<?xml version="1.0"?><Regulation lims:pit-date="2024-02-02" lims:lastAmendedDate="2024-02-02" lims:current-date="2024-02-06" lims:inforce-start-date="2024-02-02" lims:enacted-date="2024-02-02" lims:fid="1441576" lims:id="1441576" gazette-part="II" regulation-type="SI" xml:lang="en" xmlns:lims="http://justice.gc.ca/lims"><Identification lims:inforce-start-date="2024-02-02" lims:enacted-date="2024-02-02" lims:fid="1441577" lims:id="1441577"><InstrumentNumber>SI/2024-7</InstrumentNumber><RegistrationDate><Date><YYYY>2024</YYYY><MM>2</MM><DD>14</DD></Date></RegistrationDate><ConsolidationDate><Date><YYYY>2024</YYYY><MM>2</MM><DD>7</DD></Date></ConsolidationDate><EnablingAuthority lims:inforce-start-date="2024-02-02" lims:enacted-date="2024-02-02" lims:fid="1441578" lims:id="1441578"><XRefExternal reference-type="act" link="P-33.01">PUBLIC SERVICE EMPLOYMENT ACT</XRefExternal></EnablingAuthority><LongTitle lims:inforce-start-date="2024-02-02" lims:enacted-date="2024-02-02" lims:fid="1441579" lims:id="1441579">Locally Engaged Staff Exclusion Approval Order</LongTitle><RegulationMakerOrder><RegulationMaker>P.C.</RegulationMaker><OrderNumber>2024-86</OrderNumber><Date><YYYY>2024</YYYY><MM>2</MM><DD>2</DD></Date></RegulationMakerOrder></Identification><Order lims:inforce-start-date="2024-02-02" lims:enacted-date="2024-02-02" lims:fid="1441580" lims:id="1441580"><Provision lims:inforce-start-date="2024-02-02" lims:enacted-date="2024-02-02" lims:fid="1441581" lims:id="1441581" format-ref="indent-0-0" language-align="yes" list-item="no"><Text>Her Excellency the Governor General in Council, on the recommendation of the President of the King’s Privy Council for Canada, under subsections 20(1) and (3) of the <XRefExternal reference-type="act" link="P-33.01">Public Service Employment Act</XRefExternal><FootnoteRef idref="fn_81000-2-4385_hq_28367">a</FootnoteRef>, approves</Text><Footnote id="fn_81000-2-4385_hq_28367" placement="page" status="official"><Label>a</Label><Text>S.C. 2003, c. 22, ss. 12 and 13</Text></Footnote><Provision lims:inforce-start-date="2024-02-02" lims:enacted-date="2024-02-02" lims:fid="1441582" lims:id="1441582" format-ref="indent-1-1" language-align="no" list-item="no"><Label>(a)</Label><Text>the re-application by the Public Service Commission of the provisions of that Act to the positions excluded under Order in Council P.C. 1967-444 of March 10, 1967, and to the persons occupying them; and</Text></Provision><Provision lims:inforce-start-date="2024-02-02" lims:enacted-date="2024-02-02" lims:fid="1441583" lims:id="1441583" format-ref="indent-1-1" language-align="no" list-item="no"><Label>(b)</Label><Text>the exclusion by the Public Service Commission from the application of the Act of a person who is appointed and employed outside Canada, who is performing duties that are directly related to diplomatic or consular operations or a military support unit of the Government of Canada located outside Canada and who is subject to the laws of the host country where they are employed.</Text></Provision></Provision><Provision lims:inforce-start-date="2024-02-02" lims:enacted-date="2024-02-02" lims:fid="1441584" lims:id="1441584" format-ref="indent-0-0" language-align="yes" list-item="no"><Text>Whereas the Public Service Commission has decided, under subsection 20(1) of the <XRefExternal reference-type="act" link="P-33.01">Public Service Employment Act</XRefExternal><FootnoteRef idref="fn_81000-2-4385_hq_28367">a</FootnoteRef>, that it is neither practicable nor in the best interests of the public service to apply certain provisions of that Act to a person who is appointed and employed outside Canada, who is performing duties that are directly related to diplomatic or consular operations or a military support unit of the Government of Canada located outside Canada and who is subject to the laws of the host country where they are employed;</Text></Provision><Provision lims:inforce-start-date="2024-02-02" lims:enacted-date="2024-02-02" lims:fid="1441585" lims:id="1441585" format-ref="indent-0-0" language-align="yes" list-item="no"><Text>And whereas, under subsection 20(2) of that Act, the Public Service Commission has consulted with the employer;</Text></Provision><Provision lims:inforce-start-date="2024-02-02" lims:enacted-date="2024-02-02" lims:fid="1441586" lims:id="1441586" format-ref="indent-0-0" language-align="yes" list-item="no"><Text>Therefore, the Public Service Commission, under subsections 20(1) and (3) of the <XRefExternal reference-type="act" link="P-33.01">Public Service Employment Act</XRefExternal><FootnoteRef idref="fn_81000-2-4385_hq_28367">a</FootnoteRef>,</Text><Provision lims:inforce-start-date="2024-02-02" lims:enacted-date="2024-02-02" lims:fid="1441587" lims:id="1441587" format-ref="indent-1-1" language-align="no" list-item="no"><Label>(a)</Label><Text>re-applies the provisions of that Act to the positions excluded under Order in Council P.C. 1967-444 of March 10, 1967 and to the persons occupying them; and</Text></Provision><Provision lims:inforce-start-date="2024-02-02" lims:enacted-date="2024-02-02" lims:fid="1441588" lims:id="1441588" format-ref="indent-1-1" language-align="no" list-item="no"><Label>(b)</Label><Text>excludes from the application of that Act a person who is appointed and employed outside Canada, who is performing duties that are directly related to diplomatic or consular operations or a military support unit of the Government of Canada located outside Canada and who is subject to the laws of the host country where they are employed.</Text></Provision></Provision><Provision lims:inforce-start-date="2024-02-02" lims:enacted-date="2024-02-02" lims:fid="1441589" lims:id="1441589" format-ref="indent-0-0" language-align="yes" list-item="no"><Text>Gatineau, November 21, 2023</Text></Provision><Provision lims:inforce-start-date="2024-02-02" lims:enacted-date="2024-02-02" lims:fid="1441590" lims:id="1441590" format-ref="indent-0-0" language-align="yes" list-item="no" topmarginspacing="12"><TableGroup lims:inforce-start-date="2024-02-02" lims:enacted-date="2024-02-02" lims:fid="1441591" lims:id="1441591" bilingual="yes" orientation="portrait" pointsize="11pt" rowbreak="no" spanlanguages="no" spanmarginalnotecol="no" topmarginspacing="50pt"><table lims:inforce-start-date="2024-02-02" lims:enacted-date="2024-02-02" lims:fid="1441592" lims:id="1441592" frame="none"><tgroup lims:inforce-start-date="2024-02-02" lims:enacted-date="2024-02-02" lims:fid="1441593" lims:id="1441593" cols="2"><colspec colname="1" colwidth="93.49*" /><colspec colname="COLSPEC0" colwidth="106.51*" /><tbody lims:inforce-start-date="2024-02-02" lims:enacted-date="2024-02-02" lims:fid="1441594" lims:id="1441594"><row rowsep="0"><entry colsep="0" nameend="COLSPEC0" namest="1" rowsep="0" valign="top"><SignatureBlock justification="center" width="20pc"><SignatureTitle justification="center"><Language xml:lang="fr">Le président de la Commission de la fonction publique par intérim</Language>,</SignatureTitle><SignatureLine justification="center" topmarginspacing="30"><Leader leader="solid" length="20pc" /></SignatureLine><SignatureName justification="center">Stan Lee</SignatureName><SignatureTitle justification="center">Acting President of the Public Service Commission</SignatureTitle></SignatureBlock><SignatureBlock justification="center" width="20pc"><SignatureTitle justification="center"><Language xml:lang="fr">La commissaire</Language>,</SignatureTitle><SignatureLine justification="center" topmarginspacing="30"><Leader leader="solid" length="20pc" /></SignatureLine><SignatureName justification="center">Fiona Spencer</SignatureName><SignatureTitle justification="center">Commissioner</SignatureTitle></SignatureBlock><SignatureBlock justification="center" width="20pc"><SignatureTitle justification="center"><Language xml:lang="fr">La commissaire</Language>,</SignatureTitle><SignatureLine justification="center" topmarginspacing="30"><Leader leader="solid" length="20pc" /></SignatureLine><SignatureName justification="center">Hélène Laurendeau</SignatureName><SignatureTitle justification="center">Commissioner</SignatureTitle></SignatureBlock></entry></row></tbody></tgroup></table></TableGroup></Provision></Order></Regulation>