Occupational Health and Safety Amendment Act (Workplace Carcinoma Committee), 2003 Bartolucci, Rick — Bill 44 (37th Parliament, 4th Session)

Bill 44, 37-4

Ontario — Bills

role="main" class="main-container container js-quickedit-main-content" id="main-content">

Bill 44, Occupational Health and Safety Amendment Act (Workplace Carcinoma Committee), 2003

Bartolucci, Rick

Please select

View bill

Status

Debates

Original

[37] Bill 44 Original (PDF)

Bill 44 2003

An Act to amend the

Occupational Health and Safety Act

to require the appointment of a

workplace carcinoma committee

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

Assembly of the Province of Ontario, enacts as follows:

1. The Occupational Health and Safety Act is

amended by adding the following section:

Workplace carcinoma committee

21.1

(1) The Minister shall appoint

a workplace carcinoma committee, which is not a committee as defined in

subsection 1 (1), to advise the Minister, to investigate and to report to the

Minister on matters relating to factors in the workplace that cause or may

cause cancer.

Membership of committee

(2) The Minister shall appoint such members to the committee as

he or she considers advisable but the members shall include individuals with

appropriate expertise from the health care sector, representatives from

employers and from trade unions and members of the public who are interested

in or knowledgeable about cancer.

Term of members

(3) The Minister may appoint the members of the committee for a

length of time not exceeding three years that he or she specifies and the

Minister may reappoint any member to the committee.

Vacancies

(4) Vacancies in the membership of the committee may be filled

by the Minister.

Mandate of committee

(5) The committee shall,

(

a) investigate industrial and other factors that are or may be associated

with the development of cancer related to workplace exposure;

(

b) monitor the level of substances that cause or may cause cancer in

workplaces and the levels of exposure to such substances; and

(

c) undertake such other activities as the Minister may require.

Reports

(6) The committee shall annually report to the Minister on its

activities and shall advise the Minister of steps that can be taken to reduce

the incidence of workplace associated cancers.

Special reports

(7) In addition to its annual report, the committee may provide

the Minister with a special report where it is of the opinion that workplace

heath and safety requires such a report or where the Minister requests a

special report from the committee.

Remuneration and expenses

(8) Any person appointed under subsection (2) who is not an

officer in the public service in the Province of Ontario may be paid such

remuneration and expenses as may be from time to time fixed by the Lieutenant

Governor in Council.

Commencement

2. This Act comes into force on the day it receives

Royal Assent.

Short title

3. The

short title of this Act is the Occupational

Health and Safety Amendment Act (Workplace Carcinoma Committee),

2003 .

EXPLANATORY NOTE

The Bill amends the Occupational

Health and Safety Act to require the Minister to appoint a workplace

carcinoma committee responsible for advising, investigating and reporting on

matters concerning workplace cancers.

Date Bill stage Activity Committee

May 22, 2003

First Reading

Carried

Debates and Progress

First Reading

May

22, 2003

Second Reading

Committee

Third Reading

Royal Assent :

Coming into force :Royal Assent.

Was this page helpful? Yes , I found this page helpful. An optional survey will open in a new tab. No , I didn’t find this page helpful. An optional survey will open in a new tab.

Back to top

Document details

Collection	Ontario — Bills
Citation	Bill 44, 37-4
Type	bill
Volume / chapter	p37 s4 bill 44 html
Language	en
Format	html
Source	PROVINCIAL
Identifier	eab8db329f83e9d4d28904ebea521f521419ab52

Source file is stored in the law ingest library (html).