BILL NO. 112
(as introduced)
1st Session, 60th General Assembly
Nova Scotia
55 Elizabeth II, 2006
Domestic Violence Elimination Act
Diana Whalen
Halifax Clayton Park
First Reading: November 15, 2006
Second Reading:
Third Reading:
An Act Respecting the Establishment
of a Domestic Violence Prevention
Committee in Nova Scotia
Be it enacted by the Governor and Assembly as follows:
1 This Act may be cited as the Domestic Violence Elimination Act.
(a) "Committee means the Committee established by this Act;
(b) "Minister" means the Minister of Justice;
(c) "objectives" means the objectives aimed at creating a process to define, measure and eliminate domestic violence in the Province.
(a) a representative of the Transition House Association of Nova Scotia;
(b) a representative of Womens' Centre CONNECT!;
(c) a representative of Mens' Treatment Programs;
(d) a representative nominated from the district health authorities;
(e) a representative of a sexual-assault centre;
(f) a representative of an organization providing second-stage housing programs;
(g) a representative of an organization providing emergency shelter to homeless or transient women;
(h) a representative of the Department of Community Services;
(i) a representative of the Department of Education;
(j) a representative of the Department of Health;
(k) a representative of the Department of Justice;
(l) a representative of the Office of Aboriginal Affairs;
(m) a representative of the Office of the Advisory Committee on the Status of Women; and
(n) a representative of the Office of African Nova Scotia Affairs.
4 The Minister shall appoint a member of the Committee to be the Chair of the Committee.
(a) review best practices in the following:
(ii) public-education programs,
(iii) victim-support services,
(iv) treatment programs for abusers, and
(v) judicial and legislative responses to domestic violence;
(c) make recommendations to the Government on the implementation and or expansion of programs to address prevention, public education, victim-support services, treatment programs for abusers and legislative frameworks; and
(d) track and report to the House of Assembly on an annual basis the following statistics:
(ii) re-arrest rates as they pertain to domestic violence,
(iii) the number of domestic dispute calls responded to by the police,
(iv) the number of clients and children accessing transition houses, including the number of clients who are accessing transition houses on a repeat basis,
(v) the number of clients seeking support and services as a victim of sexual assault.
7 The moneys required for the purpose of this Act shall be paid out of moneys appropriated for that purpose by the Legislature.
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