Hazardous Products Act ( R.S.C. , 1985, c. H-3)

64 Subsection 22.1(4) of the Hazardous Products Act is replaced by the following:

Means of telecommunication

Clarification — immediate application

Certain applications for warrants

• (b) subsection 22.1(4) of the Hazardous Products Act ;

Impact of remote proceedings

• 78.1 (1) The Minister of Justice must, no later than three years after the day on which this Act receives royal assent, initiate one or more independent reviews on the use of remote proceedings in criminal justice matters that must include an assessment of whether remote proceedings
  • (a) enhance, preserve or adversely affect access to justice;
  • (b) maintain fundamental principles of the administration of justice; and
  • (c) adequately address the rights and obligations of participants in the criminal justice system, including accused persons.

  Report

  Review by committee

  78.2 (1) At the start of the fifth year after the day on which this Act receives royal assent, the provisions enacted or amended by this Act are to be referred to a committee of the Senate and a committee of the House of Commons that may be designated or established for the purpose of reviewing the provisions.