Third Session, 44th General Assembly

50 Elizabeth II, 2001

BILL 43

AN ACT RESPECTING THE NAME OF THE PROVINCE

Received and Read the First Time

Second Reading

Committee

Third Reading

Royal Assent

HONOURABLE ROGER GRIMES

Premier

Ordered to be printed by the Honourable House of Assembly

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Bill would amend those Acts of the province that refer to the province as "Newfoundland" to refer instead to "Newfoundland and Labrador".

A BILL

AN ACT RESPECTING THE NAME OF THE PROVINCE

Analysis

Short title

2. Reference to Newfoundland

3. Exclusions

4. Commencement

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 Newfoundland and Labrador Act .

Reference to Newfoundland

An Act that contains a reference to "Newfoundland" is amended to refer to "Newfoundland and Labrador".

Exclusions

Section 2 does not apply to

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a) the Royal Newfoundland Constabulary;

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b) an Act relating to the Memorial University of Newfoundland, its pension plan or the foundation; or

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c) an Act incorporating a professional or occupational group that includes the name "Newfoundland" in its title.

Commencement

4. This Act comes into force on the day the Constitution Amendment, 2001 (Newfoundland and Labrador) comes into force.

©Earl G. Tucker, Queen's Printer