Crevier v. Quebec, [1981] 2 S.C.R. 220 is a leading Supreme Court of Canada

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 decision in administrative law. The Court had to decide whether a Quebec-created Professionals Tribunal was unconstitutional due to being a "s. 96 court" according the Constitution Act, 1867

Constitution Act, 1867

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, whose members can only be federally appointed. It found that any legislation which has a privative clause

Privative clause

In administrative law, a privative clause is a provision in a statute that tries to remove a court’s ability to review decisions of a tribunal . In the UK they are known as "ouster clauses"....

 purporting to exclude review of jurisdictional matters is outside the jurisdiction of a provincial legislature.

Facts

The decision examined the Professional Code, a Quebec statute which governed 38 professional corporations. The law required each of the corporations to establish a discipline committee in conformity with the code that would examine allegations of professional misconduct.

History

The Quebec Court of Appeal had ruled that the law was not ultra vires the Quebec legislature because it did not create a s. 96 court.

External links

• Full decision on CanLII
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