Safe Public Spaces (Street Weapons) Regulations, SR 62/2025

1 SAFE PUBLIC SPACES (STREET WEAPONS) SR 63/2025 The Safe Public Spaces (Street Weapons) Regulations being Saskatchewan Regulations 62/2025 (effective August 1, 2025). 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. 2 SR 62/2025 SAFE PUBLIC SPACES (STREET WEAPONS) Table of Contents 1 Title 2 Definitions 3 Additional categories of peace officers 4 Opt in by municipality or First Nation 5 Coming into force 3 SAFE PUBLIC SPACES (STREET WEAPONS) SR 63/2025 Saskatchewan Regulations 62/2025 The Safe Public Spaces (Street Weapons) Act Title 1 These regulations may be cited as The Safe Public Spaces (Street Weapons) Regulations. Definitions 2 In these regulations: “Act” means The Safe Public Spaces (Street Weapons) Act; “bylaw” means a bylaw made by a municipality; “First Nation law” means: (a) a bylaw made by a council of a First Nation band under the authority of the Indian Act (Canada); (b) a First Nation law as defined in the Framework Agreement on First Nation Land Management Act (Canada); or (c) a law made by a First Nation under the authority of a self-government agreement that: (i) the First Nation has entered into with the Government of Canada; and (ii) has been given effect by a federal Act; “Provincial Protective Services” or “PPS” means the Provincial Protective Services as defined in The Provincial Protective Services Act. 1 Aug 2025 SR 62/2025 s2. Additional categories of peace officers 3(1) Each of the following individuals is prescribed as a peace officer for the purposes of enforcing the Act: (a) a member as defined in The Provincial Protective Services Act; (b) the commissioner, deputy commissioner and assistant commissioner, as those terms are defined in The Provincial Protective Services Act. (2) A written request made to the PPS pursuant to subsection 3-2(2) of the Act shall be made to the Commissioner of the PPS. (3) The commissioner of the PPS is the chief of the PPS for the purposes of the Act. 1 Aug 2025 SR 62/2025 s3. 4 SR 62/2025 SAFE PUBLIC SPACES (STREET WEAPONS) Opt in by municipality or First Nation 4(1) For the purposes of subsection 1-3(2) of the Act: (a) a municipality that opts in to the application of the Act shall pass a bylaw to provide that the Act applies to the municipality; and (b) a First Nation that opts in to the application of the Act shall pass a First Nation law to provide that the Act applies on the First Nation. (2) If a municipality passes a bylaw pursuant to clause (1)(a), the Act applies to the municipality on and after: (a) the day on which the bylaw comes into force; or (b) any later date set out in the bylaw. (3) If a First Nation passes a First Nation law pursuant to clause (1)(b), the Act applies on the First Nation on and after: (a) the day on which the First Nation law comes into force; or (b) any later date set out in the First Nation law. (4) A municipality or First Nation that opts in to the application of the Act pursuant to subsection (1) may opt out of the application of the Act by repealing the bylaw or First Nation law, as the case may be. (5) A bylaw or First Nation law passed pursuant to this section may set a total blade length, other than 30 centimetres, for the purposes of subclause (b)(ii) of the definition of “knife” in section 1-2 of the Act. 1 Aug 2025 SR 62/2025 s4. Coming into force 5(1) Subject to subsection (2), these regulations come into force on the day on which section 1 of The Safe Public Spaces (Street Weapons) Act comes into force. (2) If these regulations are filed with the Registrar of Regulations after the day on which section 1 of The Safe Public Spaces (Street Weapons) Act comes into force, these regulations come into force on the day on which they are filed with the Registrar of Regulations. 1 Aug 2025 SR 62/2025 s5. REGINA, SASKATCHEWAN Printed by the authority of THE QUEEN’S PRINTER Copyright©2022