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First Session, 47th General Assembly

61 Elizabeth II, 2012

BILL 45

AN ACT TO AMEND THE ANIMAL HEALTH AND PROTECTION ACT

Received and Read the First Time...................................................................................................

Second Reading.................................................................................................................................

Committee............................................................................................................................................

Third Reading.....................................................................................................................................

Royal Assent......................................................................................................................................

HONOURABLE JEROME P. KENNEDY, Q.C.

Minister of Natural Resources

Ordered to be printed by the Honourable House of Assembly

 

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Bill would amend the Animal Health and Protection Act to provide for the disposition of fines to a municipal authority whose enforcement officers enforce the Act and the regulations by means of a ticket.

A BILL

AN ACT TO AMEND THE ANIMAL HEALTH AND PROTECTION ACT

Analysis


        1.   S.77.1 Added
Enforcement by municipal officers


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

SNL2010 cA-9.1

        1. The Animal Health and Protection Act is amended by adding immediately after section 77 the following:

Enforcement by municipal officers

   77.1 (1) Where an employee of a municipal authority is designated as an inspector and commences proceedings under this Act or the regulations by means of a ticket, a fine that is recovered in those proceedings shall be forwarded by the court imposing the fine to the municipal authority.

             (2)  The municipal authority shall pay to the province an amount that the Minister of Justice may establish for every ticket processed by the province.