AI-assisted research summary: These regulations set rules for Saskatchewan’s economic impact assessment process, including what the tribunal may consider, how information and reports are handled, and when the minister must publish the report.
1 SASKATCHEWAN FIRST SR 91/2023 The Saskatchewan First Regulations being Saskatchewan Regulations 91/2023 (effective September 14, 2023) NOTE: This consolidation is not official. Amendments have been incorporated for convenience of reference and the original statutes and regulations should be consulted for all purposes of interpretation and application of the law. In order to preserve the integrity of the original statutes and regulations, errors that may have appeared are reproduced in this consolidation. 2 SR 91/2023 SASKATCHEWAN FIRST Table of Contents 1 Title 2 Definitions and interpretation 3 Requirements for economic impact assessment 4 Powers of the Lieutenant Governor in Council 5 Publication of submissions 6 Report 7 Coming into force 3 SASKATCHEWAN FIRST SR 91/2023 SASKATCHEWAN REGULATIONS 91/2023 The Saskatchewan First Act Section 13 Order in Council 491/2023, dated September 14, 2023 (Filed September 14, 2023) Title 1 These regulations may be cited as The Saskatchewan First Regulations. 22 Sep SR 91/2023 s1. Definitions and interpretation 2(1) In these regulations, “Act” means The Saskatchewan First Act. (2) For the purposes of clause 9(1)(c) of the Act, “unintended consequences” means additional economic costs or economic impacts previously unidentified. 22 Sep SR 91/2023 s2. Requirements for economic impact assessment 3(1) An economic impact assessment is an assessment of the economic cost of a specific federal initiative related to Saskatchewan projects, operations, activities, industries, businesses or residents that is conducted by the tribunal pursuant to section 8 of the Act in accordance with the terms of the referral and may include consideration of: (a) total investments; (b) impacts on government revenue, expenditures and debt levels; (c) capital and maintenance costs; (d) net exports and imports; (e) direct compliance costs; and (f) technological readiness. (2) In conducting an economic impact assessment pursuant to section 8 of the Act, the tribunal may rely in whole or in part on an assessment provided to, or requested by, the tribunal. 22 Sep SR 91/2023 s3. 4 SR 91/2023 SASKATCHEWAN FIRST Powers of the Lieutenant Governor in Council 4 For the purposes of subsection 11(1) of the Act, in determining its own process and procedures, the tribunal shall follow any direction provided by the Lieutenant Governor in Council respecting such processes and procedures, including: (a) the time in which the assessment shall be completed; (b) the time in which the report shall be delivered; and (c) the mechanisms by which the tribunal shall gather information for the purposes of conducting the economic impact assessment, including: (i) interviews and surveys; (ii) public or private meetings; (iii) research studies; (iv) inspections and investigations; (v) written submissions as requested from individuals or organizations to assist the tribunal in carrying out its functions; and (vi) informal or formal hearings to receive information from requested individuals or organizations to assist the tribunal in carrying out its functions. 22 Sep SR 91/2023 s4. Publication of submissions 5(1) Subject to this section and any direction provided pursuant to section 4, in making its rules pursuant to section 11 of the Act, the tribunal shall ensure public access to information provided in submissions made to the tribunal. (2) The tribunal may arrange for the publishing, broadcast or electronic transmission of all or part of its proceedings. (3) Notwithstanding subsection (1), if the tribunal determines it is appropriate to receive submissions on an in camera or otherwise confidential basis in order to protect third party confidential business or other information, that information shall remain confidential to the tribunal for the purposes of its assessment. 22 Sep SR 91/2023 s5. 5 SASKATCHEWAN FIRST SR 91/2023 Report 6(1) In making its rules pursuant to section 11 of the Act, the tribunal shall ensure that its report to the minister pursuant to subsection 8(4) of the Act: (a) is in a form appropriate for release to the public; and (b) complies with The Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act. (2) Subject to clause 4(2)(b), the minister shall release the report to the public within 60 days after receiving the report. (3) The minister may: (a) require the tribunal to further consider an issue raised in the report for which the minister requires further information; or (b) refer a further matter related to the report to the tribunal. 22 Sep SR 91/2023 s6. Coming into force 7(1) Subject to subsection (2), these regulations come into force on the day on which section 1 of The Saskatchewan First Act comes into force. (2) If section 1 of The Saskatchewan First Act comes into force before these regulations are filed with the Registrar of Regulations, these regulations come into force on the day on which they are filed with the Registrar of Regulations. 22 Sep SR 91/2023 s7. 6 SR 91/2023 SASKATCHEWAN FIRST REGINA, SASKATCHEWAN Printed by the authority of THE King’S PRINTER Copyright©2023