BILL NO. 62
(as passed, with amendments)
1st Session, 60th General Assembly
Nova Scotia
55 Elizabeth II, 2006
Tobacco Access Act
(amended)
CHAPTER 47 OF THE ACTS OF 2006
The Honourable Barry Barnet
Minister of Health Promotion and Protection
First Reading: October 31, 2006 (LINK TO BILL AS INTRODUCED)
Second Reading: November 2, 2006
Third Reading: November 17, 2006 (WITH COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS)
Royal Assent: November 23, 2006
An Act to Amend Chapter 14
of the Acts of 1993,
the Tobacco Access Act
Be it enacted by the Governor and Assembly as follows:
1 Section 5 of Chapter 14 of the Acts of 1993, the Tobacco Access Act, as amended by Chapter 12 of the Acts of 1999, is further amended by adding immediately after subsection (2) the following subsection:
9AA (1) No vendor or employee of a vendor shall display or permit the display of tobacco or tobacco products except as prescribed by the regulations.
(2) No vendor or employee of a vendor shall store tobacco or tobacco products except as prescribed by the regulations.
(a) striking out "or" at the end of clause (a);
(b) striking out the period at the end of clause (b) and substituting "; or"; and
(c) adding immediately after clause (b) the following clause:
(a) adding "vendor who contravenes or whose employee contravenes Section 9AA, every" immediately after "Every" in the first line; and
(b) adding "and every establishment designated in the regulations that sells tobacco or tobacco products or whose employee sells tobacco or tobacco products in that establishment" immediately after "9B" in the fourth line.
6 (1) Subsection 13(1) of Chapter 14 is amended by adding immediately after clause (a) the following clause:
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