Everybody has had an opportunity to review this amendment. It's quite lengthy. It deals with the reporting and review of information, the limitation, and a periodic review of regulations.
I understand it brings some consistency to the regulation process for this piece of legislation. In particular, it removes the time requirement for making the regulation, as per the cabinet directive on streamlining regulations that is in force now. I understand that from 18 to 24 months is reasonable to allow the completion of the regulatory process. In addition, under the enabling legislation the Governor in Council is not forced to make regulations but is invited to do so. That's why this particular amendment is worded as such.
It removes “that manufactures vehicles and equipment” so that “company” will be as defined elsewhere in the legislation. It's for consistency throughout, so that “company” is more broadly defined elsewhere in the MVSA.
It also replaces the word “malfunction” with a better definition, which is “an alleged safety-related defect”, which is more consistent with the legislation put forward by Mr. Volpe as well.