First

Session, 51st General Assembly

Charles III, 2026

BILL 2

AN ACT RESPECTING THE

SENIORS' ADVOCATE

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HONOURABLE CRAIG

PARDY

Minister of Seniors

Ordered to be printed by

the Honourable House of Assembly

EXPLANATORY NOTES

This Bill would repeal the Seniors

Advocate Act and enact the Seniors' Advocate Act, 2026 .

The Bill would

incorporate

the provisions of the Seniors Advocate Act ; and

enhance the powers of the Seniors' Advocate to conduct

an investigation under the Act.

A BILL

AN ACT RESPECTING THE SENIORS' ADVOCATE

Analysis

Short title

Definitions

Office of Seniors' Advocate established

Appointment of Seniors' Advocate

Status of advocate

Term of office

Removal or suspension

Suspension when House of Assembly not

sitting

Acting advocate

Salary, pension and benefits

Expenses

Advocate's staff

Oath of office

Confidentiality of information

Delegation

Powers and duties of advocate

Restriction on jurisdiction

Minister may restrict investigation

Reference by Lieutenant-Governor in

Council

Communication with a senior

Refusal to investigate

Report of refusal to investigate

Notice of investigation

Evidence

Restrictions on disclosure

Application of certain rules

Admissibility of evidence

Defence for certain offences

Right of entry

Notice of proposed steps

Report to complainant

Proceedings against advocate

Advocate not to be called as witness

Annual report to House of Assembly

Publication of reports

Offence and penalty

Regulations

Schedule

Transitional

SNL2007 cH-10.1 Amdt .

SNL2016 cI-2.1 Amdt .

SNL2016 cS-13.002 Rep.

Commencement

Schedule

Be it enacted by the Lieutenant-Governor and

House of Assembly in Legislative Session convened, as follows:

Short title

1. This

Act may be cited as the Seniors' Advocate

Act, 2026.

Definitions

2. In

this Act

(a) "advocate" means the Seniors'

Advocate appointed under

section 4;

(b) "agency of the government" means a

board, commission, association or other body of persons, whether incorporated

or unincorporated, included in the Schedule;

(c) "clerk" means the Clerk of the House

of Assembly;

(d) "department" means a department

created under the Executive Council Act or a branch of the executive

government of the province;

(e) "House of Assembly Management

Commission" means the commission continued under

section 18 of the House

of Assembly Accountability, Integrity and Administration Act ;

(f) "record" means a correspondence, memorandum, form, paper,

parchment, manuscript, map, plan, drawing, painting, print, photograph,

magnetic tape, computer disc, microform, electronically produced document and

other documentary material regardless of physical form or characteristic;

(g) "senior" means an individual who

( i ) 65 years of age or

older, or

(ii) less than 65 years of age and receives

seniors' services;

(h) "seniors' services" means the programs,

services or systems of support that are related to health care, personal care,

housing, transportation, finances, education, training, legal or employment

that are accessed or used by seniors with the exception of

the programs, services or systems of support prescribed in the regulations;

( i ) "service

provider" means a person or category of persons, prescribed in the

regulations, that engages in the delivery of health care, personal care or

supported living;

(j) "speaker" means the Speaker of the

House of Assembly; and

(k) "statutory office" means statutory office

as defined in the regulations.

Office of Seniors'

Advocate established

3. The

Office of the Seniors' Advocate is established to

(

a) identify, review, analyze and investigate

issues related to the rights and interests of seniors;

(

b) work collaboratively with a department, agency

of the government, service provider, organization of and for seniors and

community-based organization to identify and address individual and systemic

issues related to seniors; and

(

c) make recommendations to a department, agency

of the government, service provider, organization of and for seniors and

community-based organization respecting changes to improve access to seniors'

services.

Appointment of Seniors'

Advocate

4. On

resolution of the House of Assembly, the Lieutenant-Governor in Council shall

appoint a Seniors' Advocate.

Status of

advocate

(1) The

advocate is an officer of the House of Assembly and is not eligible to be

nominated for election, to be elected or to sit as a member of the House of

Assembly.

(2) The advocate shall not hold another public

office or carry on a trade, business or profession.

Term of office

(1) Unless

the advocate sooner resigns, dies or is removed from office, the advocate shall

hold office for 6 years from the date of the advocate's appointment, and the

advocate may be reappointed for a second term of 6 years, but shall not hold

office for more than 2 terms.

(2) The advocate may resign as advocate in writing

addressed to the speaker, or, where there is no speaker or the speaker is

absent, to the clerk.

Removal or

suspension

7. The

Lieutenant-Governor in Council, on resolution of the House of Assembly passed

by a majority vote of the members of the House of Assembly actually

voting , may suspend or remove the advocate from office because of an

incapacity to act or for misconduct, cause or neglect of duty.

Suspension when

House of Assembly not sitting

8. When

the House of Assembly is not sitting, the Lieutenant-Governor in Council may

suspend the advocate because of an incapacity to act or for misconduct, cause

or neglect of duty but the suspension shall not continue in force beyond the

end of the next sitting of the House of Assembly.

Acting advocate

(1) The

Lieutenant-Governor in Council may, on the recommendation of the House of

Assembly Management Commission, appoint an acting advocate where

(

a) the advocate is temporarily unable to perform

the advocate's duties;

(

b) the office of the advocate becomes vacant or the advocate is suspended when the House of

Assembly is not sitting; or

(

c) the office of the advocate becomes vacant or the advocate is suspended when the House of

Assembly is sitting, but the House of Assembly does not pass a resolution to

appoint an advocate before the end of that sitting.

(2) Where the office of the advocate becomes

vacant and an acting advocate is appointed under paragraph (1)(

b) or (c), the

term of the acting advocate shall not extend beyond the end of the next sitting

of the House of Assembly.

(3) An acting advocate holds office until

(

a) the advocate returns to the advocate's duties

after a temporary inability to perform;

(

b) the suspension of the advocate ends or is

dealt with in the House of Assembly; or

(

c) a person is appointed as advocate under

section 4.

Salary, pension

and benefits

(1) The

advocate shall be paid a salary fixed by the Lieutenant-Governor in Council

after consultation with the House of Assembly Management Commission.

(2) The salary of the advocate shall not be

reduced except on resolution of the House of Assembly.

(3) The advocate is subject to the Public

Service Pensions Act, 2019 where the advocate was subject to that Act

before appointment as advocate.

(4) Where the advocate was not subject to the Public

Service Pensions Act, 2019 before appointment as advocate, the advocate

shall be paid, for contribution to a registered retirement savings plan, an

amount equivalent to the amount which the advocate would have contributed to

the Public Service Pension Plan were the circumstances in subsection (3)

applicable.

(5) The advocate is eligible to receive the same

benefits as a deputy minister, with the exception of a

pension where subsection (4) applies.

Expenses

11. The

advocate shall be paid the travelling and other expenses incurred by the

advocate in the performance of the advocate's duties that may be approved by

the House of Assembly Management Commission.

Advocate's staff

(1) The

advocate may, subject to the approval of the House of Assembly Management

Commission, and in the manner provided by the Public Service Commission Act ,

appoint those assistants and employees that the advocate considers necessary to

enable the advocate to carry out the advocate's powers and duties under this

Act.

(2) Persons employed under subsection (1) are

members of the public service of the province.

Oath of office

(1) Before

beginning to perform the duties of the advocate, the advocate shall swear an

oath, or affirm, before the speaker or the clerk to faithfully and impartially

perform the duties of the office.

(2) Every person employed in the Office of the Seniors'

Advocate shall, before the person begins to perform the person's duties, swear

an oath, or affirm, before the advocate that the person shall not, except as

provided by this Act, divulge information received by the person under this

Act.

Confidentiality of

information

(1) The

advocate and every person employed in the Office of the Seniors' Advocate shall

keep confidential all matters that come to their knowledge in the exercise of

their powers and duties under this Act.

(2) Notwithstanding subsection (1), the advocate

may disclose in a report made by the advocate under this Act those matters

which the advocate considers necessary to disclose in order

to establish grounds for the advocate's conclusions and recommendations.

(3) A report the advocate makes under this Act

shall not disclose the name or identifying information about a senior except

and in accordance with the requirement of subsection 35(2).

Delegation

(1) The

advocate may in writing delegate to another person the advocate's powers under

this Act except the power to make a report under this Act.

(2) Notwithstanding

subsection (1), where the advocate is in a conflict of interest with respect to

a matter referred to the advocate, the advocate may in writing delegate to

another person the advocates powers under this Act with respect to that

matter, including the power to make a report.

(3) A person purporting to exercise the power of

the advocate by virtue of the delegation under subsection (1) or (2) shall

produce evidence of the person's authority to exercise that power when required

to do so.

Powers and duties

of advocate

(1) In

carrying out the powers and duties of the advocate's office, the advocate may

(

a) receive and review matters relating to a

senior or seniors, whether or not a request or

complaint is made to the advocate;

(

b) investigate matters

relating to seniors' services provided by a department, agency of the

government or service provider on behalf of a senior or seniors;

(

c) advocate or mediate or use another dispute

resolution process on behalf of a senior or seniors, whether

or not a request or complaint is made to the advocate;

(

d) where advocacy or mediation or another dispute

resolution process has not resulted in an outcome the advocate believes is

satisfactory, conduct an investigation on behalf of

the senior or seniors;

(

e) initiate and participate in, or assist seniors

to initiate and participate in, case conferences, administrative reviews,

mediations, or other processes in which decisions are made about the provision

of seniors' services;

(

f) meet with seniors , or caregivers or guardians of seniors;

(

g) request information relating to a senior,

including personal information and personal health information;

(

h) conduct research related to seniors, including

interviews and surveys;

(

i) make

recommendations to a department, agency of the government, service provider,

organization of and for seniors and community-based organization about

legislation, policies and practices respecting seniors' services or the rights and

interests of seniors; and

(

j) educate and inform the public about the Office

of the Seniors' Advocate and promote awareness of issues related to seniors.

(2) Notwithstanding subsection (1), the advocate

shall not do any of the following unless the advocate has first obtained the

consent of the senior or the guardian of the senior:

(

a) mediate or use another dispute resolution

process on behalf of the senior;

(

b) investigate a matter relating to the senior;

(

c) request the personal information or personal

health information relating to the senior.

(3) Notwithstanding subsection (2), the advocate

may exercise a power under paragraph (2)(

b) or (

c) without the consent of the

senior or the guardian of the senior where

(

a) the advocate is of the opinion that

(

i) the senior lacks

the capacity to consent, and

(ii) exercising the advocate's powers under

paragraph (2)(

b) or (

c) is in the best interest of the senior; or

(

b) the senior is deceased and the advocate is of

the opinion that exercising the advocate's powers under paragraph (2)(

b) or (

c) is in the public interest.

(4) Where the advocate exercises a power under

paragraph (2)(

b) or (

c) without the consent of the senior or the guardian of

the senior in accordance with subsection (3), the advocate shall include that

fact and a brief description of the circumstances of the matter in the

advocate's next annual report to the House of Assembly.

(5) The advocate may not act as legal counsel.

Restriction on

jurisdiction

(1) Nothing in this Act authorizes the advocate to investigate

(

a) a decision, recommendation, act, order or

omission of the House of Assembly, the Lieutenant Governor, a committee of the

House of Assembly, the Lieutenant-Governor in Council, the Executive Council or

a committee of the Executive Council;

(

b) an order, decision or omission of a court, a

judge of a court, a master of a court or a justice of the peace made or given

in an action or proceeding in the court or before the judge, master or justice

of the peace;

(

c) a matter in respect of which there is under an

Act a right of appeal or objection or a right to apply for a review on the

merits of the case to a court or tribunal constituted by or under

an Act, until

after the right of appeal, objection or application has been exercised or until

after the time limit for the exercise of that right has expired;

(

d) a matter which is the subject of a review by

the Child Death Review Committee under the authority of

section 13.2 of the Fatalities

Investigations Act until that review has been completed;

(

e) a matter which is the subject of an inquiry

under the authority of

section 26 of the Fatalities Investigations Act until

that inquiry has been completed;

(

f) a matter which is the subject of an

investigation under the Children, Youth and Families Act or the Adult

Protection Act, 2021 until that investigation has been completed;

(

g) a

the public service of the province;

(

h) a

matter which is the subject of a complaint under

section 25 of the Human

Rights Act, 2010 until the complaint has been withdrawn, settled or decided

by a board of inquiry under

Part II of that Act and either the right of appeal

has been exercised or the time limit for the exercise of that right has

expired; or

(

i) another matter

prescribed in the regulations.

(2) Nothing in this Act authorizes the advocate or

the advocate's employees or assistants to investigate

(

a) a refusal to provide access to information

under the Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act, 2015 ;

(

b) an act, omission, decision, recommendation, refusal of information,

policy or procedure of a custodian in relation to personal health information

under the Personal Health Information Act , or a matter falling within

the office of the commissioner to which that Act applies.

Minister may

restrict investigation

(1) Where

the Minister of Justice and Public Safety certifies in

writing to the advocate that the investigation of a matter would be contrary to

the public interest under the circumstances, the advocate shall not investigate

the matter, or, where the advocate has commenced an investigation of the

matter, the advocate shall discontinue the investigation.

(2) Where a certificate is given under subsection

(1), the advocate shall include that fact and a brief description of the

circumstances of the matter in the advocate's next annual report to the House

of Assembly.

Reference by

Lieutenant-Governor in Council

19. The

Lieutenant-Governor in Council or a minister may refer to the advocate for

review, investigation and report, a matter relating to the rights and interests

of seniors and the advocate shall

(

a) subject to a special direction of the

Lieutenant-Governor in Council, investigate or review the matter to the extent

that it is within the advocate's jurisdiction; and

(

b) make a report to the Lieutenant-Governor in

Council or a minister that the advocate considers appropriate.

Communication

with a senior

(1) Where

a senior who was placed in a facility, personal care home, long-term care

facility, caregiver's home, group home, or other place in which the senior is

placed under

an Act of the province or the Criminal Code, asks to

communicate with the advocate, that request shall be forwarded to the advocate

immediately by the person in charge of the place.

(2) Where a senior referred to in subsection

(1) writes a letter addressed to the advocate, the person in charge of the place

shall forward the letter immediately, unopened, to the advocate.

(3) A place in which a senior is placed under

an Act of the province or the Criminal

Code, shall be given information telling them about the Office of the Seniors'

Advocate, their right to bring any matter to the advocate, and how they may

contact the advocate .

Refusal to

investigate

21. The

advocate, in the advocate's discretion, may refuse to review or investigate, or

may cease to review or investigate, a complaint where

(

a) it relates to a decision, recommendation, act

or omission of which the complainant has had knowledge for more than one year

before the complaint is received by the advocate;

(

b) in the advocate's opinion it is frivolous or

vexatious or not made in good faith or concerns a trivial matter;

(

c) the complainant does not have a sufficient

personal interest in the subject matter of the complaint;

(

d) in the advocate's opinion, upon a balance

between the public interest and the person aggrieved, the complaint should not

be investigated or the investigation should not be continued;

(

e) in the advocate's opinion the circumstances of

the complaint do not require investigation; or

(

f) the law, or existing administrative procedure,

provides a remedy adequate in the circumstances for the person aggrieved and,

where the person aggrieved has not availed of the remedy, there is no

reasonable justification for the person's failure to do so.

Report of refusal

to investigate

22. Where

the advocate decides not to review or investigate or to cease reviewing or

investigating a complaint, the advocate shall inform the complainant, and other

interested persons, of the decision and shall provide to them reasons for the

decision.

Notice of

investigation

(1) Before commencing an investigation, the advocate shall inform the following

persons of the advocate's intention to conduct the investigation:

(

a) the deputy minister of the department affected or the administrative head of the agency of the

government or service provider affected; and

(

b) any statutory office the advocate determines

necessary.

(2) Where notice is given to the administrative

head of an agency of the government or a service provider under paragraph

(1)(a), the advocate shall also give notice to the deputy minister of any

department affected by that investigation.

Evidence

(1) Where

the advocate has provided notice in accordance with

section 23 and commenced an

investigation, the advocate may require a person who, in the advocate's

opinion, is able to give information relating to a matter being investigated by

the advocate to

(

a) provide the information to the advocate; and

(

b) produce a record or thing that in the

advocate's opinion relates to the matter being investigated and that may be in

the possession or under the control of the person,

whether or not the person is an officer,

employee or member of a department, an agency of the government or a service

provider and whether or not the record or thing is in

the custody or under the control of the department, agency of the government or

service provider.

(2) The advocate may summon and examine, on oath

or affirmation, a person who, in the opinion of the advocate, is able to give

information relating to a matter being investigated by the advocate.

(3) The advocate has the right to information respecting

a senior where

(

a) the advocate commenced an investigation; and

(

b) the senior or the guardian of the senior consents

to the disclosure of the information.

(4) Notwithstanding paragraph (3)(b), the advocate

has the right to information respecting a senior without the consent of the

senior or the guardian of the senior where

(

a) the advocate is of the opinion that

(

i) the senior lacks

the capacity to consent, and

(ii) obtaining the information is in the best

interest of the senior; or

(

b) the senior is deceased and the advocate is of

the opinion that obtaining information respecting the senior is in the public

interest.

(5) Where the advocate obtains information

respecting a senior without the consent of the senior or the guardian of the

senior in accordance with subsection (4), the advocate shall include that fact

and a brief description of the circumstances of the matter in the advocate's

next annual report to the House of Assembly.

(6) Notwithstanding subsection (3) or (4), the

advocate does not have a right to information respecting a senior where one or

more of the following apply:

(

a) the information is not permitted to be made

public by

section 37 of the Adoption Act, 2013 ;

(

b) the information could reasonably be expected

to reveal the identity of a person who has made a report under

section 11 of

the Children, Youth and Families Act ;

(

c) the information could reasonably be expected

to reveal the identity of a person who has made a report under

section 12 of

the Adult Protection Act, 2021;

(

d) the disclosure of the information is

prohibited under the Youth Criminal Justice Act (Canada); or

(

e) the disclosure of the information is

prohibited under the Young Persons Offences Act .

(7) A person who has custody or control of

information to which the advocate is entitled under subsection (1) shall

disclose the information to the advocate.

(8) This

section applies despite another Act or a

claim for privilege, except a claim based on a solicitor-client relationship.

Restrictions on

disclosure

25. Where the Minister of Justice and Public Safety certifies

that the giving of information, answering of a question or the production of a record

or thing might

(

a) involve

the disclosure of

(

i) the deliberations

of the Executive Council or a committee of the Executive Council, or

(ii) proceedings of the Executive Council, or a

committee of the Executive Council, relating to matters of a secret or

confidential nature and would be injurious to the public interest; or

(

b) interfere

with or impede the investigation or detection of an offence,

the

advocate shall not require the information or answer to be given or the record

or thing to be produced, but shall report the giving

of the certificate to the House of Assembly.

Application of

certain rules

(1) A

rule of law that authorizes or requires the withholding of a record or thing,

or the refusal to answer a question, on the ground that the disclosure or

answering would be injurious to the public interest, does not apply in respect

of an investigation by the advocate.

(2) A

provision of

an Act requiring a person to maintain secrecy in relation to, or

not to disclose information relating to, a matter, shall not apply in respect

of an investigation by the advocate, and a person required by the advocate to

give evidence, shall not refuse to provide the information, produce the record

or thing, or to answer questions on the ground of that provision.

(3) Subsection (2) shall not apply in respect of

(

a) the provisions referred to in paragraph 24(6)(

a) to (c); and

(

b) the Acts referred to in paragraphs 24(6)(

d) and (e).

Admissibility of

evidence

27. Except

on the trial of a person for perjury, a statement made or answer or evidence

given by that person or another person in the course of

an investigation by the advocate is not admissible in evidence against the

person in a court or an inquiry or in another proceeding.

Defence for

certain offences

28. A

person is not guilty of an offence under another Act by reason of the person's

compliance with a request or requirement of the advocate to provide information

or produce a record or thing, or by reason of answering a question in a review

or an investigation conducted by the advocate.

Right of entry

(1) For

the purposes of this Act, the advocate may enter a premises occupied by a

department, agency of the government or service provider in connection with an

investigation within the advocate's jurisdiction.

(2) Upon entering a premises under subsection (1),

the advocate shall notify the deputy minister of the department or the

administrative head of the agency of the government or service provider that

occupies the premises.

Notice of

proposed steps

(1) Where, after conducting a review of the seniors' services of a department,

agency of the government or service provider, or an investigation, the advocate makes a

recommendation, the advocate may request the department, agency of the

government or service provider to whom the recommendation is made to notify the

advocate within a specified time of the steps that it has taken or proposes to

take to give effect to the advocate's recommendations.

(2) Where, within a reasonable time after a

request respecting recommendations is made under this section, no action is

taken which seems to the advocate to be adequate and appropriate, the advocate,

in the advocate's discretion, after considering the comments made by or on

behalf of the department, agency of the government or service provider

affected, may report the matter, including a copy of the report containing the

recommendations, to the Lieutenant-Governor in Council and may mention the

report in the advocate's next annual report to the House of Assembly.

(3) A report made under subsection (2) shall

include any comments made by or on behalf of the department, agency of the

government or service provider on the opinion or recommendation of the

advocate.

Report to

complainant

31. Where

the advocate conducts a review or an investigation on the

basis of a complaint received, the advocate shall report to the

complainant, in the manner and at the time that the advocate considers

appropriate, the result of the review or investigation.

Proceedings

against advocate

32. An

action does not lie against the advocate or against a person employed in the

Office of the Seniors' Advocate for anything the advocate or person may do or

report or say in the course of the exercise or performance, or intended

exercise or performance, of the advocate's or person's powers and duties under

this Act, unless it is shown the advocate or person acted in bad faith.

Advocate not to

be called as witness

33. The

advocate and a person employed in the Office of the Seniors' Advocate shall not

be called to give evidence in a court or in a proceeding of a judicial or

quasi-judicial nature in respect of anything coming to the advocate's knowledge

in the exercise or performance of the advocate's powers and duties under this

Act.

Annual report to

House of Assembly

34. The

advocate shall report annually to the House of Assembly through the speaker on

the exercise and performance of the advocate's powers and duties under this

Act.

Publication of

reports

(1) The

advocate may publish reports relating generally to the exercise and performance

of the advocates functions and duties under this Act or to a particular case

investigated by the advocate, whether or not the matters to be dealt with in

the report have been the subject of the report made to the House of Assembly

under this Act.

(2) The advocate shall not include the name or other

identifying information about a senior in a report under subsection (1) unless

the advocate has first obtained the consent of the senior or the guardian of

the senior.

Offence and

penalty

36. A

person who

(

a) obstructs, hinders or resists the advocate or

another person in the exercise or performance of the advocate's powers and

duties under this Act;

(

b) refuses or fails to comply with a lawful

request under this Act; or

(

c) makes a false statement to or misleads or

attempts to mislead, the advocate or a person employed in the Office of the Seniors'

Advocate in the exercise or performance of the advocate's powers and duties

under this Act,

is guilty of an offence and liable, on

summary conviction, to a fine of not more than $1,000 or to imprisonment for a

term not exceeding 3 months, or to both.

Regulations

37. The

Lieutenant-Governor in Council may make regulations

(

a) prescribing the programs, services or systems

of support for the purposes of paragraph 2(h);

(

b) prescribing the persons or category of persons

for the purposes of paragraph 2( i );

(

c) defining statutory office;

(

d) prescribing a matter for the purposes of

paragraph 17(1)( i );

(

e) re-defining or further defining a word or

expression defined in this Act;

(

f) defining a word or expression used but not

defined in this Act; and

(

g) generally, to give effect to the purpose of

this Act.

Schedule

(1) The

Lieutenant-Governor in Council may, by order, add a board, commission,

association or other body of persons, whether incorporated or unincorporated,

to the Schedule.

(2) An order made under subsection (1) is

subordinate legislation for the purpose of the Statutes and Subordinate

Legislation Act .

Transitional

39. The

Seniors Advocate appointed

under

section 4 of the Seniors Advocate Act shall be

considered to have been appointed under

section 4 of this Act immediately on

the coming into force of this Act and shall continue to be the Seniors'

Advocate until the Seniors' Advocate is reappointed or replaced.

SNL2007 cH-10.1 Amdt .

40. Paragraph

32(2)(

f) of the House of Assembly Accountability, Integrity and

Administration Act is amended by deleting the reference " Seniors'

Advocate Act " and substituting the reference " Seniors' Advocate

Act, 2026 ".

SNL2016 cI-2.1 Amdt .

41. The

Schedule to the Independent Appointments Commission Act is amended by deleting

the statutory reference " Seniors' Advocate Act "

and substituting the statutory reference " Seniors' Advocate Act, 2026 ".

SNL2016 cS-13.002

Rep.

42. The

Seniors Advocate Act is repealed.

Commencement

43. This Act comes into force on a day to be

proclaimed by the Lieutenant-Governor in Council.

Schedule

College of the North Atlantic

Mental Health Care and Treatment Review

Board

Memorial University of Newfoundland

Newfoundland and Labrador Housing

Corporation

Newfoundland and Labrador Legal Aid

Commission

Provincial Health Authority

Workplace Health, Safety and Compensation

Commission

A board, commission, association or other body of persons added to

this

schedule by order of the Lieutenant-Governor in Council

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