<?xml version="1.0"?><Regulation lims:pit-date="2023-05-01" lims:lastAmendedDate="2023-05-01" lims:current-date="2023-05-03" lims:inforce-start-date="2023-05-01" lims:enacted-date="2023-05-01" lims:fid="1397764" lims:id="1397764" gazette-part="II" regulation-type="SOR" xml:lang="en" xmlns:lims="http://justice.gc.ca/lims"><Identification lims:inforce-start-date="2023-05-01" lims:enacted-date="2023-05-01" lims:fid="1397765" lims:id="1397765"><InstrumentNumber>SOR/2023-83</InstrumentNumber><RegistrationDate><Date><YYYY>2023</YYYY><MM>05</MM><DD>01</DD></Date></RegistrationDate><ConsolidationDate><Date><YYYY>2023</YYYY><MM>5</MM><DD>4</DD></Date></ConsolidationDate><EnablingAuthority lims:inforce-start-date="2023-05-01" lims:enacted-date="2023-05-01" lims:fid="1397766" lims:id="1397766"><XRefExternal reference-type="act" link="F-7">FEDERAL COURTS ACT</XRefExternal></EnablingAuthority><LongTitle lims:inforce-start-date="2023-05-01" lims:enacted-date="2023-05-01" lims:fid="1397767" lims:id="1397767">Associate Judges (Federal Court) Regulations</LongTitle><RegulationMakerOrder><RegulationMaker>P.C.</RegulationMaker><OrderNumber>2023-372</OrderNumber><Date><YYYY>2023</YYYY><MM>04</MM><DD>28</DD></Date></RegulationMakerOrder></Identification><Order lims:inforce-start-date="2023-05-01" lims:enacted-date="2023-05-01" lims:fid="1397768" lims:id="1397768"><Provision lims:inforce-start-date="2023-05-01" lims:enacted-date="2023-05-01" lims:fid="1397769" lims:id="1397769" format-ref="indent-0-0" language-align="yes" list-item="no"><Text>Her Excellency the Governor General in Council, on the recommendation of the Minister of Justice, makes the annexed <XRefExternal reference-type="regulation" link="SOR-2023-83">Associate Judges (Federal Court) Regulations</XRefExternal> under subsections 12(2)<FootnoteRef idref="fn_a">a</FootnoteRef> and (5)<FootnoteRef idref="fn_a">a</FootnoteRef> of the <XRefExternal reference-type="act" link="F-7">Federal Courts Act</XRefExternal><FootnoteRef idref="fn_b">b</FootnoteRef>.</Text></Provision><Footnote id="fn_a" placement="page" status="official"><Label>a</Label><Text>S.C. 2022, c. 10, subpara. 371(a)(ii)</Text></Footnote><Footnote id="fn_b" placement="page" status="official"><Label>b</Label><Text>R.S., c. F-7; S.C. 2002, c. 8, s. 14</Text></Footnote></Order><Body lims:inforce-start-date="2023-05-01" lims:enacted-date="2023-05-01" lims:fid="1397770" lims:id="1397770"><Section lims:inforce-start-date="2023-05-01" lims:enacted-date="2023-05-01" lims:lastAmendedDate="2023-05-01" lims:fid="1397771" lims:id="1397771"><MarginalNote lims:inforce-start-date="2023-05-01" lims:enacted-date="2023-05-01" lims:fid="1397772" lims:id="1397772">Number of associate judges</MarginalNote><Label>1</Label><Text>For the purposes of subsection 12(2) of the <XRefExternal reference-type="act" link="F-7">Federal Courts Act</XRefExternal>, the number of associate judges that may be appointed under subsection 12(1) of that Act is fixed at nine.</Text></Section><Section lims:inforce-start-date="2023-05-01" lims:enacted-date="2023-05-01" lims:lastAmendedDate="2023-05-01" lims:fid="1397773" lims:id="1397773"><MarginalNote lims:inforce-start-date="2023-05-01" lims:enacted-date="2023-05-01" lims:fid="1397774" lims:id="1397774">Workload — supernumerary associate judges</MarginalNote><Label>2</Label><Text>For the purposes of subsection 12(5) of the <XRefExternal reference-type="act" link="F-7">Federal Courts Act</XRefExternal>, the workload of a supernumerary associate judge is fixed at a minimum of 50% of the workload of an associate judge.</Text></Section><Section lims:inforce-start-date="2023-05-01" lims:enacted-date="2023-05-01" lims:lastAmendedDate="2023-05-01" lims:fid="1397775" lims:id="1397775" type="CIFnobold"><MarginalNote lims:inforce-start-date="2023-05-01" lims:enacted-date="2023-05-01" lims:fid="1397776" lims:id="1397776">Coming into force</MarginalNote><Label>3</Label><Text>These Regulations come into force on the day on which they are registered.</Text></Section></Body></Regulation>