1991, c. 38

[Assented to November 26, 1991]

An Act to provide for the dissolution or transfer of certain Crown corporations and to amend certain Acts in consequence thereof

Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows:

1. This Act may be cited as the Crown Corporations Dissolution or Transfer Authorization Act.

2. (1) The Minister of Transport is hereby authorized to sell or otherwise dispose of, on such terms and conditions as are approved by the Governor in Council, any or all shares of Canada Harbour Place Corporation held by the Minister.

*(2) For the purposes of effecting a disposal authorized by subsection (1),

(a) all property, rights and interests of Her Majesty in right of Canada held by Canada Harbour Place Corporation immediately before the coming into force of this subsection, and

(b) all obligations and liabilities of Her Majesty in right of Canada incurred by Canada Harbour Place Corporation and existing immediately before the coming into force of this subsection

are hereby vested in the Corporation.

* [Note: Subsection 2(2) in force March 17, 1993, see SI/93-46.]

(3) Canada Harbour Place Corporation is hereby authorized to sell or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of the assets of the Corporation, including shares of any other corporation held by the Corporation, on such terms and conditions as are approved by the Governor in Council.

3. The directors of Canada Harbour Place Corporation cease to hold office at the close of the first meeting of shareholders of the Corporation held after the date on which any or all shares of the Corporation are disposed of pursuant to subsection 2(1).

4. The Government Corporations Operation Act ceases to apply to Canada Harbour Place Corporation and the Corporation ceases to be an agent of Her Majesty in right of Canada.

5. and 6. [Amendments]

7. (1) The share of Canada Museums Construction Corporation Inc. held by the Minister of Public Works in trust for Her Majesty in right of Canada is hereby transferred to Canada Lands Company Limited, which is hereby authorized to acquire the share.

(2) Subsection 91(1) of the Financial Administration Act does not apply in respect of the transfer of a share by subsection (1).

8. Notwithstanding subsection 31(2.1) of the Federal-Provincial Fiscal Arrangements and Federal Post-Secondary Education and Health Contributions Act and section 9 of this Act, Canada Museums Construction Corporation Inc. shall continue to be named in Schedule I to that Act until deleted therefrom pursuant to that Act.

9. [Amendment]

10. (1) The Canadian Livestock Feed Board is hereby dissolved.

(2) Every reference to the Canadian Livestock Feed Board in any deed, contract or other document executed by the Board in its own name shall, unless the context otherwise requires, be read as a reference to Her Majesty in right of Canada.

(3) The Minister designated for the purposes of the Livestock Feed Assistance Act may do all things and perform all acts necessary for or incidental to closing out the affairs of the Canadian Livestock Feed Board.

11. (1) Any action, suit or other legal proceeding in respect of an obligation or liability incurred by the Canadian Livestock Feed Board, or by the Minister referred to in subsection 10(3) in closing out the affairs of the Board, may be brought against Her Majesty in right of Canada in any court that would have had jurisdiction if the action, suit or other legal proceeding had been brought against the Board.

*(2) Any action, suit or other legal proceeding to which the Canadian Livestock Feed Board is party pending in any court on the coming into force of this section may be continued by or against Her Majesty in right of Canada in like manner and to the same extent as it could have been continued by or against the Board.

* [Note: Section 11 in force November 26, 1991, see SI/91-161.]

12. to 32. [Amendments]

33. (1) The Minister of Industry, Science and Technology is hereby authorized to procure the dissolution of Canadian Patents and Development Limited.

(2) Every reference to Canadian Patents and Development Limited in any deed, contract or other document executed by the Corporation in its own name shall, unless the context otherwise requires, be read as a reference to Her Majesty in right of Canada.

(3) Subject to section 34, the Minister of Industry, Science and Technology may do all things and perform all acts necessary for or incidental to closing out the affairs of Canadian Patents and Development Limited.

34. (1) The Governor in Council may transfer, or direct to be transferred, the control, management and administration of any property, rights or interests of Her Majesty in right of Canada held by Canadian Patents and Development Limited from the Corporation to any Minister, department or agency of the Government of Canada.

(2) The Governor in Council may transfer, or direct to be transferred, any obligations or liability incurred by Canadian Patents and Development Limited from the Corporation to any Minister, department or agency of the Government of Canada.

35. to 39. [Amendments]

40. (1) The Minister of Public Works is hereby authorized to procure, on behalf of Her Majesty in right of Canada, the dissolution of Harbourfront Corporation.

(2) The Minister of Public Works may do all things and perform all acts necessary for or incidental to closing out the affairs of Harbourfront Corporation.

41. (1) Before Harbourfront Corporation is dissolved pursuant to section 40, the Minister of Public Works may direct the Corporation to sell or otherwise dispose of any or all of its assets, including shares of any other corporation held by the Corporation, on such terms and conditions as are approved by the Governor in Council.

(2) Subsections 189(3) to (9) of the Canada Business Corporations Act do not apply in respect of any sale or other disposal of assets directed pursuant to subsection (1).

(3) The Minister of Public Works may direct Harbourfront Corporation to pay all or any part of the proceeds of any disposition of its assets pursuant to a direction under subsection (1) or otherwise to such person and on such terms and conditions as are approved by the Governor in Council.

(4) On receiving a direction given under subsection (1) or (3), Harbourfront Corporation is hereby authorized to sell or dispose of its assets in accordance with the direction.

(5) Harbourfront Corporation shall comply with any direction given under this section.

(6) Compliance by Harbourfront Corporation with a direction given under this section is deemed to be in the best interests of the Corporation and the directors of the Corporation are not accountable for any consequences arising from that compliance if they act in accordance with section 115 of the Financial Administration Act.

1991, c. 38, s. 41; 1994, c. 24, s. 34(F).

42. All obligations and liabilities of Harbourfront Corporation are deemed to be obligations and liabilities of Her Majesty in right of Canada.

43. and 44. [Amendments]

45. (1) The Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development is hereby authorized to procure the dissolution of Mingan Associates, Ltd.

(2) The Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development may do all things and perform all acts necessary for or incidental to closing out the affairs of Mingan Associates, Ltd.

46. [Amendment]

*47. Subsections 2(2) and (3), sections 4 to 6 and 8 and 9, subsections 10(1) and (2), sections 11 to 32, subsection 33(2) and sections 35 to 39, 42 to 44 and 46 shall come into force on a day or days to be fixed by order of the Governor in Council.

* [Note: Subsections 10(1) and (2) and sections 11 to 32 in force November 26, 1991, see SI/91-161; section 46 in force April 30, 1992, see SI/92-77; section 9 in force February 4, 1993, see SI/93-18; subsections 2(2) and (3) and sections 5 and 6 in force March 17, 1993, see SI/93-46; sections 35 to 39 in force August 1, 1993, see SI/93-153; section 42 in force March 31, 2006, see SI/2006-58.]