BILL NO. 22

(as passed)

3rd Session, 62nd General Assembly
Nova Scotia
65 Elizabeth II, 2016



Government Bill



Halifax Regional Water Commission Act
(amended)

CHAPTER 23 OF THE ACTS OF 2016



The Honourable Zach Churchill
Minister of Municipal Affairs



First Reading: October 18, 2016 (LINK TO BILL AS INTRODUCED)

Second Reading: October 20, 2016

Third Reading: November 8, 2016

Royal Assent: November 10, 2016

An Act to Amend Chapter 55
of the Acts of 2007,
the Halifax Regional Water Commission Act

Be it enacted by the Governor and Assembly as follows:

1 Subsection 2(1) of Chapter 55 of the Acts of 2007, the Halifax Regional Water Commission Act, as amended by Chapter 60 of the Acts of 2012, is further amended by adding immediately after clause (g) the following clauses:

2 Section 3 of Chapter 55 is amended by

(a) adding "(1)" immediately after the Section number; and

(b) adding the following subsection:

3 Chapter 55 is further amended by adding immediately after Section 3 the following Section:

4 (1) Clauses 4(1)(a) to (c) of Chapter 55 are repealed and the following clause substituted:

(2) Subsections 4(3) and (4) of Chapter 55 are repealed and the following subsections substituted:

(3) Subsection 4(7) of Chapter 55 is repealed and the following subsection substituted:

5 Chapter 55 is further amended by adding immediately after Section 4C the following Section:

6 Section 6 of Chapter 55 is amended by striking out "purposes of" in the second line and substituting "all purposes, including".

7 Section 7 of Chapter 55 is repealed and the following Sections substituted:

8 Chapter 55 is further amended by adding immediately after Section 20 the following Section:

9 Notwithstanding subsection 4(1) of the Halifax Regional Water Commission Act, the persons referred to in clauses 4(1)(a) and (b) of that Act as it read immediately before the coming into force of this Act continue to serve on the Board of the Halifax Regional Water Commission until their successors are appointed pursuant to clause 4(1)(a) of that Act as amended by this Act.

10 This Act has effect on and after April 1, 2017.


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