Whereas, pursuant to section 118 of the Firearms Act , the Solicitor General of Canada had the proposed Firearms Marking Regulations laid before each House of Parliament on June 13, 2003, which date is at least 30 sitting days before the date of this Order;

And whereas subsection 119(1) of the Firearms Act a provides that no proposed regulation that has been laid pursuant to section 118 of that Act need again be laid, whether or not it has been altered;