BILL NO. 163
(as passed, with amendments)
1st Session, 60th General Assembly
Nova Scotia
56 Elizabeth II, 2007
An Act Respecting the Elimination
of Mandatory Retirement
CHAPTER 11 OF THE ACTS OF 2007
The Honourable Mark Parent
Minister of Environment and Labour
First Reading: March 29, 2007 (LINK TO BILL AS INTRODUCED)
Second Reading: April 3, 2007
Third Reading: April 12, 2007 (WITH COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS)
Royal Assent: April 13, 2007
An Act Respecting the Elimination
of Mandatory Retirement
Be it enacted by the Governor and Assembly as follows:
1 Section 6 of Chapter 214 of the Revised Statutes, 1989, the Human Rights Act, as enacted by Chapter 12 of the Acts of 1991, is amended by
(a) adding immediately after subclause (f)(i) the following subclause:
(b) striking out "retirement or" in the second line of clause (g); and
2 Chapter 214, as amended by Chapter 12 of the Acts of 1991, is further amended by adding immediately after Section 6, the following Section:
3 Clause 72(3)(f) of Chapter 246 of the Revised Statutes, 1989, the Labour Standards Code, is amended by striking out "according to the established practice of the employer" in the second and third lines and substituting "established by the employer on the basis of a bona fide occupational requirement for the position in which that person is employed".
4 (1) Subject to subsection (2), this Act comes into force on such day as the Governor in Council orders and declares by proclamation.
(2) This Act shall not come into force before July 1, 2009.
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