Section 66.6 — Copyright Act: Regulations

The Board may, with the approval of the Governor in Council, make regulations governing the practice and procedure in respect of the Board’s hearings, including the number of members of the Board that constitutes a quorum; the time and manner in which applications and notices must be made or given; the establishment of forms for the making or giving of applications and notices; and the carrying out of the work of the Board, the management of its internal affairs and the duties of its officers and employees. The Board may, with the approval of the Governor in Council, make regulations governing the case management of matters before the Board, including regulations governing the directions a case manager may give and the orders they may make; and authorizing a case manager to give a direction or make an order that adapts, restricts or excludes the application of any provision of regulations made under subsection (1) to a matter or any step in a matter. A copy of each regulation that the Board proposes to make under subsection (1) or (1.1) shall be published in the Canada Gazette at least 60 days before the regulation’s proposed effective date, and a reasonable opportunity shall be given to interested persons to make representations with respect to the regulation. No proposed regulation that has been published pursuant to subsection (2) need again be published under that subsection, whether or not it has been altered as a result of representations made with respect thereto.