BILL NO. 30

(as introduced)

1st Session, 61st General Assembly
Nova Scotia
58 Elizabeth II, 2009

Government Bill

Public Trustee Act
(amended)

The Honourable Ross Laundry
Minister of Justice

First Reading: October 6, 2009

(Explanatory Note)

Second Reading: November 2, 2009

Third Reading: November 3, 2009 (LINK TO BILL AS PASSED)

Explanatory Note

This Bill

(a) amends the Public Trustee Act to provide the Public Trustee, upon referral by a delegate named in a personal directive, with authority to assist persons who are being placed in continuing-care homes or receiving home-care by taking control of the persons' finances; and

(b) repeals a Section in the Act to permit proclamation of a different Section with the same Section number that was enacted.

An Act to Amend Chapter 379
of the Revised Statutes, 1989,
the Public Trustee Act

Be it enacted by the Governor and Assembly as follows:

1 (1) Subsection 8A(1) of Chapter 379 of the Revised Statutes, 1989, the Public Trustee Act, as enacted by Chapter 8 of the Acts of 2008 is amended by adding "or the delegate named in a personal directive has decided to accept an offer of placement in a continuing-care home or regarding provision of home-care services" immediately after "services" in the fourth line.

(2) Subsection 8A(3) of Chapter 379, as enacted by Chapter 8 of the Acts of 2008, is amended by adding ", by a delegate named in a personal directive," immediately after "provider" in the third line.

(3) Subsection 8A(5) of Chapter 379, as enacted by Chapter 8 of the Acts of 2008, is amended by adding "or pursuant to a decision of a delegate named in a personal directive to accept a placement in a continuing-care home or the provision of home-care services" immediately after Act in the ninth line.

2 Section 14A of Chapter 379, as enacted by Chapter 4 of the Acts of 2008, is repealed.

3 Section 2 comes into force on such day as the Governor in Council orders and declares by proclamation.

 

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