BILL NO. 88
(as introduced)
3rd Session, 62nd General Assembly
Nova Scotia
66 Elizabeth II, 2017
Occupational Safety General Regulations
(amended)
The Honourable Sterling Belliveau
Queens–Shelburne
First Reading: April 26, 2017
Second Reading:
Third Reading:
Explanatory Note
This Bill deems persons aboard commercial fishing vessels to be persons at risk of drowning for the purposes of the Occupational Safety General Regulations, which results in the wearing of a personal flotation device being mandatory while on deck.
An Act to Amend
the Occupational Safety General Regulations
Be it enacted by the Governor and Assembly as follows:
1 Section 14 of N.S. Reg. 44/99, the Occupational Safety General Regulations, made pursuant to Section 82 of the Occupational Health and Safety Act, as enacted by N.S. Reg. 53/2013, is amended by adding immediately after subsection (7) the following subsection:
(8) Persons on deck aboard a commercial fishing vessel are deemed to be persons exposed to the risk of drowning for the purposes of this Section.
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