BILL NO. 197
(as introduced)
2nd Session, 60th General Assembly
Nova Scotia
57 Elizabeth II, 2008
Public Utilities Act
(amended)
Graham Steele
Halifax Fairview
First Reading: October 31, 2008
Second Reading:
Third Reading:
Explanatory Notes
Clause 1 provides a new definition of "small business" for the mandate of the small business advocate in hearings before the Nova Scotia Utility and Review Board.
Clause 2 provides that the consumer advocate and the small business advocate cannot be the same person.
An Act to Amend Chapter 380
of the Revised Statutes, 1989,
the Public Utilities Act
1 Subsection 92(1) of Chapter 380 of the Revised Statutes, 1989, the Public Utilities Act, is repealed and the following subsection substituted:
(1) In this Section, "small business" means a business to which the small general tariff (rate code 10) or the general tariff (rate code 11) approved by the Board for Nova Scotia Power Incorporated applies.
2 Chapter 380 is further amended by adding immediately after Section 92 the following Section:
93 The same person may not be appointed as both the consumer advocate under Section 91 and the small business advocate under Section 92.
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