Labour Relations Amendment Act (Ontario Labour Relations Board), 2013 Hillier, Randy — Bill 63 (40th Parliament, 2nd Session)

Bill 63, 40-2

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Bill 63, Labour Relations Amendment Act (Ontario Labour Relations Board), 2013

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Bill 63 2013

Act to amend the Labour Relations Act, 1995 with respect to the Ontario Labour Relations Board and other matters

Note:

This Act amends the Labour Relations Act, 1995 .

For the legislative history of the Act, see the Table of Consolidated Public

Statutes – Detailed Legislative History at www.e-Laws.gov.on.ca.

Her

Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Ontario, enacts as follows:

Section

2 of the Labour Relations Act, 1995 is repealed.

2. Subsections

110 (17), (18), (19), (20), (21) and (22) of the Act are repealed.

Section

116 of the Act is repealed and the following substituted:

Appeal

116. A

party affected by a decision, order, direction, declaration or ruling of the

Board may appeal it to the Divisional Court in accordance with the rules of

court.

(1) Section

117 of the Act is amended by striking out "in any civil proceeding or".

(2) Section 117 of the Act is amended by adding the

following subsection:

Same

(2) No member of the Board, nor its registrar, nor any of

its other officers, nor any of its clerks or servants shall be required to give

testimony in any civil proceeding, other than an appeal or a judicial review

relating to a proceeding under this Act, respecting information obtained in

the discharge of their duties or while acting within the scope of their

employment under this Act.

5. Subsection

120 (1) of the Act is repealed.

Section

125 of the Act is amended by adding the following clause:

(j.1) governing

the Board's practice and procedure and the exercise of its powers and

prescribing forms that are required to be used in proceedings before the Board;

Commencement

7. This

Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.

Short

title

8. The

short title of this Act is the Labour Relations Amendment

Act (Ontario Labour Relations Board), 2013 .

EXPLANATORY

NOTE

The

Bill amends the Labour Relations Act, 1995 to

remove the stated purposes of the Act.

The

practice and procedure of the Ontario Labour Relations Board is no longer

determined by rules made by the Board but is determined by regulations made by

the Lieutenant Governor in Council under the Act.

present, a party affected by a decision of the Ontario Labour Relations Board has

no right of appeal. The Bill provides a right of appeal to the Divisional Court in accordance with the rules of court. It also makes members of the Board

and other officers compellable witnesses in an appeal or on a judicial review

of the Board's proceedings and makes the Minister of Labour and other Ministry

officials compellable witnesses before a court or tribunal.

Date Bill stage Activity Committee

May 1, 2013

First Reading

Carried

Debates and Progress

First Reading

May 1, 2013

Committee

Second Reading

Committee

Third Reading

Royal Assent

Acts affected - Bill 63

Most Ontario public acts are available electronically; to view copies of the Acts to be amended by this bill visit e-laws

Labour Relations Act, 1995

Legislative Assembly of Ontario

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Collection	Ontario — Bills
Citation	Bill 63, 40-2
Type	bill
Volume / chapter	p40 s2 bill 63 html
Language	en
Format	html
Source	PROVINCIAL
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