BILL NO. 69

60B (1) The Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture and the Minister of Natural Resources shall, no later than December 31, 2008, implement a system under which

(a) issuance of a licence or permit pursuant to the Wildlife Act may be refused to a payor who is in default under a maintenance order; and

(b) a licence or permit issued pursuant to the Wildlife Act to a payor who is in default under a maintenance order may be cancelled.

(2) The Governor in Council may make regulations implementing the system referred to in subsection (1).

(3) The exercise by the Governor in Council of the authority contained in subsection (2) is regulations within the meaning of the Regulations Act.

60C (1) The Minister of Finance shall enter negotiations with the Atlantic Lottery Corporation to implement a system under which

(a) screening of lottery winners who have won prizes of greater than one thousand dollars will take place to determine if those winners are payors in default of maintenance orders;

(b) a prize, referred to in clause (a) that is won by a payor who is in default under a maintenance order, is to be held by the Atlantic Lottery Corporation until it is dealt with in accordance with the regulations; and

(c) the Atlantic Lottery Corporation may be treated as an income source for the purpose of this Act.

(2) The Minister of Finance shall, no later than December 31, 2007, report to the Assembly on the outcome of the negotiations referred to in subsection (1).

(ib) respecting the manner in which prizes won from the Atlantic Lottery Corporation by payors who are in default under maintenance orders are to be held by the Atlantic Lottery Corporation and are to be dealt with by the Director for the purpose of any system to be implemented pursuant to Section 60C;

 

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