BILL NO. 7
1st Session, 57th General Assembly
Nova Scotia
47 Elizabeth II, 1998
Public Prosecutions Act
(amended)
Kevin Deveaux
Cole Harbour-Eastern Passage
First Reading: June 1, 1998
Second Reading:
Third Reading:
Explanatory Note
This Bill provides for collective bargaining for chief crown attorneys, regional crown attorneys and full-time crown attorneys by an association representing them. If their terms and conditions of employment cannot be agreed upon by the Director of Public Prosecutions and the association, either the Director or the association may refer their differences to binding arbitration.
An Act Respecting the Terms and
Conditions of Employment of
Crown Attorneys
Be it enacted by the Governor and Assembly as follows:
1 Section 12 of Chapter 21 of the Acts of 1990, the Public Prosecutions Act, is amended by adding "(1)" immediately after the Section number and adding the following subsections:
(3) Where the Director of Public Prosecutions and the association of chief crown attorneys, regional crown attorneys and full-time crown attorneys are unable to agree upon the terms and conditions of employment, the Director or the association may refer their differences to final and binding arbitration under the Arbitration Act.
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