People's Access to the Facts Act, 2003 Wood, Bob — Bill 12 (37th Parliament, 4th Session)

Bill 12, 37-4

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Bill 12, People's Access to the Facts Act, 2003

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Bill 12 2003

An Act to amend the

Public Inquiries Act

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

Assembly of the Province of Ontario, enacts as follows:

Section 2 of the Public Inquiries Act is

amended by adding the following subsections:

Resolution of Assembly

(2) Any member of the Assembly may propose a resolution to set

up an inquiry if it is not regulated by any special law and if it

concerns,

(

a) any matter connected with or affecting the good government of

Ontario;

(

b) the conduct of any part of the public business of Ontario or the

administration of justice in Ontario; or

(

c) any matter that the Assembly declares to be a matter of public

concern.

Appointment of members

(3) The resolution shall designate the one or more persons who

are to conduct the inquiry or shall require the Speaker of the Assembly or

the Lieutenant Governor in Council, in accordance with the resolution, to

appoint the one or more persons who are to conduct the inquiry.

Subject-matter of inquiry

(4) The resolution shall set out the subject-matter of the

inquiry.

Vote on resolution

(5) The Assembly shall vote on the resolution within 60

sessional days after it is proposed.

Compliance with resolution

(6) If the resolution requires the Speaker of the Assembly or

the Lieutenant Governor in Council, in accordance with the resolution, to

appoint the one or more persons who are to conduct the inquiry, the Speaker

or the Lieutenant Governor in Council, as the case may be, shall do so

immediately after the Assembly adopts the resolution.

Commencement

2. This Act comes into force on the day it receives

Royal Assent.

Short title

3. The

short title of this Act is the People's

Access to the Facts Act, 2003 .

EXPLANATORY NOTE

The Bill amends the Public

Inquiries Act to allow any member of the Legislative Assembly to propose

a resolution to set up an inquiry into any matter that the Act allows. The

resolution either designates the one or more persons who are to conduct the

inquiry or requires the Speaker of the Assembly or the Lieutenant Governor in

Council to appoint them. The Assembly is required to vote on the resolution

within 60 sessional days after it is proposed.

Date Bill stage Activity Committee

May 1, 2003

First Reading

Carried

Debates and Progress

First Reading

May

1, 2003

Second Reading

Committee

Third Reading

Royal Assent :

Coming into force :Royal Assent.

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Collection	Ontario — Bills
Citation	Bill 12, 37-4
Type	bill
Volume / chapter	p37 s4 bill 12 html
Language	en
Format	html
Source	PROVINCIAL
Identifier	6ee043bea4430b33bb514b31db66c008458be3f8

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