Emergency Volunteers Protection Act, 1998 Flaherty, Hon. Jim Minister of Labour — Bill 92 (36th Parliament, 2nd Session)

Bill 92, 36-2

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Bill 92, Emergency Volunteers Protection Act, 1998

Flaherty, Hon. Jim Minister of Labour

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Bill 92 1998

An Act to amend the Workplace Safety and Insurance Act, 1997

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

Assembly of the Province of Ontario, enacts as follows:

Section 25 of the Workplace Safety and Insurance Act,

1997 is amended by adding the following subsection:

Certain volunteers

(3.1) Subsection (3) applies with respect to a member of a municipal

volunteer fire brigade or a municipal volunteer ambulance brigade as though

the member were an emergency worker.

Section 40 of the Act is amended by adding the following

subsection:

Certain volunteers

(4.1) Subsection (4) applies with respect to a member of a municipal

volunteer fire brigade or a municipal volunteer ambulance brigade as though

the member were an emergency worker.

Section 41 of the Act is amended by adding the following

subsection:

Certain volunteers

(17) Subsection (16) applies with respect to a member of a municipal

volunteer fire brigade or a municipal volunteer ambulance brigade as though

the member were an emergency worker.

4. Subsection 78 (3) of the Act is repealed and the following

substituted:

Same, volunteer fire or ambulance brigade

(3) The statement by a deemed employer of a municipal volunteer fire

brigade or a municipal volunteer ambulance brigade must set out the number of

members of the brigade and the amount of earnings, fixed by the deemed

employer, to be attributed to each member for the purposes of the insurance

plan.

Commencement

(1) Subject to subsection (2), this Act shall be deemed to have

come into force on January 1, 1998.

Same

(2) Section 2 comes into force on the day this Act receives Royal

Assent.

Short title

6. The

short title of this Act is the Emergency Volunteers

Protection Act, 1998 .

EXPLANATORY NOTE

The Bill amends the application of certain provisions of the Workplace

Safety and Insurance Act, 1997 with respect to members of municipal

volunteer fire brigades and municipal volunteer ambulance brigades. In

particular, the deemed employer of each member of a municipal volunteer fire

brigade or a municipal volunteer ambulance brigade sets the amount to be

attributed to the member for the purposes of the insurance plan under the Act

without reference to the member's actual employment, if any, as was

previously the case.

Copyright © 1998

Office of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario

Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Date Bill stage Activity Committee

December 18, 1998

Royal Assent

Royal Assent received

December 14, 1998

Third Reading

Carried

December 14, 1998

Ordered for Third Reading

December 14, 1998

Second Reading

Carried

December 3, 1998

First Reading

Carried

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Collection	Ontario — Bills
Citation	Bill 92, 36-2
Type	bill
Volume / chapter	p36 s2 bill 92 html
Language	en
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Source	PROVINCIAL
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