BILL NO. 136
(as introduced)
1st Session, 60th General Assembly
Nova Scotia
56 Elizabeth II, 2007
Justice Administration Amendment (2007) Act
The Honourable Murray K. Scott
Minister of Justice
First Reading: March 19, 2007
Second Reading: March 20, 2007
Third Reading: April 12, 2007 (LINK TO BILL AS PASSED)
Explanatory Notes
Clause 1 sets out the short title of the Act.
Clause 2 establishes the Nova Scotia long-service medal for ground search and rescue personnel and other persons involved in the provision of emergency services. Clause 3 gives formal recognition to the Nova Scotia long-service medal for firefighters and other persons involved in the provision of fire services. Clause 4 removes restrictions on the length of time a person may serve as a member of a community health board. Clause 5 established the Nova Scotia long-service medal for police officers and other persons involved in the provision of police services. Clauses 6 to 9 amend An Act to Establish the Shubenacadie Canal Commission to reflect the amalgamation of the City of Dartmouth and the Municipality of the County of Halifax into the Halifax Regional Municipality and to correct several outdated references. Clause 10 amends the Small Claims Court Act to provide that, where there is now no justice centre in a county, claims can be commenced by filing a claim at the justice centre in an adjacent county and designated by the Minister of Justice to receive claims for the county or municipality in which the cause of action arose or one or more defendants reside or carry on business. Clause 11 provides that the Act comes into force on proclamation.An Act Respecting
the Administration of Justice
2 Chapter 8 of the Acts of 1990, the Emergency Management Act, is amended by adding immediately after Section 9 the following Section:
(2) Where the Minister or the Minister's designate has issued a medal for long service, the Minister or the designate, on the recommendation of the Emergency Management Office, may issue a bar for further service to accompany the medal.
3 Chapter 6 of the Acts of 2002, the Fire Safety Act, is amended by adding immediately after Section 14 the following heading and Sections:
(2) Where the Minister or the Minister's designate has issued a medal for long service, the Minister or the designate, on the recommendation of the Fire Marshal, may issue a bar for further service to accompany the medal.
(3) A medal or bar for long service issued by the Fire Marshal before the coming into force of this Section is deemed to have been issued pursuant to this Section.
4 Subsections 42(2) and (3) of Chapter 6 of the Acts of 2000, the Health Authorities Act, are repealed.
(2) The Minister shall establish an Advisory Committee to recommend persons to be issued medals for long service.
(3) The Advisory Committee consists of chief officers and other persons determined by the Minister.
(4) The Minister may designate a member of the Advisory Committee to be the Chair of the Committee.
(5) Where the Minister or the Minister's designate has issued a medal for long service, the Minister or the designate, on the recommendation of a chief officer, may issue a bar for further service to accompany the medal.
6 (1) Clauses 4(1)(a) to (d) of Chapter 97 of the Acts of 1986, An Act to Establish the Shubenacadie Canal Commission, are repealed and the following clauses substituted:
(b) two persons resident in the Municipality of the District of East Hants, one appointed by the Governor in Council for such term of office as the Governor in Council may determine, and one appointed by the Council of the District of East Hants for such term of office as the Council may determine;
(c) two persons resident in the Municipality of the County of Colchester, one appointed by the Governor in Council for such term of office as the Governor in Council may determine, and one appointed by the Council of the County of Colchester for such term of office as the Council may determine;
(2) Clauses 4(4)(a) to (d) of Chapter 97 are repealed and the following clauses substituted:
(b) a person appointed pursuant to clause (b) of subsection (1) ceases to be a member of the Commission when that person ceases to be a resident of the Municipality of the District of East Hants;
(c) a person appointed pursuant to clause (c) of subsection (1) ceases to be a member of the Commission when that person ceases to be a resident of the Municipality of the County of Colchester.
(1B) Notwithstanding subsection (1), where, on the coming into force of this subsection, there is no justice centre in a county, a claim may be filed with the prothonotary at a justice centre in an adjacent county and designated by the Minister to receive claims for the county or municipality in which
(a) the cause of action arose; or
(b) the defendant or one of several defendants resides or carries on business.
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