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An Act respecting the Marine Mammal Regulations (seal fishery observation licence)

This bill is from the 41st Parliament, 2nd session, which ended in August 2015.

Sponsor

Greg Kerr  Conservative

Introduced as a private member’s bill.

Status

This bill has received Royal Assent and is now law.

Summary

This is from the published bill.

This enactment requires the Governor in Council to amend the Marine Mammal Regulations to increase the distance that a person must maintain from another person who is fishing for seals, except under the authority of a seal fishery observation licence.

Similar bills

C-636 (40th Parliament, 3rd session) An Act respecting the Marine Mammals Regulations (seal fishery observation licence)

Elsewhere

All sorts of information on this bill is available at LEGISinfo, an excellent resource from Parliament. You can also read the full text of the bill.

Bill numbers are reused for different bills each new session. Perhaps you were looking for one of these other C-555s:

C-555 (2010) Telecommunications Transparency and Fairness Act
C-555 (2009) Telecommunications Transparency and Fairness Act
C-555 (2008) Telecommunications Clarity and Fairness Act

Votes

May 28, 2014 Passed That the Bill be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Fisheries and Oceans.

Marine Mammal RegulationsPrivate Members' Business

May 15th, 2014 / 5:55 p.m.

The Acting Speaker Bruce Stanton

In my opinion the yeas have it.

And five or more members having risen:

Pursuant to Standing Order 93, the division stands deferred until Wednesday, May 28, immediately before the time provided for private members' business.

The House resumed from May 15 consideration of the motion that Bill C-555, an act respecting the Marine Mammal Regulations (seal fishery observation licence), be read the second time and referred to a committee.

Marine Mammal RegulationsPrivate Members' Business

May 28th, 2014 / 3:30 p.m.

The Speaker Andrew Scheer

Pursuant to an order made on Tuesday, May 27, the house will now proceed to the taking of the deferred recorded division on the motion at second reading stage of Bill C-555 under private members' business.

The question is on the motion.

(The House divided on the motion, which was agreed to on the following division:)

Vote #150

Marine Mammal RegulationsPrivate Members' Business

May 28th, 2014 / 3:40 p.m.

The Speaker Andrew Scheer

I declare the motion carried. Accordingly, the bill stands referred to the Standing Committee on Fisheries and Oceans.

(Bill read the second time and referred to a committee)