French Language Services in MPP Constituency Offices Act, 2015 Gélinas, France — Bill 123 (41st Parliament, 1st Session)

Bill 123, 41-1

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Bill 123, French Language Services in MPP Constituency Offices Act, 2015

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Bill 123 2015

Act to amend the French Language Services Act with respect to the provision of

services in French

Her

Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the

Province of Ontario, enacts as follows:

1. The

definition of "service" in

section 1 of the French

Language Services Act is repealed and the following substituted:

"service"

means any service or procedure that is provided to the public by a

government agency, institution of the Legislature or constituency

office of a member of the Assembly and includes all

communications for the purpose. (" service ")

2. Subsection

5 (1) of the Act is repealed and the following substituted:

Right

to services in French

(1) A person has the right in accordance

with this Act to communicate in French with, and to receive available services

in French from, any head or central office of a government agency, institution

of the Legislature, and has the same right in respect of any other office of such

agency or institution, and constituency office of a

member of the Assembly, that is located in or serves an area designated

in the Schedule.

Section

7 of the Act is repealed and the following substituted:

Limitation

of obligations of government agencies, etc.

7. The

obligations of government agencies, institutions of the Legislature and constituency

offices under this Act are subject to such limits as circumstances make

reasonable and necessary, if all reasonable measures and plans for compliance

with this Act have been taken or made.

Commencement

4. This

Act comes into force on October 5, 2018.

Short

title

5. The

short title of this Act is the French Language Services in

MPP Constituency Offices Act, 2015 .

EXPLANATORY

NOTE

Sections

1 and 7 and subsection 5 (1) of the French Language

Services Act are amended in order to make the Act applicable to constituency

offices of members of the Legislative Assembly.

Date Bill stage Activity Committee

September 24, 2015

First Reading

Carried

Debates and Progress

First Reading

September 24, 2015

Committee

Second Reading

Committee

Third Reading

Royal Assent

Acts affected - Bill 123

Most Ontario public acts are available electronically; to view copies of the Acts to be amended by this bill visit e-laws

French Language Services Act

Legislative Assembly of Ontario

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Document details

Collection	Ontario — Bills
Citation	Bill 123, 41-1
Type	bill
Volume / chapter	p41 s1 bill 123 html
Language	en
Format	html
Source	PROVINCIAL
Identifier	36418032702eda269d46e0602672610155704bee

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