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Third Session, 47th General Assembly 63 Elizabeth II, 2014
BILL 35
AN ACT TO AMEND THE PROVINCIAL OFFENCES ACT
Received and Read the First Time.................................................................................................
Second Reading.................................................................................................................................
Committee..........................................................................................................................................
Third Reading.....................................................................................................................................
Royal Assent......................................................................................................................................
HONOURABLE DARIN T. KING Government House Leader
Ordered to be printed by the Honourable House of Assembly

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Bill would amend the Provincial Offences Act to prohibit a ticket being issued under subsection 18.1(8) of the Act to a young person as defined in the Young Persons Offences Act in respect of an offence under the Highway Traffic Act or the Motorized Snow Vehicles and All-Terrain Vehicles Act.

A BILL

AN ACT TO AMEND THE PROVINCIAL OFFENCES ACT

Analysis

1. S.18.1 Amdt.
Ticket

Be it enacted by the Lieutenant-Governor and House of Assembly in Legislative Session convened, as follows:

SNL1995 c.P-31.1
as amended

1. Section 18.1 of the Provincial Offences Act is amended by adding immediately after subsection (10) the following:

(11) Notwithstanding subsection (8), a peace officer or any other person having responsibility for the enforcement of a provision of an enactment shall not issue a ticket under subsection (8) to a young person as defined in the Young Persons Offences Act in respect of an offence under the Highway Traffic Act or the Motorized Snow Vehicles and All-Terrain Vehicles Act.