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HONOURABLE SINDI HAWKINS
MINISTER OF HEALTH PLANNING
BILL 68 – 2002
VITAL STATISTICS AMENDMENT ACT, 2002
HER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of British Columbia, enacts as follows:
Section 1 of the Vital Statistics Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 479,
is amended
(
a) by repealing the
definitions of "director" , "district
registrar" and "registration district" ,
(
b) in the definition of "certificate" by striking out
"director;" and substituting "chief executive officer;" ,
and
(
c) by adding the following
definitions:
"chief executive officer" means the chief executive officer of vital
statistics referred to in
section 31 (2);
"vital statistics registrar" means a vital statistics registrar appointed
under
section
Section 2 is repealed and the following substituted:
Duty
to give notices of births
(1) Each medical practitioner who attends at a birth must give notice of the birth.
(2) If no medical practitioner attends at a birth, the nurse or other person who attends must give notice of the birth.
(3) If a birth takes place at a hospital as defined in
section 1 or 5 of the Hospital Act and the persons having control or management of the hospital are satisfied that notice of the birth will not be given in a timely manner as required under subsections (1) and (2), notice of the birth must be given by or on behalf of the persons having control or management of the hospital.
(4) If notice of a birth is given under subsection (3), subsections (1) and (2) do not apply to the birth.
(5) A notice under this section, in the form required by the chief executive officer, must be delivered to the chief executive officer within 48 hours after the date of the birth.
Section 3 is amended
(
a) in subsections (1), (2), (6) and (6.1) by striking out "director"
and substituting "chief executive officer" , and
(
b) in subsections (1) and (2) by striking out "district registrar"
and substituting "chief executive officer" .
Section 5 is amended by striking out "director or district
registrar" and substituting "chief executive officer" .
5 Sections 6 and 7 are amended by striking out "director"
wherever it appears and substituting "chief executive officer" .
Section 8 is amended
(
a) in subsection (1) by striking out "give to the district
registrar of the registration district in which the child is found," and
substituting "provide to the chief executive officer," ,
(
b) in subsection (2) by striking out "district registrar"
and substituting "chief executive officer" and by repealing paragraph
(c),
(
c) in subsection (4) by striking out "director, on receipt
of the report and evidence mentioned in subsection (2)," and substituting
"chief executive officer, on receipt of the affidavits and statement
mentioned in subsection (2)," ,
(
d) in subsections (6) and (9) by striking out "The director"
and substituting "The chief executive officer" ,
(
e) in subsection (7) by striking out "director" wherever
it appears and substituting "chief executive officer" , and
(
f) by repealing subsection (10) and substituting the following:
(10) If the registration is cancelled under subsection (7), a person who has received a certificate issued in respect of the registration of the birth of a child made under subsection (4) must deliver the certificate to the chief executive officer for cancellation if the chief executive officer requires it.
Section 9 is amended
(
a) in subsections (1) to (3) by striking out "director"
wherever it appears and substituting "chief executive officer",
and
(
b) in subsections (3) and (5) by striking out "director's"
and substituting "chief executive officer's" .
Section 10 (2), (3), (7) and (8) is amended by striking out
"director" wherever it appears and substituting "chief
executive officer" .
Section 11 is amended
(
a) in subsections (2) and (3) by striking out "the director"
and substituting "the chief executive officer" ,
(
b) in subsection (4) (
b) by striking out "to the district registrar
of the registration district in which the stillbirth occurred." and substituting
"to a vital statistics registrar." ,
(
c) in subsection (5) by striking out "district registrar"
and substituting "vital statistics registrar" , and
(
d) by repealing subsection (6) and substituting the following:
(6) On the registration of a stillbirth, a vital statistics registrar must
promptly prepare a burial permit and deliver it to the person requiring it
for the purpose of the burial, cremation or other disposition of the body
of the stillborn child.
Section 12 is amended
(
a) by striking out "director" wherever it appears and
substituting "chief executive officer" , and
(
b) in subsection (3) by striking out "director's" and
substituting "chief executive officer's" .
11 Sections 13 and 14 (1) are amended by striking out "director"
wherever it appears and substituting "chief executive officer" .
Section 15 is amended
(
a) in subsections (2) and (4) by striking out "director"
and substituting "chief executive officer" , and
(
b) by repealing subsection (3) and substituting the following:
(3) The person who solemnized the marriage must provide the chief executive officer with the statement completed under subsection (2) within 2 days after the date of the marriage.
Section 16 is amended by striking out "director"
wherever it appears and substituting "chief executive officer" .
Section 17 (2) is amended
(
a) by striking out "the director" and substituting "the
chief executive officer" , and
(
b) in paragraph (
b) by striking out "residing or being in the
registration district" .
Section 18 is amended
(
a) in subsections (2) (
a) and (5) by striking out "director"
and substituting "chief executive officer" , and
(
b) in subsection (4) by striking out "the director" and
substituting "the chief executive officer."
Section 19 is repealed and the following substituted:
Statement
and certificate to vital statistics registrar
19 On receipt of the statement referred to in
section 17 (2) and of the medical certificate or the interim medical certificate, the funeral director must promptly deliver the statement and certificate to a vital statistics registrar.
17 Sections 20 and 21 are repealed and the following substituted:
Registration
of death
(1) A vital statistics registrar or the chief executive officer must register a death if the statement and certificate under
section 19 are received within one year from the date of the death and the vital statistics registrar or chief executive officer is satisfied as to the truth and sufficiency of the statement.
(2) If a death is not registered within one year from the date of the death, and if application for registration of it is made by any person to the chief executive officer accompanied by the statement and certificate under
section 19 and other evidence as may be prescribed, the chief executive officer must register the death if satisfied as to the truth and sufficiency of the matters stated in the application and that the application is made in good faith.
(3) On receiving a court order that declares a person to be presumed dead, the chief executive officer must register the death.
(4) Each month, the chief executive officer must provide to the chief electoral officer a list of the names and addresses of persons whose deaths were registered with a vital statistics registrar or the chief executive officer since the last list was provided.
(5) If requested by the chief electoral officer for the purpose of resolving an objection to the registration of a voter or an elector, the chief executive officer must conduct a search of the register of deaths and report the results to the chief electoral officer.
Section 22 is amended
(
a) by repealing subsections (1) and (2) and substituting the following:
(1) On receipt of the statement and certificate under
section 19, a vital statistics registrar must prepare a burial permit and issue
it to the funeral director. ,
(
b) in subsection (3) (
b) by striking out "registration district
in which" and substituting "community where" ,
(
c) in subsection (3) by striking out "district registrar"
and substituting "vital statistics registrar" ,
(
d) in subsection (5) (
c) by striking out "director" and substituting "chief executive officer" , and
(
e) in subsection (6) by striking out "the district registrar"
and substituting "a vital statistics registrar" .
Section 24 is amended by striking out "director"
and substituting "chief executive officer" .
Section 25 is repealed.
21 Sections 26 (1), 27 (1) and (2) and 28 are amended by striking
out "director" wherever it appears and substituting "chief
executive officer" .
Section 29 is amended
(
a) by repealing subsections (1) and (2),
(
b) in subsections (3) and (4) by striking out "director"
wherever it appears and substituting "chief executive officer" ,
and
(
c) in subsection (5) by striking out "(1), (2)," .
Section 30 is amended by striking out "director"
wherever it appears and substituting "chief executive officer" .
Section 31 is repealed and the following substituted:
The
Vital Statistics Agency
(1) There must be a Vital Statistics Agency in the minister's ministry.
(2) The chief executive officer of vital statistics must be appointed under the Public Service Act to supervise the work of the Vital Statistics Agency.
Section 32 is repealed.
Section 33 is amended by striking out "district registrars
and deputy district registrars" in both places and substituting "vital
statistics registrars" .
27 Sections 34 and 35 are repealed and the following substituted:
Enforcement
duties of vital statistics registrars
34 A vital statistics registrar must
(
a) under the supervision and direction of the chief executive officer and in accordance with the regulations, enforce this Act, and
(
b) immediately report any violation of this Act to the chief executive officer.
Searches of registration records
(1) If a person applies in the form required by the chief executive officer and pays the prescribed fee, and if the chief executive officer is satisfied that the information is not to be used for an unlawful or improper purpose, the chief executive officer must make a search for the registration of any birth, stillbirth, marriage, death, change of name or adoption.
(2) The chief executive officer must make a written report on the search to the person who applied under subsection (1) stating whether or not the birth, stillbirth, marriage, death, change of name or adoption is registered or recorded and the report must not contain further information.
28 Sections 36 (1) and (4) and 37 are amended by striking out
"director" wherever it appears and substituting "chief
executive officer" .
Section 38 is amended
(
a) in subsections (1), (3) and (4) by striking out "director"
wherever it appears and substituting "chief executive officer" ,
(
b) in subsection (4) by striking out "director's" and
substituting "chief executive officer's" , and
(
c) in subsections (4) and (5) by striking out "district registrar"
and substituting "vital statistics registrar" .
Section 39 is amended
(
a) by repealing subsection (1),
(
b) in subsections (2), (4) and (5) by striking out "director"
wherever it appears and substituting "chief executive officer" ,
(
c) in subsection (3) by striking out "district registrar"
in both places and substituting "vital statistics registrar" ,
and
(
d) in subsection (4) (
a) by striking out "subsection (1) or" .
Section 40 is amended
(
a) by striking out "director" wherever it appears and
substituting "chief executive officer" , and
(
b) in subsection (3) (
b) by striking out "district registrar"
and substituting "vital statistics registrar" .
Section 42 is repealed and the following substituted:
Power
to take affidavits
42 The chief executive officer, inspector and every vital statistics registrar has, for the purposes of this Act only, the powers of a commissioner for taking affidavits for British Columbia.
33 Sections 43, 44 and 45 (2) are amended
(
a) by striking out "director" wherever it appears and
substituting "chief executive officer" , and
(
b) by striking out "adoptions, changes of name and dissolution
and annulments of marriage" and substituting "adoptions and changes
of name" .
Section 46 (1) is amended by striking out "district
registrar, deputy district registrar" and substituting "vital
statistics registrar" .
Section 48 is amended by striking out "director"
and substituting "chief executive officer" .
Section 54 (2) is amended
(
a) in paragraph (
a) by striking out "district registrars;"
and substituting "vital statistics registrars;" ,
(
b) in paragraphs (b), (
g) and (
h) by striking out "director"
wherever it appears and substituting "chief executive officer" ,
(
c) in paragraph (
b) by striking out "district registrar"
and substituting "vital statistics registrar" , and
(
d) by repealing paragraph (i).
Consequential Amendments
Adoption Act
Section 1 of the Adoption Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 5, is amended
by adding the following definition:
"chief executive officer" means the chief executive
officer under the Vital Statistics Act ; .
38 Sections 45 and 63 to 67 are amended by striking out "Director
of Vital Statistics" wherever it appears and substituting "chief
executive officer" .
Cemetery and Funeral Services Act
Section 50 of the Cemetery and Funeral Services Act, R.S.B.C.
1996, c. 45, is amended by striking out "district registrar of vital
statistics" and substituting "vital statistics registrar".
Coroners Act
Section 17 (1) (
b) of the Coroners Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 72,
is repealed and the following substituted:
(
b) to the chief executive officer under
the Vital Statistics Act , a notice in the prescribed form.
Deregulation Statutes Amendment Act, 2002
41 Sections 27 and 28 of the Deregulation Statutes Amendment Act,
2002, S.B.C. 2002, c. 12, are amended in the re-enactment of sections 12 and
13 (5) of the Name Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 328, by striking out "director"
wherever it appears and substituting "chief executive officer" .
Health Planning Statutes Amendment Act, 2002
42 Sections 18 and 19 of the Health Planning Statutes Amendment
Act, 2002, S.B.C. 2002, c. 15, are amended in the enactment of sections 6.1
and 7 (1.1), (1.2) and (1.3) of the Name Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 328, by striking
out "director" wherever it appears and substituting "chief
executive officer" .
Section 22 is amended in the enactment of
section 3
(5) of the Survivorship and Presumption of Death Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 444,
by striking out "Director of Vital Statistics" and substituting
"chief executive officer under the Vital Statistics Act" .
Marriage Act
Section 1 of the Marriage Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 282, is amended
by repealing the
definitions of "director" and "registration district"
and substituting the following:
"chief executive officer" means the chief executive
officer under the Vital Statistics Act ;
"vital statistics registrar" means a vital statistics
registrar under the Vital Statistics Act .
45 Sections 2 to 5, 7 (2) and 11 (1) are amended by striking out
"director" wherever it appears and substituting "chief
executive officer" .
Section 13 is amended
(
a) in subsection (1) by striking out "within the registration
district" and substituting "within the area of the Province." ,
and
(
b) by repealing subsections (4) and (5) and substituting the following:
(4) At least 7 days before the date on which the marriage is to be solemnized, a person who has proclaimed an intended marriage under this section, or a person on their behalf, must provide the chief executive officer with a declaration, in a form acceptable to the chief executive officer, of the proclamation of the intended marriage.
(5) Immediately after the solemnization of the marriage, one of the spouses must make a written record of the solemnization and send the record to the chief executive officer.
Section 14 is amended
(
a) in subsection (3) by striking out "Director of Vital Statistics."
and substituting "chief executive officer." ,
(
b) in subsection (4) by striking out "Director of Vital Statistics"
and substituting "chief executive officer" and by striking out
"district registrar" and substituting "chief executive
officer" , and
(
c) in subsection (6) by striking out "marriage commissioner
under this Act and by the district registrar of vital statistics" and
substituting "chief executive officer" .
48 Sections 16 (1), 19 (2) and (3), 22 (2) and 24 are amended
by striking out "director" wherever it appears and substituting
"chief executive officer" .
Section 25 is amended
(
a) in subsections (3) and (4) by striking out "director"
wherever it appears and substituting "chief executive officer" ,
(
b) in subsection (3) by striking out "director's" and
substituting "chief executive officer's" , and
(
c) in subsection (5) (
b) by striking out "district registrar
of the district in which the pastoral charge is located." and substituting
"chief executive officer."
Section 34 is amended by striking out "director"
and substituting "chief executive officer" .
Name Act
Section 1 of the Name Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 328, is amended
by repealing the
definitions of "director" and "district registrar"
and substituting the following:
"chief executive officer" means the chief executive
officer under the Vital Statistics Act ;
"vital statistics registrar" means a vital statistics
registrar under the Vital Statistics Act ; .
52 Sections 4 (5) and (6) and 5 (5) are amended by striking out
"director" wherever it appears and substituting "chief
executive officer" .
Section 6 is amended
(
a) in subsection (1) by striking out "director" and substituting
"chief executive officer" and by striking out "district"
and substituting "community" , and
(
b) in subsection (3) by striking out "director" and substituting
"chief executive officer" .
Section 7 is amended by striking out "director"
wherever it appears and substituting "chief executive officer" .
Section 8 is repealed and the following substituted :
Power
to take affidavits
8 The chief executive officer, an inspector of vital statistics or a vital statistics registrar has the powers of a commissioner for taking affidavits for British Columbia for the purposes of this Act.
Section 9 is amended by striking out "director" wherever
it appears and substituting "chief executive officer" .
Section 11 is amended
(
a) by striking out "director" wherever it appears and
substituting "chief executive officer" , and
(
b) by striking out "director's" wherever it appears and
substituting "chief executive officer's" .
58 Sections 12 (1), 13 (1) and (5), 14 (1) and (3), 15 (1) and
(3), 17 (3) and 18 are amended by striking out "director" wherever
it appears and substituting "chief executive officer" .
Wills Act
Section 1 of the Wills Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 489, is repealed
and the following substituted :
Definitions
1 In this Act:
"chief executive officer" means the chief executive
officer under the Vital Statistics Act ;
"will" includes a testament, a codicil, an appointment by will or by writing in the nature of a will in exercise of a power and any other testamentary disposition.
60 Sections 32 to 36 are amended by striking out "Director
of Vital Statistics" wherever it appears and substituting "chief
executive officer" .
Commencement
61 This Act comes into force by regulation of the Lieutenant Governor in Council.
Explanatory Notes
SECTION 1: [Vital Statistics Act, amends
section 1] repeals the
definitions of "director" and "district registrar" and replaces them with
definitions
of "chief executive officer" and "vital statistics registrar". The definition
of "registration district" is also repealed, reflecting the transition from
a district registration system to a centralized registration system. The definition
of "certificate" is updated to reflect these changes.
SECTION 2: [Vital Statistics Act, re-enacts
section 2] allows
other appropriate persons besides the attending medical practitioner to report
a birth, makes the means for submitting a report more flexible and removes a
reference to regional districts. References to the director and district registrar
are replaced by references to the chief executive officer.
SECTION 3: [Vital Statistics Act, amends
section 3] replaces
references to the director and district registrar with references to the chief
executive officer.
SECTION 4: [Vital Statistics Act, amends
section 5] replaces
a reference to the director and district registrar with a reference to the chief
executive officer.
SECTION 5: [Vital Statistics Act, amends sections 6 and 7] replaces
references to the director with references to the chief executive officer.
SECTION 6: [Vital Statistics Act, amends
section 8] replaces
references to the director and district registrar with references to the chief
executive officer and streamlines the reporting procedure.
SECTION 7: [Vital Statistics Act, amends
section 9] replaces
references to the director with references to the chief executive officer.
SECTION 8: [Vital Statistics Act, amends
section 10] replaces
references to the director with references to the chief executive officer.
SECTION 9: [Vital Statistics Act, amends
section 11] replaces
references to the director and district registrar with references to the
chief executive officer and vital statistics registrar.
SECTION 10: [Vital Statistics Act, amends
section 12] replaces
references to the director with references to the chief executive officer.
SECTION 11: [Vital Statistics Act, amends sections 13 and 14 (1)]
replaces references to the director with references to the chief executive officer.
SECTION 12: [Vital Statistics Act, amends
section 15] replaces
references to the director and district registrar with references to the chief
executive officer.
SECTION 13: [Vital Statistics Act, amends
section 16] replaces
references to the director with references to the chief executive officer.
SECTION 14: [Vital Statistics Act, amends
section 17 (2)]
replaces references to the director with references to the chief executive
officer.
SECTION 15: [Vital Statistics Act, amends
section 18] replaces
references to the director with references to the chief executive officer.
SECTION 16: [Vital Statistics Act, re-enacts
section 19] replaces
references to the district registrar with references to the vital statistics
registrar and reflects the transition from a district registration system to
a centralized registration system.
SECTION 17: [Vital Statistics Act, re-enacts
section 20 and repeals
section
21] replaces references to a district registrar with references to a
vital statistics registrar or the chief executive officer and reflects the transition
from a district registration system to a centralized registration system.
SECTION 18: [Vital Statistics Act, amends
section 22] replaces
references to the district registrar and director with references to the chief
executive officer or a vital statistics registrar and reflects the transition
from a district registration system to a centralized registration system.
SECTION 19: [Vital Statistics Act, amends
section 24] replaces
a reference to the director with a reference to the chief executive officer.
SECTION 20: [Vital Statistics Act, repeals
section 25] repeals
an obsolete provision.
SECTION 21: [Vital Statistics Act, amends sections 26 (1), 27 (1) and
(2) and 28] replaces references to the director with references to the
chief executive officer.
SECTION 22: [Vital Statistics Act, amends
section 29] reflects
the transition from a district registration system to a centralized registration
system and replaces references to the director with references to the chief
executive officer.
SECTION 23: [Vital Statistics Act, amends
section 30] replaces
references to the director with references to the chief executive officer.
SECTION 24: [Vital Statistics Act, re-enacts
section 31] reflects
the transition from a district registration system to a centralized registration
system and changes the title of the agency and its head.
SECTION 25: [Vital Statistics Act, repeals
section 32] reflects
the transition from a district registration system to a centralized registration
system by repealing references to the registration district system.
SECTION 26: [Vital Statistics Act, amends
section 33] replaces
references to district registrars and deputy district registrars with references
to vital statistics registrars.
SECTION 27: [Vital Statistics Act, re-enacts sections 34 and 35]
replaces references to the director and district registrar with references to
the chief executive officer and vital statistics registrar and reflects the
transition from a district registration system to a centralized registration
system.
SECTION 28: [Vital Statistics Act, amends sections 36 (1) and (4) and
37] replaces references to the director with references to the chief
executive officer.
SECTION 29: [Vital Statistics Act, amends
section 38] replaces
references to the director with references to the chief executive officer and
a reference to a district registrar with a reference to a vital statistics registrar.
SECTION 30: [Vital Statistics Act, amends
section 39] is consequential
to the repeal of
section 25 of the Act by this Bill and replaces references
to the director with references to the chief executive officer and a reference
to a district registrar with a reference to a vital statistics registrar.
SECTION 31: [Vital Statistics Act, amends
section 40] replaces
references to the director with references to the chief executive officer and
a reference to the district registrar with a reference to a vital statistics
registrar.
SECTION 32: [Vital Statistics Act, re-enacts
section 42] updates
references to titles of office to reflect other amendments made to the Act by
this Bill.
SECTION 33: [Vital Statistics Act, amends sections 43, 44 and 45 (2)]
replaces references to the director with references to the chief executive officer.
SECTION 34: [Vital Statistics Act, amends
section 46 (1)8] replaces
a reference to the director with a reference to the chief executive officer.
SECTION 35: [Vital Statistics Act, amends
section 48] replaces
a reference to the director with a reference to the chief executive officer.
SECTION 36: [Vital Statistics Act, amends
section 54 (2)] replaces
references to the director with references to the chief executive officer and
references to the district registrar with references to a vital statistics registrar
and removes a provision no longer used for administrative purposes.
Adoption Act
SECTION 37: [Adoption Act, amends
section 1] adds a definition
of "chief executive officer".
SECTION 38: [Adoption Act, amends sections 45 and 63 to 67] replaces
references to the director with references to the chief executive officer.
Cemetery and Funeral Services Act
SECTION 39: [Cemetery and Funeral Services Act, amends
section 50]
replaces a reference to the director with a reference to the chief executive
officer.
Coroners Act
SECTION 40: [Coroners Act, repeals and replaces
section 17 (1) (b)]
replaces a reference to the director with a reference to the chief executive
officer.
Deregulation Statutes Amendment Act, 2002
SECTION 41: [Deregulation Statutes Amendment Act, 2002, amends sections
27 and 28] replaces references to the director with references to the
chief executive officer in sections 12 and 13 (5) of the Name Act as
re-enacted, and amended respectively, by the Deregulation Statutes Amendment
Act, 2002 .
Health Planning Statutes Amendment Act, 2002
SECTION 42: [Health Planning Statutes Amendment Act, 2002, amends sections
18 and 19] replaces references to the director with references to the
chief executive officer in sections 6.1 and 7 of the Name Act as enacted
and amended respectively, by the Health Planning Statutes Amendment Act,
2002 .
SECTION 43: [Health Planning Statutes Amendment Act, 2002, amends
section
22 ] replaces a reference to the Director of Vital Statistics with a
reference to the chief executive officer in
section 3 (5) of the Survivorship
and Presumption of Death Act as enacted, and amended respectively, by the
Health Planning Statutes Amendment Act, 2002 .
Marriage Act
SECTION 44: [Marriage Act, amends
section 1] replaces
definitions
of "director" and "registration district" with
definitions of "chief executive
officer" and "vital statistics registrar".
SECTION 45: [Marriage Act, amends sections 2 to 5, 7 (2) and 11 (1)]
replaces references to the director with references to the chief executive officer.
SECTION 46: [Marriage Act, amends
section 13] removes
reference to the registration district, replaces references to the district
registrar with references to the vital statistics registrar and replaces a reference
to the director with a reference to the chief executive officer.
SECTION 47: [Marriage Act, amends
section 14] replaces references
to the Director of Vital Statistics, director and district registrar with references
to the chief executive officer.
SECTION 48: [Marriage Act, amends sections 16 (1), 19 (2) and (3), 22
(2) and 24] replaces references to the director with references to the
chief executive officer.
SECTION 49: [Marriage Act, amends
section 25] replaces
references to the director and district registrar with references to the chief
executive officer.
SECTION 50: [Marriage Act, amends
section 34] replaces
a reference to the director with a reference to the chief executive officer.
Name Act
SECTION 51: [Name Act, amends
section 1] replaces
definitions
of "director" and "district registrar" with
definitions of "chief executive
officer" and "vital statistics registrar".
SECTION 52: [Name Act, amends sections 4 (5) and (6) and 5 (5)]
replaces references to the director with references to the chief executive officer.
SECTION 53: [Name Act, amends
section 6] replaces references
to the director with references to the chief executive officer and a reference
to district with a reference to community.
SECTION 54: [Name Act, amends
section 7] replaces references
to the director with references to the chief executive officer.
SECTION 55: [Name Act, re-enacts
section 8] updates references
to officers under the Vital Statistics Act to reflect the amendments
made by this Bill.
SECTION 56: [Name Act, amends
section 9] replaces references
to the director with references to the chief executive officer.
SECTION 57: [Name Act, amends
section 11] replaces a reference
to the director with a references to the chief executive officer.
SECTION 58: [Name Act, amends sections 12 (1), 13 (1) and (5), 14
(1) and (3), 15 (1) and (3), 17 (3) and 18] replaces references to the director
with references to the chief executive officer.
Wills Act
SECTION 59: [Wills Act, re-enacts
section 1] adds
a definition of "chief executive officer".
SECTION 60: [Wills Act, amends sections 32 to 36] replaces
references to the Director of Vital Statistics with references to the chief
executive officer.
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