Vital Statistics Act (amended)

BILL NO. 18

(as introduced)

2nd Session, 61st General Assembly
Nova Scotia
59 Elizabeth II, 2010

Government Bill

Vital Statistics Act
(amended)

The Honourable Ramona Jennex
Minister of Service Nova Scotia and Municipal Relations

First Reading: April 7, 2010

(Explanatory Note)

Second Reading: April 27, 2010

Third Reading: May 3, 2010 (LINK TO BILL AS PASSED)

Explanatory Note

This Bill gives the Deputy Registrar General the authority to delegate powers, duties or functions to the Assistant Deputy Registrar General and repeals a requirement for the Deputy Minister of Health to act in the place of the Deputy Registrar General and the Assistant Deputy Registrar General when they are both absent.

An Act to Amend Chapter 494
of the Revised Statutes, 1989,
the Vital Statistics Act

Be it enacted by the Governor and Assembly as follows:

1 Subsection 29(3) of Chapter 494 of the Revised Statutes, 1989, the Vital Statistics Act, is repealed and the following subsection substituted:

(3) The Deputy Registrar General may delegate any of the Deputy Registrar General's powers, duties or functions to the Assistant Deputy Registrar General and the Assistant Deputy Registrar General has authority to the same extent as if the power, duty or function was being exercised by the Deputy Registrar General.

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