BILL NO. 29

(as introduced)

2nd Session, 62nd General Assembly
Nova Scotia
63 Elizabeth II, 2014

Private Member's Bill

Workers' Compensation Act
(amended)

Chuck Porter
Hants West

First Reading: October 9, 2014

(Explanatory Note)

Second Reading:

Third Reading:

Explanatory Note

This Bill removes the limitation of 5 years, from the happening of an accident or a worker learning that he or she suffers from an occupational disease, for the worker to apply to the Workers' Compensation Board for an extension of time for filing a claim.

An Act to Amend Chapter 10
of the Acts of 1994-95,
the Workers' Compensation Act

Be it enacted by the Governor and Assembly as follows:

1 Subsection 83(6) of Chapter 10 of the Acts of 1994-95, the Workers' Compensation Act, is repealed.

 

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