BILL NO. 33
(as introduced)
1st Session, 62nd General Assembly
Nova Scotia
63 Elizabeth II, 2014
Fair Registration Practices Act
(amended)
The Honourable Kelly Regan
Minister of Labour and Advanced Education
First Reading: March 27, 2014
Second Reading: March 28, 2014
Third Reading: April 28, 2014 (LINK TO BILL AS PASSED)
Explanatory Notes
Clause 1 updates the definition of "Minister" in the Fair Registration Practices Act to reflect the current title of Minister of Labour and Advanced Education.
Clause 2 provides that the annual report of the Review Officer under the Act is to be filed by the Minister of Labour and Advanced Education with the Clerk of the House of Assembly if it cannot be tabled in the Assembly because it is not sitting.
Clauses 3 and 4 transfer to the Minister the authority of the Governor in Council to amend the Schedules to the Act which set out the regulating bodies to which the Act applies.
An Act to Amend Chapter 38
of the Acts of 2008,
the Fair Registration Practices Act
1 Clause 2(c) of Chapter 38 of the Acts of 2008, the Fair Registration Practices Act, is amended by striking out "Workforce Development" in the first and second lines and substituting "Advanced Education".
2 Subsection 15(2) of Chapter 38 is repealed and the following subsection substituted:
3 Chapter 38 is further amended by adding immediately after Section 21 the following Section:
(2) The exercise by the Minister of the authority contained in subsection (1) is regulations within the meaning of the Regulations Act.
4 Clause 22(1)(a) of Chapter 38 is repealed.
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