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Defines the customs territory of the People's Republic of China and establishes when goods are considered to originate in China for purposes of customs tariffs, trade remedies, and import/export permits.

This purely definitional regulation provides essential legal clarity and prevents uncertainty in trade administration. Deleting it would undermine consistent application of origin rules across multiple statutes, creating risk of misclassification, fraud, and trade disputes. The regulation has negligible compliance burden while enabling predictable enforcement of existing trade laws.

Repealed regulation that prohibited selling interprovincial chicken in a province other than where produced at a price below the local price plus transportation costs. It was a minimum pricing mechanism for interprovincial chicken trade, effectively protecting local producers from out-of-province competition.

Already repealed (SOR/2015-230). When active, it was a classic interprovincial trade barrier that artificially inflated chicken prices, restricted free movement of goods between provinces, and harmed consumers to protect local producers from competition.

Regulation mandates that banks sharing premises with affiliated member institutions must use a separate workspace when opening deposit accounts in person, to prevent consumer confusion between the two entities.

The physical separation requirement imposes unnecessary operational costs and reduces efficiency; consumer clarity can be achieved through less restrictive means like signage and disclosures, avoiding higher banking costs that ultimately harm Canadians.

This regulation establishes fees for obtaining corporate documents and administrative services from financial regulatory authorities, including certificates of confirmation, certified copies of incorporation documents, and corporate histories for financial institutions.

Canadians would be worse off without this regulation as it provides essential administrative infrastructure for legal recognition and market participation of financial institutions. The fees cover legitimate government services that businesses require to operate legally, and without them, there would be no mechanism to obtain official corporate documents necessary for contractual relationships, market entry, and legal compliance. This regulation supports rather than restricts market activity by providing the administrative framework that enables legitimate business operations.

Designates specific Customs Act provisions as designated provisions for enforcement purposes, establishing short-form descriptions for contraventions and setting out administrative penalties and compliance requirements for customs brokers and importers/exporters.

Canadians would be worse off if this regulation was deleted because it provides essential enforcement mechanisms for customs compliance, ensuring proper collection of duties, preventing smuggling, and maintaining the integrity of Canada's border security and trade system.

These regulations have already been repealed by SOR/2013-88, section 25, making them obsolete and no longer in force.

Already repealed and obsolete - no longer in effect, with original regulations having been deemed unnecessary or problematic.

Document showing sections 1 and 2 have been repealed via SOR/2018-155, with no remaining regulatory text or substantive provisions visible.

These provisions are already repealed and therefore impose no current regulatory burden or restriction on Canadians. The repeal itself should be kept as historical record, but the repealed regulations represent zero ongoing cost to society.

This regulation has been completely repealed as of SOR/2016-307, section 5. All provisions in Parts 1 and 2 have been removed from the law.

The regulation is already repealed and contains no active provisions. Keeping repealed regulations in the legal code serves no purpose and creates unnecessary complexity for businesses and citizens who must navigate an ever-growing body of law.

Mandates election of chief and councillors by majority vote of band electors and sets effective date upon registration.

Deletion would risk governance instability, potentially requiring costly federal intervention and undermining democratic accountability. The regulation achieves its goal with minimal burden and little risk of unintended consequences.

Regulation establishes procedural timelines and mechanisms for interim and final determination of fiscal equalization offset payments to Newfoundland and Labrador under the Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador Atlantic Accord Implementation Act, including payment schedules and adjustment procedures.

Deleting this regulation would create fiscal uncertainty and potential cash flow crises for the Province of Newfoundland and Labrador. The regulation provides predictable, rule-based disbursement of legally mandated equalization offset payments. Without clear timelines, the Federal Minister could arbitrarily delay payments, forcing the province to either cut services or borrow at higher costs. It achieves its administrative outcome through fixed deadlines that prevent political discretion from disrupting provincial finances—something a simple repeal would undermine without addressing the underlying equalization framework in primary legislation.

Establishes a list of terrorist entities under the Criminal Code, providing legal mechanisms for investigation, prosecution, and prosecution of terrorist financing and activities.

Canadians would be worse off if this regulation was deleted because it provides essential legal tools for law enforcement to investigate, prosecute, and disrupt terrorist activities, including preventing terrorist financing and protecting public safety from violent extremist threats.

Requires trust and loan companies operating in provinces to designate a specific office for receiving enforcement notices, publicly disclose this designation via Canada Gazette and newspaper ads for 4 weeks, maintain an updated list on their website, and include debtor identification information (name, address, SIN/DOB) with enforcement notices. The regulation imposes procedural compliance costs on financial institutions.

Imposes significant compliance costs (mandatory newspaper advertisements, website maintenance, record-keeping) with no clear marginal benefit over existing legal service mechanisms. The newspaper publication requirement is archaic, expensive, and creates serious privacy risks by mandating publication of personal information (SIN or date of birth). The regulation represents bureaucratic overreach that increases barriers to entry, diverts resources from productive use, and fails to achieve its ostensible purpose more efficiently than existing law. True service of process can be accomplished through established civil procedure rules without this redundant layer of federal regulation.

Requires cooperative credit associations to designate provincial offices for service of enforcement notices related to support orders, publish office details in Canada Gazette and newspapers for 4 weeks, maintain online lists, and include debtor identification (name, address, SIN/DOB) in notices.

Imposes costly, outdated newspaper publication requirements and intrusive SIN collection on a specific financial institution type, creating competitive distortions. The enforcement goal could be achieved more efficiently through centralized electronic systems or general legal procedures, avoiding regulatory burden that stifles innovation and increases costs for member-owners.

Requires banks and authorized foreign banks to designate an office in each province where they do business for service of enforcement notices related to support orders, publish this information in the Canada Gazette and newspapers, maintain a current list on their website, and include specific debtor identification details (name, address, SIN or DOB) with enforcement notices.

Canadians would be worse off without this regulation because it ensures banks can be reliably served with enforcement notices, a critical component for collecting child and spousal support payments that vulnerable dependents rely on. The procedural requirements—designating provincial offices, publicizing contact information, maintaining website lists, and providing debtor identifiers—establish a clear, standardized system with minimal compliance burden. Repeal would create uncertainty and reduce effectiveness of support enforcement, directly harming families and children who depend on these payments.

This regulation establishes comprehensive disclosure requirements for retail associations regarding credit agreements, including APR calculations, cost of borrowing disclosures, and periodic statement requirements for various credit products.

The extensive disclosure requirements create significant compliance costs for financial institutions, which are ultimately passed to consumers through higher fees and reduced access to credit. The regulation assumes consumers cannot understand basic financial concepts and substitutes paternalistic disclosure for market education, while creating a false sense of security that leads to riskier borrowing behavior.