Fourth Session,

45th General Assembly

56 Elizabeth II,

BILL 8

AN ACT TO AMEND THE HUMAN RIGHTS

CODE

Received and Read the First Time ...................................................................................................

Second Reading .................................................................................................................................

Committee ............................................................................................................................................

Third Reading .....................................................................................................................................

Royal Assent ......................................................................................................................................

HONOURABLE TOM

OSBORNE

Minister of Justice

Ordered to be printed by

the Honourable House of Assembly

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Bill would amend the Human Rights Code to provide that it

would constitute discrimination on the basis of age for an employer to dismiss

of a good faith retirement or pension plan applicable to the employee. The operation of such a retirement or pension

plan would otherwise remain unaffected.

A BILL

AN ACT TO AMEND THE HUMAN RIGHTS CODE

Analysis

S.9 Amdt.

Discrimination in employment

Commencement

Be it enacted by the Lieutenant-Governor and

House of Assembly in Legislative Session convened, as follows:

RSNL1990 cH-14

as amended

(1) Paragraph 9(5 )(

a) of the Human Rights Code is repealed

and the following substituted:

(

a) prevent the operation

of a good faith retirement or pension plan;

(2) Section 9 of the Act is amended by adding

immediately after subsection (5) the following:

(5.1) Paragraph (5)(

a) does not apply to a provision

of a good faith retirement or pension plan requiring a person to retire at an

age set out in the plan.

Commencement

2. This Act comes into force on May 26, 2007 .

Earl G. Tucker, Queen's Printer