BILL NO. 68
1st Session, 58th General Assembly
Nova Scotia
49 Elizabeth II, 2000
Occupational Health and Safety Act
(amended)
The Honourable Angus MacIsaac
Acting Minister of Environment and Labour
First Reading: October 30, 2000
Second Reading: November 10, 2000
Third Reading: November 30, 2000 (WITH COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS)
Explanatory Note
This Bill requires every regulation made pursuant to the Occupational Health and Safety Act to include a "sunset clause". Existing regulations are deemed to include such a clause.
An Act to Amend Chapter 7
of the Acts of 1996,
the Occupational Health and Safety Act
Be it enacted by the Governor and Assembly as follows:
1 Section 82 of Chapter 7 of the Acts of 1996, the Occupational Health and Safety Act, is amended by adding immediately after subsection (1) the following subsections:
(1A) Every regulation made pursuant to subsection (1) must include or be subject to a provision specifying a date on which the regulation is repealed.
(1B) The date of repeal referred to in subsection (1) must be no later than five years after
(a) the date on which the regulation was made; or
(b) the date on which the date of repeal was enacted or last amended,
whichever is later.
(1C) For greater certainty, nothing in subsection (1A) or (1B) prevents a regulation made pursuant to subsection (1) from being re-enacted without amendment.
2 (1) The Temporary Workplace Traffic Control Regulations, the First Aid Regulations, the Disclosure of Information Regulations and the Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System Regulations made pursuant to the Occupational Health and Safety Act are deemed to contain a provision specifying that they are repealed four years after this subsection comes into force.
(2) Subject to subsection (1), the General Blasting Regulations, the Fall Protection and Scaffolding Regulations, the Occupational Health Regulations, the Occupational Safety General Regulations and the Appeal Panel Regulations made pursuant to the Occupational Health and Safety Act or any other regulations made pursuant to that Act before the coming into force of this subsection are deemed to contain a provision specifying that they are repealed five years after this subsection comes into force.
(3) For greater certainty, nothing in subsection (1) or (2) prevents an amendment to a regulation referred to in subsection (1) or (2) to specify a date of repeal in that regulation in accordance with subsection 82(1B) of the Occupational Health and Safety Act.
3 This Act comes into force on such day as the Governor in Council orders and declares by proclamation.
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