BILL NO. 116

(as introduced)

2nd Session, 59th General Assembly
Nova Scotia
55 Elizabeth II, 2006

Private Member's Bill

Workers' Compensation Act
(amended)

Russell MacKinnon
Cape Breton West

First Reading: May 12, 2006

(Explanatory Note)

Second Reading:

Third Reading:

Explanatory Note

This Bill changes the annual indexing factor for permanent-impairment benefits, extended earnings-replacement benefits, survivor pensions and dependent-child benefits under the Workers' Compensation Act and permanent pensions payable pursuant to a predecessor Act from one half the percentage change in the consumer price index to the full percentage change in the consumer price index.

An Act to Amend Chapter 10
of the Acts of 1994-95,
the Workers' Compensation Act

Be it enacted by the Governor and Assembly as follows:

1 Subsection 70(1) of Chapter 10 of the Acts of 1994-95, the Workers' Compensation Act, is amended by striking out "one half of" in the third line.

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