Emergency "911" Act (amended)

BILL NO. 20

1st Session, 58th General Assembly
Nova Scotia
48 Elizabeth II, 1999



Government Bill



Emergency "911" Act (amended)



The Honourable Jamie A. Muir
Minister responsible for the Emergency Measures Act



First Reading: November 9, 1999

(Explanatory Note)

Second Reading: November 22, 1999

Third Reading: November 23, 1999 (WITH COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS)

Explanatory Note

This Bill will allow competitive local exchange carriers or other companies that provide local telecommunication services to be service providers under this Act of the same status as MTT, enhance access to 911 service for disabled persons, provide for the establishment of necessary operational policies and procedures and authorize the recovery of costs associated with administering the service.

An Act to Amend Chapter 4
of the Acts of 1992,
the Emergency "911" Act

Be it enacted by the Governor and Assembly as follows:

1 Section 3 of Chapter 4 of the Acts of 1992, the Emergency "911" Act, as amended by Chapter 38 of the Acts of 1994, is further amended by

(a) renumbering clause (a) as clause (aa) and adding immediately before the renumbered clause (aa) the following clause:

(a) "CLEC" means a competitive local exchange carrier or other company that provides local telecommunication services in competition with Maritime;

and

(b) adding "and its successors and assigns" immediately after "Limited" the last time it occurs in the second line of clause (e).

2 Section 5 of Chapter 4 is amended by

(a) striking out "city" in the first line of clause (a) and substituting "regional municipality";

(b) striking out "city" in the fourth line of clause (e) and substituting "regional municipality";

(c) striking out "cities" in the first line of subclause (h)(i) and substituting "regional municipalities";

(d) striking out the period at the end of clause (i) and substituting a semicolon; and

(e) adding the following clause immediately after clause (i):

(j) preparing and administering policies, programs, standards, guidelines, objectives, codes of practice and directives for the purposes of the administration and enforcement of this Act or the regulations, including access to information pursuant to Section 7.

3 (1) Subsection 7(1) of Chapter 4 is amended by adding "or a CLEC" immediately after "Maritime" in the first and in the sixth lines.

(2) Subsection 7(5) of Chapter 4 is amended by adding "or the regulations" immediately after "Act" in the second line.

4 Section 8 of Chapter 4 is amended by adding "or a CLEC" immediately after "Maritime" in the third and in the fourth lines.

5 Section 9 of Chapter 4 is repealed and the following Section is substituted:

9 The Province, the Minister, a regional municipality, a town, a rural municipality, Maritime, a CLEC, the Emergency Measures Organization and emergency service agencies are not liable, directly or indirectly, for a claim arising out of, relating to or attributable to personal injury, property damage, death or economic loss or for any contribution, reimbursement or indemnification in respect thereof, or a suit, a fine, a demand, an action, a loss, costs or damage of any nature or kind arising out of the operation of, failure of or failure to operate the system or any part of it.

6 Section 11 of Chapter 4 is amended by striking out "No" in the first line and substituting "Except with the written approval of the Minister or a person designated by the Minister, no".

7 Subsection 14(1) of Chapter 4 is amended by adding the following clause immediately after clause (e):

(ea) respecting any matter necessary or advisable for the establishment of fees to recover costs for any services or materials provided in the course of the administration of this Act or the regulations;

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