BILL NO. 95
(as introduced)
2nd Session, 61st General Assembly
Nova Scotia
59 Elizabeth II, 2010
Consumer Reporting Act
(amended)
The Honourable Ramona Jennex
Minister of Service Nova Scotia and Municipal Relations
First Reading: November 15, 2010
Second Reading: November 22, 2010
Third Reading: November 29, 2010 (LINK TO BILL AS PASSED)
Explanatory Note
This Bill authorizes the Minister of Service Nova Scotia and Municipal Relations, or another person designated by the Minister, to collect identifying information respecting a consumer from consumer reporting agencies for the purpose of collecting a debt or fine owing by the consumer to the Province. The information could include the consumer's name and address and former addresses, places of employment and former employment and social insurance number.
An Act to Amend Chapter 93
of the Revised Statutes, 1989,
the Consumer Reporting Act
1 Section 9 of Chapter 93 of the Revised Statutes, 1989, the Consumer Reporting Act, is amended by adding immediately after subsection (3) the following subsection:
(a) the consumer reporting agency shall provide the information to the Minister or the Minister's designate, as the case may be; and
(b) the provision of the information is not a consumer report.
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