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§ —ScheduleRepeal

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This schedule repeals chapter 22 of the 1986 statutes, except section 33, as of the coming into force of chapter R-18.1 of the Revised Statutes.

In accordance with section 9 of the Act respecting the consolidation of the statutes and regulations (chapter R-3), chapter 22 of the statutes of 1986, in force on 1 September 1986, is repealed, except section 33, effective from the coming into force of chapter R-18.1 of the Revised Statutes.

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Act respecting the governance of the health and social services system (chapter G-1.021) or the Act
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Justice is responsible for administering this Act
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of a regulation
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or repeals norms of a fiscal nature. The reason justifying such coming into force shall be published with the regulation
Section 18
Revised Statutes. In accordance with section 9 of the Act
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