First

Session, 48th General Assembly

Elizabeth II, 2016

BILL 8

AN ACT TO AMEND THE

CHANGE OF NAME ACT, 2009

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

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

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

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

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

HONOURABLE EDDIE JOYCE

Minister

of Service Newfoundland and Labrador

Ordered

to be printed by the Honourable House of Assembly

EXPLANATORY NOTES

This Bill would amend the Change of Name Act, 2009 to

change the definition of child

to a person under the age of 16 years; and

lower the age requirement for

applying for a change of name from the age of majority to 16 years of age.

A BILL

AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHANGE OF NAME ACT,

Analysis

S.2 Amdt.

Interpretation

S.4 Amdt.

Eligibility

Be it enacted by the Lieutenant-Governor and

House of Assembly in Legislative Session convened, as follows:

SNL2009 cC-8.1

as amended

1. Paragraph 2(1)(

b) of the Change of Name Act, 2009 is repealed and the following substituted:

(b) "child" means a person under the age

of 16 years;

2. Subsection 4(1) of the Act is repealed and the

following substituted:

Eligibility

(1) A

person who

(

a) is resident in the province; and

(

b) has reached the age of 16 years

may make an application under this Act to

change his or her name.

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