Researching Statutes Using Online Sources by Annette Demers BA LLB MLIS

1. Researching Statutes Using Online Sourcesby Annette Demers BA LLB MLIS Associate Dean, Law Library and Legal Research Services

2. Federal Annual Statutes -Citation Transboundary Waters Protection Act, SC 2013, c 12.

3. Federal Annual Statutes -Sources

4. Federal Annual Statutes -Sources

10. Federal Annual Statutes -Citation Transboundary Waters Protection Act, SC 2013, c 12.

15. Revised Statutes and Consolidated Statutes

16. Federal Statute Amendments 1.  Section 1 of the Human Rights Code is amended by adding “gender identity, gender expression” after “sexual orientation”.From: Toby’s Act (Right to be Free from Discrimination and Harassment Because of Gender Identity or Gender Expression), 2012, SO 2012, c 7, s 1.

17. Federal Statute Amendments Human Rights Code, section 1, Before:1.  Every person has a right to equal treatment with respect to services, goods and facilities, without discrimination because of race, ancestry, place of origin, colour, ethnic origin, citizenship, creed, sex, sexual orientation, age, marital status, family status or disability. R.S.O. 1990, c. H.19, s. 1; 1999, c. 6, s. 28 (1); 2001, c. 32, s. 27 (1); 2005, c. 5, s. 32 (1).After1.  Every person has a right to equal treatment with respect to services, goods and facilities, without discrimination because of race, ancestry, place of origin, colour, ethnic origin, citizenship, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital status, family status or disability. R.S.O. 1990, c. H.19, s. 1; 1999, c. 6, s. 28 (1); 2001, c. 32,s. 27 (1); 2005, c. 5, s. 32 (1); 2012, c 7, s 1.

18. Federal Statute Amendments 1. The amending act (ie. Toby’s Act).2. When the amendment came into force (CIF).3. The statute being amended (ie. Human Rights Code) as it looked: -before the amendment (prior version) -today (current consolidation)

19. Federal Revised Statutes To compile the RSC 1985, the Statute Review Commission:1. Started with RSC 1970.2. Removed all acts that had been repealed.3. Removed all sections that had been repealed.4. Inserted all new substantive acts that had been enacted.5. Organized the set in alphabetical order by statute title, and assigned a chapter number to each statute.6. Inserted all amendments into the whole set.

20. Federal Revised Statutes -citation Access To Information Act, RSC 1985, c A-1.

21. Current Consolidation A current consolidated statutes collection includes: -all acts on substantive legal topics currently in force -all amendments to these substantive Acts A current consolidated statutes collection DOES NOT include: -amending Acts (found only in an Annual Statutes Collection)

22. Federal Revised and Consolidated Statutes -Sources

26. Consolidated Statute Citations 1. Statutes cited to RSC 1985. • were included in the RSC 1985 • have not yet been repealed Note that you can use RSC 1985 citation to find the statute in two places: in the actual RSC 1985 the way it looked back then; and in the Consolidated Acts collection here to see what the act looks like today.

27. Consolidated Statute Citation • A citation to SC. • substantive statutes enacted after 1985; • have not been repealed; Note that you can then use this citation to find these acts in two places: you can use the SC citation to find the original act in the annual Statutes of Canada, or you can use the citation to find the consolidated version of the act in this collection.

28. Ontario Statutes

29. Ontario Annual Statutes -Sources

30. Ontario Annual Statute -Citation Financial Accountability Officer Act, 2013, SO 2013, c 4.

33. Ontario Revised and Consolidated Statutes

34. Ontario Revised Statutes -Citation Family Law Act, RSO 1990, c F.3, s 4 (2)(7).

35. Ontario Revised and Consolidated Statutes -Sources

39. Noting Up Legislation