National Instruments

13-101	National Instrument	System for Electronic Document Analysis and Retrieval (SEDAR)	In effect nationally Jan 1, 1997. In Saskatchewan Jan 17, 2000.  Amended September 30, 2003. Amended March 30, 2004.	Requires issuers to transmit certain documents to securities regulatory authorities in electronic format using the System for Electronic Document Analysis and Retrieval known as SEDAR. Sets out certain requirements for filing on SEDAR.
13-101	.	SEDAR Filer Manual Version 7	Sept 4, 2001.
14-101	National Instrument	Definitions	In effect nationally April 1, 1997. In Saskatchewan Jan 17, 2000.	Sets out the definitions of terms used in more than one national instrument for the purpose of interpreting all national instruments.
14-101	National Instrument	Amendments to National Instrument 14-101	In effect December 31, 2002	Amends certain provisions of National Instrument 14-101.
21-101	National Instrument	Marketplace Operation	Dec 1, 2001 Amended on May 20, 2004	Regulates all securities marketplaces operating in Canada including exchanges, quotation and trade reporting systems and alternate trading systems.
21-101CP	Companion Policy	Marketplace Operation	Dec 1, 2001 Amended on May 20, 2004	Companion Policy to National Instrument 21-101 Marketplace Operation
23-101	National Instrument	Trading Rules	Dec 1, 2001 Amended on May 20, 2004	Sets out common trading rules that apply to all trading whether on a marketplace or not.
23-101CP	Companion Policy	Trading Rules	Dec 1, 2001 Amended on May 20, 2004	Companion Policy to National Instrument 23-101 Trading Rules
31-102	Multilateral Instrument	National Registration Database	March 31, 2003, except for sections 7.1 and 7.2 which come into force on Feb 3, 2003	Requires that certain registration information, including applications for registration by individuals, be submitted to regulators electronically through the NRD.
31-102CP	Companion Policy	Companion Policy to Multilateral Instrument 31-102	March 31, 2003.
32-101	National Instrument	Small Security Holder Selling and Purchase Arrangements	In effect nationally December 1, 1997. In Saskatchewan Jan 17, 2000.	Provides an exemption to an issuer and its agents form the adviser and dealer registration requirements in Canadian securities legislation for certain activities relating to arrangements that permit holder of small amounts of securities of the issuer to sell those securities or acquire additional securities.
33-102	National Instrument	Regulation of Certain Registrant Activity	Aug 1, 2001	Requires registrants to provide with disclosure about certain products and risks.
33-102CP	Companion Policy	Regulation of Certain Registrant Activity	Aug 1, 2001	Companion policy to National Instrument 33-102 Regulation of Certain Registrant Activity.
33-109	Multilateral Instrument	Registration Information Form 33-109F1 Notice of Termination Form 33-109F2 Change or Surrender of Individual Categories Form 33-109F3 Business Locations Other Than Head Office Form 33-109F4 Registration Information for an Individual Form 33-109F5 Change of Registration Information	February 21, 2003	Consolidates and harmonizes requirements regarding initial submission of registration information and updating that information
33-109CP	Companion Policy	Companion Policy to Multilateral Instrument 33-109 Registration Information	February 21, 2003
35-101	National Instrument	Conditional Exemption From Registration for United States Broker-dealers and Agents	In effect in Saskatchewan Mar 9, 2001	Provides U.S. broker-dealers and their agents with a conditional exemption from the applicable registration and prospectus requirements under Canadian securities legislation.
41-101	National Instrument	Prospectus Disclosure Requirements	In effect in Saskatchewan Mar 9, 2001	Consolidates the prospectus disclosure requirements  in National Policy Statement No. 12 Disclosure of "Market Out" Clauses in Underwriting Agreements in Prospectuses, National Policy Statement No. 32 Prospectus Warning Re: Scope of Distribution and National Policy Statement No. 35 Purchaser’s Statutory Rights.
43-101	National Instrument	Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects Companion Policy Forms Frequently Asked Questions	In effect in Saskatchewan Mar 9, 2001	Regulate all disclosure that an issuer makes concerning mineral projects that is reasonably likely to made available to the public. Consolidates and expands National Policy Statements 2-A Guide for Engineers, Geologists and Prospectors Submitting Reports on Mining Properties to the Canadian Securities Administrators.
44-101	National Instrument	Short Form Prospectus Distributions Amendments to National Instrument, Companion Policy and Form 44-101F3  effective March 30, 2004. Forms 44-101F1 and F2 revoked March 30, 2004	In effect in Saskatchewan Mar 9, 2001.  Amended September 30, 2003	Prescribes conditions for the use of a short form prospectus to distribute securities to the public. Replaces National Policy Statement 47 Prompt Offering Qualification System.
44-101CP	Companion Policy	Short Form Prospectus Distributions	In effect in Saskatchewan Mar 9, 2001	Companion Policy to National Instrument 44-101 Short Form Prospectus Distributions
44-102	National Instrument	Shelf Distributions	In effect in Saskatchewan Mar 9, 2001	Regulates Canadian shelf prospectus distributions.  Reformulates and replaces National Policy Statement 44 Rules for Shelf Prospectus Offerings and for Pricing Offerings after the Final Prospectus is Receipted ("NP44")
44-102CP	Companion Policy	Shelf Distributions	In effect in Saskatchewan Mar 9, 2001	Companion Policy to National Instrument 44-102 Shelf Distributions
44-103	National Instrument	Post-Receipt Pricing	In effect in Saskatchewan Mar 9, 2001	Regulates the Canadian post-receipt pricing regime. Reformulates and replaces the provisions of NP44 relating to post-receipt pricing.
44-103CP	Companion Policy	Post-Receipt Pricing	In effect in Saskatchewan Mar 9, 2001	Companion Policy to National Instrument 44-103 Post-Receipt Pricing
45-101	National Instrument	Rights Offerings	In effect in Saskatchewan July 25, 2001.  Amended September 30, 2003.	Sets out how an issuer may make a rights offering to sell additional securities of its own issue to holders of its securities.
45-101CP	Companion Policy	Rights Offerings	In effect in Saskatchewan July 25, 2001.  Amended September 30, 2003.	Companion Policy to National Instrument 45-101 Rights Offerings.
45-102	Multilateral Instrument	Resale of Securities including Form 45-102F1	Nov 30, 2001.  Amended September 30, 2003. Repealed and replaced on March 30, 2004	Implements uniform first trade restrictions for securities acquired under registration and prospectus exemptions.
45-102CP	Companion Policy	Resale of Securities	Nov 30, 2001 Repealed and replaced March 30, 2004	Companion Policy to Multilateral Instrument 45-102 Resale of Securities
45-302	CSA Staff Notice	Frequently asked questions about the resale rules	April 2, 2004	Answers frequently asked questions about NI 45-102
45-103	Multilateral Instrument	Capital Raising Exemptions Form 45-103F1 Offering Memorandum for Non-Qualifying Issuers Form 45-103F2 Offering Memorandum for Qualifying Issuers Form 45-103F3 Risk Acknowledgement Form 45-103F4 Report of Exempt Distribution Form 45-103F5 Risk Acknowledgement - Saskatchewan Close Personal Friends and Close Business Associates	June 16, 2003 Amended March 30, 2004	Contains four exemptions that allow the raising of capital without complying with the registration and prospectus requirements : 1.  private issuer, 2.  family, friends and business associates, 3.  offering memorandum, and 4.  accredited investor.
45-103CP	Companion Policy	Capital Raising Exemptions	June 16, 2003 Amended March 30, 2004	Companion policy to MLI 45-103
45-105	Multilateral Instrument	Trades to Employees, Senior Officers, Directors and Consultants Amendments effective March 30, 2004	August 15, 2003	Provides exemptions from the prospectus and registration requirements for trades of an issuer’s securities to the issuer’s employees, non-employee directors and certain consultants.
51-101	National Instrument	Standards of Disclosure for Oil and Gas Activities Form 51-101F1  Statement of Reserves Data and Other Oil and Gas Information Form 51-101F2 - Report on Reserves Data by Independent Qualified Reserves Evaluator Form 51-101F3 - Report of Management and Directors on Oil and Gas Disclosure	September 30, 2003	Sets out disclosure requirements for oil and gas issuers.
51-101CP	Companion Policy	Standards of Disclosure for Oil and Gas Issuers List of professional organizations which supercedes the list in section 1.5(b)	September 30, 2003 Jan 19, 2004	Companion Policy to NI 51-101
51-102	National Instrument	Continuous Disclosure Obligations Form 51-102F1 Management's Discussion and Analysis Form 51-102F2 Annual Information Form Form 51-102F3 Material Change Report Form 51-102F4 Business Acquisition Report Form 51-102F5 Information Circular Form 51-102F6 Executive Compensation	March 30, 2004	Prescribes the continuous disclosure requirements that apply to reporting issuers.
51-102CP	Companion Policy	Continuous Disclosure Obligations	March 30, 2004
51-311	CSA Staff Notice	Frequently Asked Questions Regarding NI 51-102 Continuous Disclosure Obligations	March 26, 2004.  Updated April 23, 2004. Updated June 18, 2004
51-312	CSA Staff  Notice	Harmonized Continuous Disclosure Review Program 51-312	July 16, 2004
51-313	CSA Staff Notice	Frequently Asked Questions about NI 51-101 Standards of Disclosure for Oil and Gas Activities	April 8, 2004
52-107	National Instrument	Acceptable Accounting Principles, Auditing Standards and Reporting Currency	March 30, 2004	Sets out the accounting principles that issuers (other than investment funds) and registrants may use to prepare their financial statements.  Also sets out the auditing standards that may be applied to audit those financial statements.
52-107CP	Companion Policy	Acceptable Accounting Principles, Auditing Standards and Reporting Currency	March 30, 2004
52-108	National Instrument	Auditor Oversight	March 30, 2004	Requires an auditor's report that accompanies a reporting issuer's financial statements to be signed by a public accounting firm that is a member of the Canadian Public Accountability Board.
52-109	Multilateral  Instrument	Certification of Disclosure in Issuer's Annual and Interim Filings Form 52-109F1 - Certification of Annual Filings Form 52-109FT1 - Certification of Annual Filings during Transition Period Form 52-109F2 - Certification of Interim Filings Form 52-109FT2 - Certification of Interim Filings during Transition Period	March 30, 2004	Requires the CEO and CFO of an issuer to personally certify the issuer's annual and interim filings with respect to certain matters.
52-109CP	Companion Policy	Certification of Disclosure in Issuer's Annual and Interim Filings	March 30, 2004
52-110	Multilateral  Instrument	Audit Committees Form 52-110F1 - Audit Committee Information Required in an AIF Form 52-110F2 - Disclosure by Venture Issuers	March 30, 2004	Requires reporting issuers to have audit committees which are responsible for overseeing the issuer's auditors, and other matters relating to the auditors.
52-110CP	Companion Policy	Audit Committees	March 30, 2004
54-101	National Instrument	Communication with Beneficial Owners of Securities of a Reporting Issuer	July 1, 2002	Requires reporting issuers to send proxy-related materials to the beneficial owners of its securities who not registered holders of its securities.  Provides a procedure for sending proxy-related materials and other securityholder material to the beneficial owners.  Imposes obligations on various parties in the securityholder communication process.
54-101	Forms	54-101F1 54-101F2 54-101F3 54-101F4 54-101F5 54-101F6 54-101F7 54-101F8 54-101F9	July 1, 2002	Forms to NI 54-101.
54-101CP	Companion Policy	Communication with Beneficial Owners of Securities of a Reporting Issuer	July 1, 2002	Companion policy to NI 54-101.
54-102	National Instrument	Interim Financial Statement and Report Exemption	July 1, 2002	Provides an exemption to reporting issuers from the requirement to send interim financial statements or reports to its  securityholders, on certain conditions.
55-101	National Instrument	Exemption from Insider Trading	In effect in Saskatchewan June 6, 2001	Provides certain exemptions from the insider reporting obligation.
55-101CP	Companion Policy	Exemption from Insider Trading	In effect in Saskatchewan June 9, 2001	Companion Policy to National Instrument 55-101 Exemption from Insider Trading.
55-102	National Instrument	System for Electronic Disclosure by Insiders (SEDI) Form 55-102F1 Form 55-102F2 Form 55-102F3 Form 55-102F4 Form 55-102F5 Form 55-102F6	Oct 29, 2001 Amended as of August 26, 2003	Requires insiders of SEDI issuers to file their reports on SEDI.  SEDI issuers are reporting issuers (other than mutual funds) that are required to file materials on SEDAR.
55-102CP	Companion Policy	System for Electronic Disclosure by Insiders (SEDI)	Oct 29, 2001 Amended as of August 26, 2003	Companion Policy to National Instrument 55-102 System for Electronic Disclosure by Insiders (SEDI)
55-103	Multilateral  Instrument	Insider Reporting for Certain Derivative Transactions (Equity Moneitization)	February 28, 2004	Requires insiders of reporting issuers who enter into agreements that change: (a)  their economic interest in the securities of the reporting issuer; or (b)  their economic exposure to the reporting issuer; to file an insider report, even if they are not otherwise required to file one.
55-103CP	Companion Policy	Insider Reporting for Certain Derivative Transactions (Equity Moneitization)	February 28, 2004	Companion Policy to MI 55-103 Insider Reporting for Certain Derivative Transactions (Equity Moneitization)
55-312	CSA Staff Notice	Insider Reporting Guidelines for Certain Derivative Transactions (Equity Monetization)	Feb 27, 2004	Provides guidance to insiders on reporting of derivative-based transactions which are commonly referred to as "equity monetization" transactions.
62-101	National Instrument	Control Block Distribution Issues	In effect nationally Mar 15, 2000. In Saskatchewan Apr 19, 2000. Amended March 30, 2004	Sets out a limited exemption for eligible institutional investors from the prospectus requirements applicable to control block distributions. Modifies the application of hold periods as they may apply to pledges disposing of securities that form part of a control block.
62-102	National Instrument	Disclosure of Outstanding Share Data Amendments as of March 30, 2004	In effect nationally Mar 15, 2000. In Saskatchewan Apr 19, 2000. Amended March 30, 2004	Ensures reliable public dissemination by reporting issuers of the designation and number of principal amount of outstanding securities of the reporting issuer.
62-103	National Instrument	Early Warning System & Related Take-over Bid & Insider Reporting Issues Amendments as of March 30, 2004	In effect nationally Mar 15, 2000. In Saskatchewan Apr 19, 2000.  Amended March 30, 2004	Provides exemptions from the early warning requirements, the insider reporting requirement, and related provision to certain institutional investors that have a "passive intent" with respect to their ownership or control of securities of reporting issuers.
71-101	National Instrument	The Multijurisdictional Disclosure System	In effect nationally Nov 1, 1998.  In Saskatchewan on Aug 23, 2000.	Reformulates the multi jurisdictional disclosure system, a joint initiative implemented in 1991 by the CSA and the Securities and Exchange Commission of the United States to reduce duplicative regulation in cross-border offerings, issuer bids, take-over bids, business combinations and continuous disclosure and other filings.
71-101CP	Companion Policy	The Multijurisdictional Disclosure System Companion Policy
71-102	National Instrument	Continuous Disclosure and Other Exemptions Relating to Foreign Issuers	March 30, 2004	Provides relief from most of the requirements of NI 51-102 Continuous Disclosure Obligations for certain foreign issuers.
71-102CP	Companion Policy	Continuous Disclosure and Other Exemptions Relating to Foreign Issuers	March 30, 2004
81-101	National Instrument	Mutual Fund Prospectus Disclosure Fund of fund Amendments	In effect nationally Feb 1, 2000. In Saskatchewan Apr 19, 2000.  Amended national instrument in effect June 6, 2001. Fund of fund amendments effective Dec 31, 2003.	Implements a new regulatory regime governing the disclosure provided by mutual funds in satisfaction of the prospectus requirements of securities legislation. Requires the preparation and filing of a simplified prospectus and annual information form by all mutual funds in a prescribed form.
81-101CP	Companion Policy	Mutual Fund Prospectus Disclosure Companion Policy	In effect nationally Feb 1, 2000. In Saskatchewan Apri19, 2000.
81-101CP	Companion Policy	Amendments to Mutual Fund Propsectus Disclosure Companion Policy	June 6, 2001
81-102	National Instrument	Mutual Funds Fund of fund amendments	In effect nationally Feb 1, 2000. In Saskatchewan Apr 19, 2000.  Amended national instrument in effect June 6, 2001. Fund of fund amendments effective December 31, 2003	Regulates all publicly offered investment funds that give investors the right to redeem securities on demand, including specialized mutual funds such as labour sponsored investment funds and mortgage funds.
81-102CP	Companion Policy	Mutual Funds Companion Policy Amendments to Mutual Funds Companion Policy	In effect nationally Feb 1, 2000. In Saskatchewan Apr 19, 2000.  Amendments in effect June 6, 2001.
81-104	Multilateral Instrument	Commodity Pools	In effect November 1, 2002.	Sets out the rules that govern the operation of commodity pools.  Allows them to invest in commodities and use derivatives in ways not permitted for conventional mutual funds.
81-104CP	Companion Policy	Commodity Pools Companion Policy	In effect November 1, 2002.
81-105	National Instrument	Mutual Fund Sales Practices	In effect nationally May 1, 1998. In Saskatchewan Jan 17, 2000.	Imposes restrictions on certain sales and business practices followed by managers and principal distributors of publicly offered mutual funds, and registered dealers and their sales representatives who sell them.
81-105CP	Companion Policy	Mutual Fund Sales Practices Companion Policy	In effect . In Saskatchewan April 19, 2000.

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