Incorporation by Reference as a Modern Regulatory Technique: Benefits and Burdens (1:50)

Such “incorporation by reference” is explicitly authorized by section 92 of the IRPA.

Incorporation by Reference as a Modern Regulatory Technique: Benefits and Burdens (1:50)

Incorporation by reference of ASTM F963-17, sections 8.7.1 and 8.7.2

This is a mechanism that we call an administrative inter-delegation, an incorporation by reference.

Incorporation by Reference" allows for the integration into federal regulations of any document, regardless of its source.

Health Canada's "Incorporation by Reference" webpage provides some general information on how incorporation by reference works and how incorporated documents are modified.

Incorporation by reference is a simpler and less time-consuming process that does not require regulatory amendment.

RBR-3: Technical Requirements Respecting Identification of Radio Stations (formerly RIC-4), Issue 1, September 2007

Notice of Proposal - Incorporating by Reference the "Nutrition Labelling – Table of Permitted Nutrient Content Statements and Claims

Notice of Proposal - Incorporating by Reference the "Nutrition Labelling – Table of Permitted Nutrient Content Statements and Claims

The draft Rules require submission of a copy of the reference within two months of the incorporation by reference unless the reference is a Canadian patent application.

The draft Rules require submission of a copy of the reference within two months of the incorporation by reference unless the reference is a Canadian patent application.

We said that it was safe, and we changed the regulation, because it was an ambulatory regulation.

This means that if the regulator wants to include changes that are made to that document after it has been incorporated by reference, then the regulation would have to be amended.