Third

Session, 48th General Assembly

Elizabeth II, 2018

BILL 16

AN ACT TO AMEND THE

COURT SECURITY ACT, 2010

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

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

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

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

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

HONOURABLE

ANDREW

PARSONS, Q.C.

Minister of Justice and

Public Safety and Attorney General

Ordered

to be printed by the Honourable House of Assembly

EXPLANATORY NOTES

This Bill would amend the Court Security Act, 2010 to

expand the definition of court

area to include a building, part of a building, land or space used by an

inquiry; and

replace all references to

"Trial Division" with "Supreme Court".

A BILL

AN ACT TO AMEND THE COURT SECURITY ACT,

Analysis

S.2 Amdt.

Definitions

S.12 Amdt.

Regulations by minister

Be it enacted by the Lieutenant-Governor and

House of Assembly in Legislative Session convened, as follows:

SNL2010 cC-37.02

(1) Paragraph 2(

a) of the Court Security Act, 2010 is repealed and the following substituted:

(a) "court" means the Court of Appeal, the

Supreme Court and the Provincial Court of Newfoundland and Labrador ;

(2) Paragraph 2(

b) of the Act is repealed and the

following substituted:

(b) "court area" means a building, part

of a building, land or space used by a court or inquiry and designated as a

court area by regulation;

(3) Section 2 of the Act is amended by adding

immediately after paragraph (

c) the following:

(c.1) "inquiry" means a commission of

inquiry established under

Part I of the Public

Inquiries Act, 2006 or an inquiry conducted under

Part II of the Public Inquiries Act, 2006 ;

Section 12 of the Act is amended by deleting

the words "Trial Division" and substituting the words "Supreme

Court".

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