BILL NO. 60
(as introduced)
3rd Session, 62nd General Assembly
Nova Scotia
65 Elizabeth II, 2016
Public Interest Disclosure of Wrongdoing Act
(amended)
The Honourable David A. Wilson
Sackville–Cobequid
First Reading: November 2, 2016
Second Reading: November 8, 2016
Third Reading: November 10, 2016 (LINK TO BILL AS PASSED)
Explanatory Note
This Bill makes the Public Interest Disclosure of Wrongdoing Act applicable to all government agencies, boards and commissions and to school boards.
An Act to Amend Chapter 42
of the Acts of 2010,
the Public Interest Disclosure of Wrongdoing Act
Be it enacted by the Governor and Assembly as follows:
1 Section 3 of Chapter 42 of the Acts of 2010, the Public Interest Disclosure of Wrongdoing Act, is amended by
(a) relettering clause (a) as (aa) and adding immediately before that clause the following clause:
(ii) of which the majority of the members of the board of directors or other governing body are appointed by order of the Governor in Council, or are or may be appointed, under legislation or otherwise, by the Government, any agency of the Government or a member of the Executive Council,
(iii) whose board reports to Her Majesty in right of the Province, the Government, any agency of the Government or a member of the Executive Council or is accountable, directly or indirectly, to Her Majesty in right of the Province, the Government, any agency of the Government or a member of the Executive Council in the discharge of its duties, or
(iv) that is a not-for-profit organization that delivers programs or services on behalf of the Government under legislation or pursuant to an order in council, contract or agreement and receives substantially all its revenues from Government funding or from funding and service fees to the Government or program clients that is allowed under the legislation, order in council, contract or agreement;
(b) adding "and includes the chief executive of an agency, board or commission and the superintendent of a school board" immediately after "head" in the last line of clause (aa);
(c) adding "and includes an agency board or commission or a school board" immediately after "regulations" in the last line of clause (f); and
(d) adding immediately after clause (i) the following clause:
2 Subsection 26(4) of Chapter 42 is amended by
(a) striking out "and" immediately after clause (a); and
(b) adding immediately after clause (a) the following clause:
3 Subsection 27(2) of Chapter 42 is amended by
(a) striking out "and" immediately after clause (a); and
(b) adding immediately after clause (a) the following clause:
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