Canada Gazette, Part I, Volume 154, Number 12: Regulations Amending the Central Registry of Divorce Proceedings Regulations

March 21, 2020

Statutory authority

Divorce Act

Sponsoring department

Department of Justice

REGULATORY IMPACT ANALYSIS STATEMENT

For the Regulatory Impact Analysis Statement, see the Guidelines Amending the Federal Child Support Guidelines.

PROPOSED REGULATORY TEXT

Notice is given that the Governor in Council, pursuant to paragraph 26(1)(a) footnote a of the Divorce Act footnote b, proposes to make the annexed Regulations Amending the Central Registry of Divorce Proceedings Regulations.

Interested persons may make representations concerning the proposed Regulations within 30 days after the date of publication of this notice. All such representations must cite the Canada Gazette, Part I, and the date of publication of this notice, and be sent to the Family and Children’s Law and Policy Unit, Department of Justice, 284 Wellington Street, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0H8 (fax: 613‑952‑9600; email: fclpu-updfe@justice.gc.ca).

Ottawa, March 12, 2020

Julie Adair
Assistant Clerk of the Privy Council

Regulations Amending the Central Registry of Divorce Proceedings Regulations

Amendments

1 Section 3 of the Central Registry of Divorce Proceedings Regulations footnote 1 is replaced by the following:

3 A central registry of divorce proceedings is established and is to be located in Ottawa, Ontario.

Mandate

3.1 The mandate of the central registry is to assist the court in determining its jurisdiction to hear and determine a divorce proceeding by maintaining a central registry of divorce proceedings in Canada, which is to consist of the information that is provided to it in accordance with sections 4 and 7 and which is to be used to determine whether any other divorce proceedings are pending between the spouses or whether a divorce has already been granted in respect of the marriage.

2 (1) Clauses 4(1)(b)(iv)(B) and (C) of the Regulations are replaced by the following:

(2) Clauses 4(2)(b)(v)(B) and (C) of the Regulations are replaced by the following:

3 (1) Paragraph 7(1)(c) of the Regulations is replaced by the following:

(2) Paragraph 7(2)(b) of the Regulations is replaced by the following:

Coming into Force

4 These Regulations come into force on the day on which section 24 of An Act to amend the Divorce Act, the Family Orders and Agreements Enforcement Assistance Act and the Garnishment, Attachment and Pension Diversion Act and to make consequential amendments to another Act, chapter 16 of the Statutes of Canada, 2019, comes into force, but if they are registered after that day, they come into force on the day on which they are registered.