1 PLAINS HEALTH CENTRE PRESERVATION BILL No. 230 of

An Act to prevent the arbitrary closure of the Plains Health Centre (Assented to , 1998) HER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan, enacts as follows:

Short title This Act may be cited as The Plains Health Centre Preservation Act (“Save the Plains”). Plains Health Centre to remain open until next general election 2(1) Notwithstanding the provisions of

section of The Health Districts Act, the Regina District Health Board shall not effect closure of the Plains Health Centre until after the next general election as defined in The Election Act, 1996.

(2) Further to the “non-closure” of the Plains Health Centre pursuant to subsection (1), the Regina District Health Board shall maintain all health care services and procedures routinely provided as at the date of the coming into force of this Act until 60 days following the return of the writs after the general election referred to in subsection (1) held next following the coming into force of this Act. Coming into force This Act comes into force on assent. 2 PLAINS HEALTH CENTRE PRESERVATION REGINA, SASKATCHEWAN Printed by the authority of THE QUEEN’S PRINTER Copyright©1998