Archived - Administrative Burden Baseline Count as of June 30, 2014

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In its Red Tape Reduction Action Plan, the Government committed to build on the efforts of the Paperwork Burden Reduction Initiative by requiring departments, through the Administrative Burden Baseline initiative, to provide a count of the requirements in federal regulations that impose an administrative burden on business. Administrative burden includes planning, collecting, processing and reporting of information, and completing forms and retaining data required by the federal government to comply with a regulation. This includes filling out licence applications and forms, as well as finding and compiling data for audits and becoming familiar with information requirements.

Only those regulatory requirements imposing administrative burden are within scope of the Administrative Burden Baseline initiative. The findings reported below include consideration of documents (for examples, a manual or external standard) and forms incorporated by reference into the Regulations, if they impose administrative burden on business.

The Administrative Burden Baseline initiative complements the One-for-One Rule regulatory reform. The One-for-One Rule restricts the growth of administrative burden by ensuring that new administrative burden on business introduced by a regulatory change is offset by an equal decrease in administrative burden on business from existing regulations. It also controls the number of regulations by requiring the repeal of at least one existing regulation every time a new one imposing administrative burden on business is introduced. So, while the Administrative Burden Baseline initiative and the One-for-One Rule are both related to administrative burden, the purposes they each serve are different.

All federal regulations that are administered by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) that have requirements that impose administrative burden on business are identified below. The count is based on the Regulations administered and enforced by the CFIA as at June 30, 2014. CFIA's total Administrative Burden Baseline count for 2014 is 10,989 and can be viewed on the June 30, 2014 Baseline Count page.

Note that the June 30, 2014 Baseline Count page will remain posted in the future, reflecting the CFIA's initial baseline count of requirements which impose administrative burden on business. The information will be updated and reported publicly every year following, allowing for year to year comparisons.

***Agriculture and Agri-Food Administrative Monetary Penalties Act***
Title of the Regulation	SOR/CRC/SI Number	2014 Count
Agriculture and Agri-Food Administrative Monetary Penalties Regulations	SOR/2000-187	0

***Canada Agricultural Products Act***
Title of the Regulation	SOR/CRC/SI Number	2014 Count
Dairy Products Regulations	SOR/79-840	172
Egg Regulations	C.R.C., c. 284	66
Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Regulations	C.R.C., c. 285	35
Honey Regulations	C.R.C., c. 287	87
Licensing and Arbitration Regulations	SOR/84-432	215
Livestock and Poultry Carcass Grading Regulations	SOR/92-541	63
Organic Products Regulations	SOR/2009-176	15
Maple Products Regulations	C.R.C., c. 289	34
Processed Egg Regulations	C.R.C., c. 290	89
Processed Products Regulations	C.R.C., c. 291	138

***Canadian Food Inspection Agency Act***
Title of the Regulation	SOR/CRC/SI Number	2014 Count
Canadian Food Inspection Agency Fees Notice	N/A	N/A

*Consumer Packaging and Labelling Act* (as it relates to food)
Title of the Regulation	SOR/CRC/SI Number	2014 Count
Consumer Packaging and Labelling Regulations	C.R.C., c. 417	0

***Feeds Act***
Title of the Regulation	SOR/CRC/SI Number	2014 Count
Feeds Regulations, 1983 Schedule IV Schedule V	SOR/83-593	216

***Fertilizers Act***
Title of the Regulation	SOR/CRC/SI Number	2014 Count
Fertilizers Regulations	C.R.C., c. 666	288

***Fish Inspection Act***
Title of the Regulation	SOR/CRC/SI Number	2014 Count
Fish Inspection Regulations	C.R.C., c. 802	1832

Food and Drugs Act (as it relates to food)

Food and Drugs Regulations
Please note that the administrative burden baseline counts for the Food and Drugs Act (as it relates to food), are posted on Health Canada's website. Please visit Health Canada's Administrative Burden Baseline page to view this count.

***Health of Animals Act***
Title of the Regulation	SOR/CRC/SI Number	2014 Count
Compensation for Certain Birds Destroyed in British Columbia (Avian Influenza) Regulations	SOR/2004-150	0
Compensation for Destroyed Animals	SOR/2000-233	0
Export Inspection & Certification Exemption Regulations	SOR/91-3	0
Hatchery Regulations	C.R.C., c. 1023	113
Hatchery Exclusion Regulations	SOR/91-4	0
Health of Animals Regulations Import Reference Document	C.R.C., c. 296	1348
Honeybee Prohibition Regulations, 2004	SOR/2004-136	0
Reportable Diseases Regulations	SOR/91-2	0
Revocation of Declaration: Repeal of the British Columbia Bluetongue Infected Place Order	N/A	N/A

***Meat Inspection Act***
Title of the Regulation	SOR/CRC/SI Number	2014 Count
Meat Inspection Regulations, 1990	SOR/90-288	4973

***Plant Breeders' Rights Act***
Title of the Regulation	SOR/CRC/SI Number	2014 Count
Plant Breeders' Rights Regulations	SOR/91-594	209

***Plant Protection Act***
Title of the Regulation	SOR/CRC/SI Number	2014 Count
Eggplants and Tomatoes Production (Central Saanich) Restriction Regulations	SOR/82-448	0
Golden Nematode Order	SOR/80-260	0
Introduced Forest Pest Compensation Regulations	SOR/2004-113	40
Phytophthora Ramorum Compensation Regulations	SOR/2007-135	27
Plant Protection Regulations	SOR/95-212	102
Plum Pox Virus Compensation Regulations, 2004	SOR/2005-131	67
Potato Production and Sale (Central Saanich) Restriction Regulations	SOR/82-186	0
Potato Wart Compensation Regulations, 2003	SOR/2004-211	113

***Seeds Act***
Title of the Regulation	SOR/CRC/SI Number	2014 Count
Seeds Regulations	C.R.C., c. 1400	747
Weed Seeds Order, 2005	SOR/2005-220	0
Total Count		10989

Contact Information

Please contact:

Danielle H. Caron
Canadian Food Inspection Agency
1400 Merivale Road, Tower 1, Floor 4, Room 433
613-773-5375
legislation@inspection.gc.ca

For more information

To learn about upcoming or ongoing consultations on proposed federal regulations, visit the Canada Gazette website and the Consulting with Canadians website.