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Coming into force of Federal Regulations and Statutory Instruments

When conducting legislative research, many researchers will know that locating a piece of legislation is only half the battle. The next hurdle lies in decoding commencement information or coming into force date(s).

As outlined in previous posts, deciphering this information can be tricky and confusion often arises from the wording used. In this post we hope to shed light on three frequently used coming into force (CIF) phrases of Federal SORs and SIs.

Finding Federal Orders in Council

Sourcing Orders in Council is rarely a straightforward task. Often researchers will experience frustrating hiccups in their search as they are faced with where to find unpublished Orders, as well as the inconsistent indexing standards of the past.

This blog post will attempt to provide a checklist for where to look in the (sometimes) nebulous world of searching for Orders in Council.

Back by Popular Demand: Virtual Legislative Research Refreshers!

Following the positive feedback of our spring-summer legislative research refreshers, we decided to add two more dates in the fall before wrapping up until spring 2024.