Canadian Artists and Producers Professional Relations Tribunal
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Intro / Draft CAPPRT Procedural Regulations
Further to its announcement in December 2000, the Tribunal is pre-publishing its draft CAPPRT Procedural Regulations for review and comment by artists, artists' associations and producers.
Background:
The Status of the Artist Act, section 16, allows the Tribunal to make regulations touching on a variety of matters which are procedural in nature:
16. The Tribunal may make regulations of general application that it considers conducive to the performance of its duties, and in particular regulations providing for
(a) the practice and procedure before the Tribunal, including the
assessment and awarding of costs;
(b) the certification of artists' associations;
(c) the conduct of representation votes;
(d) the period for submission by an artists' association of a
new application for certification, where the Tribunal previously
refused to certify the association in respect of the same or
substantially the same sector;
(e) the period for submission of an application for revocation of
the certification of an artists' association, where the
Tribunal previously refused an application for revocation in
respect of the same sector;
(f) the forms to be used in any proceeding that may come before
the Tribunal;
(g) the periods in which and the circumstances under which the
Tribunal may exercise its powers under section 20;
(h) the period and form in which evidence and information may be
presented to the Tribunal in connection with any proceeding before
it;
(i) the period for sending notices and other documents, the
persons and associations to which they shall be sent, and the
circumstances in which they are deemed to have been sent or
received;
(j) the criteria for deciding whether an artist is represented by
an artists' association;
(k) the circumstances in which the Tribunal may receive evidence
in order to establish whether any artists wish to be represented by
a particular artists' association, and the circumstances in
which that evidence may not be made public; and
(l) the delegation to any person of powers and duties of the
Tribunal, other than the power to delegate or to make regulations,
and the obligations of that person with respect thereto.
The draft deals with each of the provisions above.
Deadlines:
Any comments which are received by July 31, 2001 will be considered by the Tribunal prior to forwarding the draft to the Department of Justice, Legislative Services Branch. Comments received after that date are also welcome and will be considered prior to the Tribunal finalizing the regulations.
