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SASKATCHEWAN HUMAN RIGHTS, 2018
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The 
Saskatchewan 
Human Rights 
Regulations, 2018
being
Chapter S-24.2 Reg 1 (effective October 1, 2018).
NOTE:
This consolidation is not official. Amendments have been 
incorporated for convenience of reference and the original statutes 
and regulations should be consulted for all purposes of interpretation 
and application of the law. In order to preserve the integrity of the 
original statutes and regulations, errors that may have appeared 
are reproduced in this consolidation.

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Table of Contents
 1 Title
 2 Definitions
 3 Complaints
 4 Class complaints
 5 Amended complaints
 6 Withdrawal of complaint
 7 Dismissal of complaint
 8 Service of complaint
 9 Address for service
10 Service
11 Investigation by commission
12 Rules respecting class complaints
13 Interpreter
14 Application for program approval
15 Information respecting programs
16 Terms of program approval
17 Reports
18 Distinctions, etc., based on risk factors
19 Non-compliance
20 RRS c S-24.1 Reg 1 repealed
21 Coming into force

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CHAPTER S-24.2 REG 1
The Saskatchewan Human Rights Code, 2018
Title
1 These regulations may be cited as The Saskatchewan Human Rights 
Regulations, 2018.
Definitions
2 In these regulations:
“class complaint” means a complaint made to the commission on behalf of 
a class of persons; (« plainte collective »)
“Code” means The Saskatchewan Human Rights Code, 2018; (« Code »)
“complainant” means:
(a) a person who has filed a complaint pursuant to subsection 29(1) of 
the Code; and
(b) for the purposes of sections 5 and 8, includes the commission if the 
commission has initiated the complaint; (« plaignant »)
“respondent” means a person against whom a complaint is made. (« intimé »)
24 Aug 2018 c.S-24.2 Reg 1 s2.
Complaints
3 A complaint within the meaning of Part 5 of the Code may be made:
(a) by filing the form mentioned in subsection 29(1) of the Code; or
(b) orally to the commission.
24 Aug 2018 c.S-24.2 Reg 1 s3.
Class complaints
4(1) If more than one person has a common interest in a cause or matter, a class 
complaint may be made pursuant to section 29 of the Code on behalf of a class of 
persons notwithstanding that the damage suffered may vary from person to person 
within the class.
(2) The Chief Commissioner shall accept a class complaint for filing if he or she 
considers it appropriate to do so.
(3) In determining whether to accept a class complaint for filing pursuant to 
subsection (2), the Chief Commissioner shall consider whether:
(a) there is an identifiable class;
(b) the claims of the class members raise common issues;

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(c) the class complaint would be the preferable procedure for the resolution 
of the common issues; and
(d) the complainant is an appropriate representative of the class of persons 
on whose behalf the class complaint is made.
(4) If the Chief Commissioner accepts a class complaint for filing, he or she 
shall provide the members of the class with notice of the complaint that the Chief 
Commissioner considers reasonable in the circumstances.
(5) If a member of the class requests exclusion from the class by applying to the 
commission within 30 days after the day on which notice pursuant to subsection (4) 
is provided, the commission shall grant the exclusion.
24 Aug 2018 c.S-24.2 Reg 1 s4.
Amended complaints
5(1) Subject to subsection (3), a complainant may amend his or her complaint at 
any time before the Chief Commissioner applies to the court for a hearing of the 
complaint pursuant to section 34 of the Code.
(2) Sections 30 and 31 of the Code apply to a complaint that is amended before the 
Chief Commissioner applies to the court for a hearing of the complaint.
(3) After a class complaint has been filed, the complainant may only amend the 
class complaint with the consent of the Chief Commissioner.
24 Aug 2018 c.S-24.2 Reg 1 s5.
Withdrawal of complaint
6(1) Subject to subsection (2), a complainant may withdraw his or her complaint 
at any time by giving notice orally or in writing to the commission.
(2) After a class complaint has been filed, the complainant may withdraw as the 
complainant, but the Chief Commissioner may appoint a complainant to continue 
with the class complaint.
(3) If the commission sends a written request to the complainant to contact the 
commission and the complainant fails to respond to that request within a reasonable 
period, the Chief Commissioner may:
(a) deem that the complaint has been withdrawn; or
(b) in the case of a class complaint:
(i) deem that the complainant does not wish to continue with the 
complaint; and
(ii) appoint a complainant to continue with the complaint.
24 Aug 2018 c.S-24.2 Reg 1 s6.
Dismissal of complaint
7 If the Chief Commissioner dismisses a complaint pursuant to subsection 30(2) 
or 33(3) of the Code, he or she shall notify the complainant in writing.
24 Aug 2018 c.S-24.2 Reg 1 s7.

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Service of complaint
8 The commission shall serve a copy of the complaint and notice of any 
amendments made by the complainant on the respondent at any time before the 
Chief Commissioner applies to the court for a hearing of the complaint.
24 Aug 2018 c.S-24.2 Reg 1 s8.
Address for service
9(1) Within 20 days after service of the complaint, the respondent must provide 
the commission with an address where documents may be served and notices given.
(2) If the address provided pursuant to subsection (1) changes, the respondent 
must inform the commission of the change.
(3) If a complaint has been served on the respondent and the respondent has not 
provided an address for service, the address of the respondent stated in the complaint 
is the respondent’s address for service.
24 Aug 2018 c.S-24.2 Reg 1 s9
Service
10 All documents required to be served may be served in any manner permitted 
by The Queen’s Bench Rules.
24 Aug 2018 c.S-24.2 Reg 1 s10.
Investigation by commission
11(1) If the Chief Commissioner determines that a complaint should be investigated, 
the respondent must, when requested, provide a response to the complaint and any 
further information relating to the complaint that the commission may request.
(2) In addition to requiring the production of documents and records, the Chief 
Commissioner may request a summary of the information contained in any documents 
or records relating to the complaint that are in the respondent’s possession.
24 Aug 2018 c.S-24.2 Reg 1 s11.
Rules respecting class complaints
12(1) In the case of a class complaint, if the court determines that the notice given 
pursuant to subsection 4(4) is insufficient, the court may:
(a) direct that the class of persons on whose behalf the complaint is filed be 
given notice of the complaint pursuant to subsection (2); and
(b) refuse to conduct a hearing of the complaint until that notice has been 
given.
(2) The court may give directions respecting the contents of the notice required 
pursuant to subsection (1) and the means by which the notice is to be given to 
the members of the class.

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(3) On application by the respondent or a member of the class, the court shall 
determine whether the complaint may proceed as a class complaint and shall 
consider the criteria in subsection 4(3) in making that determination.
(4) If the court determines that the criteria in subsection 4(3) are not satisfied, 
the court may:
(a) direct that the complaint proceed as individual complaints filed on behalf 
of named individual members of the class;
(b) direct that the complaint proceed with a reconstituted or redefined class 
of persons; or
(c) make any other direction that, in the court’s opinion, will facilitate the 
fair and efficient adjudication of the complaint.
(5) The court may direct that certain persons be excluded as members of the class.
(6) The court may:
(a) order that the compensation to which each individual member of a class 
is entitled be determined by a formula or a process; and
(b) determine any disputes arising out of that order.
24 Aug 2018 c.S-24.2 Reg 1 s12.
Interpreter
13 The cost of an interpreter in a hearing of a complaint is payable by the Ministry 
of Justice in accordance with Schedule IV-A of the Tariff of Costs in The Queen’s 
Bench Rules.
24 Aug 2018 c.S-24.2 Reg 1 s13.
Application for program approval
14 An application for a program approval pursuant to subsection 55(1) of the Code 
is to be accompanied by a written submission and any other material that may be 
required by the commission.
24 Aug 2018 c.S-24.2 Reg 1 s14.
Information respecting programs
15 For the purpose of subsection 55(1) of the Code, the commission may gather 
information in any manner from any person or source that the commission considers 
necessary.
24 Aug 2018 c.S-24.2 Reg 1 s15.
Terms of program approval
16 The commission may impose any terms, conditions or criteria it considers 
appropriate when ordering, approving or continuing the approval of a program 
pursuant to section 55 of the Code.
24 Aug 2018 c.S-24.2 Reg 1 s16.

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Reports
17(1) In this section, “sponsor” means an employer, institution, agency or other 
organization that:
(a) has received approval for a program pursuant to subsection 55(1) of the 
Code; or
(b) has been ordered to undertake a program pursuant to clause 39(1)(a) or 
subsection 55(1) of the Code.
(2) Every sponsor of a program approved pursuant to section 55 of the Code must 
report to the commission on a date set by the commission.
(3) The Chief Commissioner may at any time request any information from the 
sponsor that the Chief Commissioner considers appropriate for the purposes of 
monitoring the approved program.
(4) Any person who receives a request for information pursuant to subsection (3) 
must provide that information to the person requesting it within the time specified.
24 Aug 2018 c.S-24.2 Reg 1 s17.
Distinctions, etc., based on risk factors
18 Any of the following that make a distinction, exclusion or preference because of 
disability that is reasonable and bona fide based on the risk factor for the distinction, 
exclusion or preference are prescribed for the purposes of subsection 15(3) of the Code:
(a) contracts of automobile, life, accident or sickness, or disability insurance;
(b) contracts of group insurance between an insurer and an association or 
person;
(c) life annuities.
24 Aug 2018 c.S-24.2 Reg 1 s18.
Non-compliance
19(1) Non-compliance with these regulations does not render any proceeding void 
unless the court so directs.
(2) The court may order that the matter be returned to the commission to remedy 
any non-compliance with these regulations.
24 Aug 2018 c.S-24.2 Reg 1 s19.
RRS c S-24.1 Reg 1 repealed
20 The Saskatchewan Human Rights Code Regulations are repealed.
24 Aug 2018 c.S-24.2 Reg 1 s20.

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REGINA, SASKATCHEWAN
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Coming into force
21(1) Subject to subsection (2), these regulations come into force on the day on which 
section 1 of The Saskatchewan Human Rights Code, 2018 comes into force.
(2) If these regulations are filed with the Registrar of Regulations after the day on which 
section 1 of The Saskatchewan Human Rights Code, 2018 comes into force, these regulations 
come into force on the day on which they are filed with the Registrar of Regulations.
24 Aug 2018 c.S-24.2 Reg 1 s21.
