French Language Services in MPP Constituency Offices Act, 2018 Gélinas, France — Bill 61 (41st Parliament, 3rd Session)

Bill 61, 41-3

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Bill 61, French Language Services in MPP Constituency Offices Act, 2018

Gélinas, France

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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.

Bill 61 2018

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:

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Language Services Act is repealed and the following substituted: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")

Subsection 5 (1) of the Act is repealed and the following substituted: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Section 7 of the Act is repealed and the following substituted: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.

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

This Act comes into force on June 8, 2018.

Short

title

The

short title of this Act is the French Language

Services in MPP Constituency Offices Act, 2018.

Date Bill stage Activity Committee

April 23, 2018

First Reading

Carried

Debates and Progress

First Reading

April 23, 2018

Committee

Second Reading

Committee

Third Reading

Royal Assent

Acts affected - Bill 61

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 61, 41-3
Type	bill
Volume / chapter	p41 s3 bill 61 html
Language	en
Format	html
Source	PROVINCIAL
Identifier	642d3f076a6ded2c797971fb1298c3a269fa8266

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