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Third Session, 48th General Assembly 67 Elizabeth II, 2018
BILL 16
AN ACT TO AMEND THE COURT SECURITY ACT, 2010
Received and Read the First Time.................................................................................................
Second Reading.................................................................................................................................
Committee..........................................................................................................................................
Third Reading.....................................................................................................................................
Royal Assent......................................................................................................................................
HONOURABLE ANDREW PARSONS, Q.C. Minister of Justice and Public Safety and Attorney General
Ordered to be printed by the Honourable House of Assembly

EXPLANATORY NOTES

This Bill would amend the Court Security Act, 2010 to

· expand the definition of court area to include a building, part of a building, land or space used by an inquiry; and

· replace all references to "Trial Division" with "Supreme Court".

A BILL

AN ACT TO AMEND THE COURT SECURITY ACT, 2010

Analysis

1. S.2 Amdt.
Definitions

2. S.12 Amdt.
Regulations by minister

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

SNL2010 cC-37.02

1. (1) Paragraph 2(a) of the Court Security Act, 2010 is repealed and the following substituted:

(a) "court" means the Court of Appeal, the Supreme Court and the Provincial Court of Newfoundland and Labrador;

(2) Paragraph 2(b) of the Act is repealed and the following substituted:

(b) "court area" means a building, part of a building, land or space used by a court or inquiry and designated as a court area by regulation;

(3) Section 2 of the Act is amended by adding immediately after paragraph (c) the following:

(c.1) "inquiry" means a commission of inquiry established under Part I of the Public Inquiries Act, 2006 or an inquiry conducted under Part II of the Public Inquiries Act, 2006;

2. Section 12 of the Act is amended by deleting the words "Trial Division" and substituting the words "Supreme Court".

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