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Chapter 15 Current as of April 1, 2023 COURT OF JUSTICE (SEXUAL ASSAULT AWARENESS TRAINING) AMENDMENT ACT, 2022

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1 COURT OF JUSTICE (SEXUAL ASSAULT AWARENESS TRAINING) AMENDMENT ACT, 2022

Chapter 15 HER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, enacts as follows: Amends RSA 2000 cC-30.5 1 The Court of Justice Act is amended by this Act. 2022 c15 s1;AR 75/2023 2

Section 1 is amended by renumbering clause (

a) as clause (a.01) and by adding the following before clause (a.01): (a) “appointment eligibility list” means the list of persons w ho have been recommended for appointment as a judge through the review process provided for in

section 32(

a) of the Judicature Act and the process established by the Minister of Justice; 2022 c15 s2;2022 c21 s71 3

Section 9.1(2) is repealed and the following is substituted:

(2) No person may be appointed as a judge unless the person (

a) is a Canadian citizen, and (

b) has completed education in sexual assault law and social context issues.

(2.1) Despite subsection (2), a person who is on the appointment eligibility list at the time that this subsection comes into force may be appointed as a judge if the person is a Canadian citizen and undertakes to complete education in sexual assault law and social context issues after being appointed. 4 This Act comes into force on Proclamation.

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