Vol. 134, No. 20 — September 27, 2000

Registration
SOR/2000-357 18 September, 2000

BROADCASTING ACT

Rules Amending the CRTC Rules of Procedure

The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission, pursuant to section 21 of the Broadcasting Act (see footnote a), hereby makes the annexed Rules Amending the CRTC Rules of Procedure.

Hull, Quebec, September 18, 2000

RULES AMENDING THE CRTC RULES OF PROCEDURE

AMENDMENTS

1. The portion of paragraph 4(2)(b) of the CRTC Rules of Procedure(see footnote 1) before subparagraph (ii) is replaced by the following:

(b) publish a notice of the application, in such form as may be prescribed by the Commission,

2. (1) Subsection 5(1) of the Rules is replaced by the following:

5. (1) Subject to subsections (1.1), (2) and (3), if the Commission proposes to hold a public hearing in respect of an application that was filed either by a licensee who holds a licence for the area in respect of which the application was filed or by any person in respect of the broadcasting undertaking of a licensee, the licensee shall, at their own expense, broadcast, over their own facilities, if any, within the area normally served or to be served by the broadcasting undertaking to which the public hearing relates, a notice of the public hearing stating

(a) the day fixed for the commencement of the public hearing;

(b) the nature of the matters to be heard at the public hearing; and

(c) the rights of all persons in respect of the public hearing, including the time for filing an intervention.

(1.1) The notice referred to in subsection (1) shall be broadcast as follows:

(a) if the notice relates to a notice of an application that is published under subparagraph 4(2)(b)(i) 50 days or more before the day fixed for the commencement of the public hearing, at least four times during the period that begins on the date of publication of the notice of application and ends on the day that is 40 days before the day fixed for the commencement of the public hearing; and

(b) if the notice relates to a notice of an application that is published under subparagraph 4(2)(b)(i) less than 50 days before the day fixed for the commencement of the public hearing, at least four times during the period that begins on the date of publication of the notice of application and ends on the day that is 20 days before the day fixed for the commencement of the public hearing.

(2) Subsection 5(3) of the Rules is replaced by the following:

(3) Where the Commission determines that broadcasts of a notice of a public hearing are not necessary, it may, in lieu of those broadcasts, require the applicant to serve on those persons that appear to have an interest in the application a notice of the public hearing stating the information set out in paragraphs (1)(a) to (c).

3. Section 7 of the Rules is replaced by the following:

7. No application shall be considered or dealt with by the Commission until 30 days have elapsed after the day on which a notice of the application has been published under subparagraph 4(2)(b)(i).

4. Section 15 of the Rules is replaced by the following:

15. Unless the Commission or the notice of an application published under subparagraph 4(2)(b)(i) directs otherwise, an intervention shall be filed and served

(a) if the notice of the application is published 40 days or more before the day fixed in that notice for the commencement of the public hearing, at least 20 days before that day; and

(b) if the notice of the application is published less than 40 days before the day fixed in that notice for the commencement of the public hearing, at least 15 days before that day.

COMING INTO FORCE

5. These Rules come into force on the day on which they are registered.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Rules.)

The purpose of the amendments to the CRTC Rules of Procedure is to replace the 50-day minimum time period required, before the commencement of a public hearing in respect of an application, for the publication of a notice of the application in the Canada Gazette, Part I, with a 30-day minimum time period. The amendments also modify other time periods under the Rules.

Footnote a

S.C. 1991, c. 11

Footnote 1

C.R.C., c. 375

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