Bill 223 — First Session, 19Th Legislature, 28 Elizabeth Ii the Legislative Assembly of Alberta Bill 223 An Act To Amend the Blind Persons' Guide Dogs Act (Legislature 19, Session 1)

L19 S1 4285

Alberta — Bills

1979 BILL First Session, 19th Legislature, 28 Elizabeth II THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF ALBERTA BILL

AN ACT TO AMEND THE BLIND PERSONS' GUIDE DOGS ACT MR. R. SPEAKER First Reading Second Reading Committee of the Whole Third Reading Royal Assent Printed by the Queen’s Printer for the Province of Alberta, EDMONTON Title: 1979 (19th, 1st) Bill 223,

An Act to Amend the Blind Persons' Guide Dog Act Bill Mr. R. Speaker BILL

AN ACT TO AMEND THE BLIND PERSONS' GUIDE DOGS ACT (Assented to , 1979) HER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, enacts as follows: 1. The Blind Persons’ Guide Dogs Act is amended by this Act. 2.

Section is amended by adding the following after subsec tion (2):

(2.1) No person, directly or indirectly, alone or with another, by himself or by the interposition of another, shall (

a) refuse to employ or refuse to continue to employ any person, or (

b) discriminate against any person with regard to employ ment or any term or condition of employment, for the reason that he is a blind person accompanied by a guide dog. 3. This Act comes into force on the day upon which it is assen- ed to. Explanatory Notes 1. This bill will amend

chapter of the Statutes of Alberta, 1977. 2. Adds a new subsection 2(2.1) which forbids discrimination in em ployment on the grounds of being accompanied by a guide dog. Title: 1979 (19th, 1st) Bill 223,

An Act to Amend the Blind Persons' Guide Dog Act

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Collection	Alberta — Bills
Citation	L19 S1 4285
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