First

Session, 51st General Assembly

Charles III, 2026

BILL 1

AN ACT RESPECTING THE

DISABILITY ADVOCATE

Received

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

Second

Reading ............................................................................................

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

Amendment

March 19, 2026

Third

Reading ...............................................................................................

Royal

Assent .................................................................................................

HONOURABLE JOEDY

WALL

Minister of Social

Supports and Well-Being

Ordered to be printed by

the Honourable House of Assembly

EXPLANATORY NOTES

This Bill would establish the Office

of the Disability Advocate and establish a process to appoint a person to act

as an advocate for the interests of persons with disabilities, both

individually and collectively.

A BILL

AN ACT RESPECTING THE DISABILITY ADVOCATE

Analysis

Short title

Definitions

Office of Disability Advocate

established

Appointment of Disability 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 by a person with a

disability

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

SNL2007 cH-10.1 Amdt .

SNL2016 cI-2.1 Amdt .

SNL2022 cP-3.02 Amdt .

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 Disability

Advocate Act.

Definitions

2. In

this Act

(a) "advocate" means the Disability

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) "barrier" means barrier as defined

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

of Assembly;

(e) "department" means a department

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

government of the province;

(f) "disability 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 persons with disabilities with the exception of the programs, services or systems of

support prescribed in the regulations;

(g) "House of Assembly Management

Commission" means the commission continued under

section 18 of the House

of Assembly Accountability, Integrity and Administration Act ;

(h) "person with a disability" means an individual

with a physical, mental, intellectual, cognitive, learning, communication or

sensory impairment or a functional limitation that is permanent, temporary or

episodic in nature, that, in interaction with a barrier, prevents an individual

from fully participating in society;

( i ) "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;

(j) "service providers" means a person

or a category of persons, prescribed in the regulations, that engage in the

delivery of health care, personal care or supported living;

(k) "speaker" means the Speaker of the

House of Assembly;

(l) "statutory office" means the office

of a statutory officer; and

(m) "statutory officer" means

(

i) the Information

and Privacy Commissioner,

(ii) the Auditor General,

(iii) the Child and Youth Advocate,

(iv) the Chief Electoral Officer,

(

v) the Citizens' Representative,

(vi) the Commissioner for Legislative Standards,

and

(vii) the Seniors' Advocate.

Office of

Disability Advocate established

3. The

Office of the Disability Advocate is established to

(

a) identify, review and analyze issues related to

the rights and interests of persons with disabilities;

(

b) investigate matters relating to disability

services provided by a department, agency of the government or service provider

on behalf of a person with a disability or persons with disabilities;

(

c) work collaboratively with organizations of and

for persons with disabilities, community-based organizations, departments, agencies

of the government and service providers to identify and address individual and

systemic issues related to persons with disabilities; and

(

d) make recommendations to a department, agency

of the government, service providers, communities, organizations of and for

persons with disabilities and community-based organizations respecting changes

to improve access to disability services.

Appointment of

Disability Advocate

(1) On resolution of the House of Assembly, the Lieutenant-Governor in Council

shall appoint a Disability Advocate.

(2) A person appointed under subsection (1) shall

satisfy one or more of the following criteria:

(

a) the person is a person with a disability;

(

b) the person is a parent, caregiver or guardian

of a person with a disability; or

(

c) the person has experience working with persons

with disabilities or with organizations of and for persons with disabilities.

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

Disability 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 Disability 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 person with a

disability 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 office of the advocate, the advocate

may

(

a) receive and review matters relating to a

person with a disability or persons with disabilities, whether

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

(

b) investigate matters

relating to disability services provided by a department, agency of the

government or service provider on behalf of a person with a disability or

persons with disabilities;

(

c) advocate or mediate or use another dispute

resolution process on behalf of a person with a disability or persons with

disabilities, 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 person with a disability or persons with disabilities;

(

e) initiate and participate in, or assist persons

with disabilities to initiate and participate in, case conferences,

administrative reviews, mediations, or other processes in which decisions are

made about the provision of disability services;

(

f) meet with persons with disabilities;

(

g) request information relating to a person with

a disability, including personal information and personal health information;

(

h) conduct research related to persons with

disabilities, including interviews and surveys;

(

i) make

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

communities, organizations of and for persons with disabilities and community-based

organizations about legislation, policies and practices respecting disability services

or the rights and interests of persons with disabilities; and

(

j) educate and inform the public about the Office

of the Disability Advocate and promote awareness of issues related to persons

with disabilities.

(2) Notwithstanding subsection (1), the advocate

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

consent of the person with a disability or the parent or guardian of the person

with a disability:

(

a) mediate or use another dispute resolution

process on behalf of the person with a disability;

(

b) investigate a matter relating to the person

with a disability; or

(

c) request the personal information or personal

health information relating to the person with a disability.

(3) 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 ; or

(

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 interests and

well-being of persons with disabilities 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 minister that the advocate considers appropriate.

Communication by

a person with a disability

(1) Where

a person with a disability in a facility, personal care home, long-term care

facility, caregiver's home, group home, or place in which the person with a

disability 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 person with a disability in a place

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) Every

place referred to in subsection (1) in which a person with a disability is

placed under

an Act of the province or the Criminal Code, shall be given

information telling them about the office of the 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 person with a disability where

(

a) the advocate commenced an investigation; and

(

b) the person with the disability or the parent

or guardian of the person with a disability consents

to the disclosure of the information.

(4) Notwithstanding subsection (3), the advocate

does not have a right to information respecting a person with a disability

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 .

(5) 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.

(6) 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(4)(

a) to (c); and

(

b) the Acts referred to in paragraphs 24(4)(

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 disability 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 Disability 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 Disability 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) In

the interest of persons with disabilities or in the public interest, or in the

interest of a person, department or agency of the government, 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 person with a disability in a report under

subsection (1) unless the advocate has first obtained the consent of the person

with a disability or the parent or guardian of the person with a disability.

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

Disability 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(f);

(

b) prescribing the persons or category of persons

for the purposes of paragraph 2(j);

(

c) prescribing a matter for the purposes of

paragraph 17(1)( i );

(

d) re-defining or further defining a word or

expression defined in the Act;

(

e) defining a word or expression used but not

defined in this Act; and

(

f) 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 .

SNL2007 cH-10.1 Amdt .

(1) Paragraph

2(

r) of the House of Assembly Accountability, Integrity and Administration

Act is amended by deleting the word "and" at the end of

subparagraph (v.1) and by adding immediately after that subparagraph the

following:

(v.2) Disability Advocate, and

(2) Subsection 32(2) of the Act is amended by

deleting the word "and" at the end of paragraph (e), by deleting the

comma at the end of paragraph (

f) and substituting a semi-colon and the word

"and" and by adding immediately after that paragraph the following:

(g) subsection 12(1) of the Disability Advocate

Act ,

SNL2016 cI-2.1 Amdt .

40. The

Schedule to the Independent Appointments Commission Act is amended by

adding immediately after the statutory reference " College

Act, 1996, subsection 7(1) and

section 10 except

subsections 10(2), (3) and (4)" the statutory reference " Disability

Advocate Act ,

section 4".

SNL2022 cP-3.02 Amdt .

41. Paragraph

2(1)(

v) of the Pay Equity and Pay Transparency Act is amended by

deleting the word "and" at the end of subparagraph (vi), deleting the

period at the end of subparagraph (vii) and substituting a comma and the word

"and" and by adding immediately after that subparagraph the

following:

(viii) the Disability Advocate.

Commencement

42. This

Act comes into force on a day to be proclaimed by the Lieutenant-Governor in

Council.

Schedule

College of the North Atlantic

Conseil scolaire

francophone provincial

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 or other body added

to this

schedule by order of the Lieutenant-Governor in Council

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