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Third
Session, 48th General Assembly 68 Elizabeth II, 2019 |
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AN ACT TO AMEND THE FISHING
INDUSTRY COLLECTIVE BARGAINING ACT |
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Received and Read the First Time................................................................ |
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Royal Assent................................................................................................. |
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HONOURABLE BERNARD DAVIS Minister of Advanced Education, Skills and Labour |
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Ordered to be printed by
the Honourable House of Assembly |
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EXPLANATORY NOTES This Bill would amend the Fishing Industry Collective Bargaining Act to · allow members and alternate members of the Standing Fish Price-Setting Panel to be appointed for terms of up to 3 years; · provide that alternate members of the panel continue to serve until reappointed or replaced; and · allow non-majority fish processors or processors' organizations who have engaged in collective bargaining or appeared before the panel at the original hearing to apply to the panel to reconsider a decision respecting price and conditions of sale.
A BILL AN ACT TO AMEND THE FISHING INDUSTRY COLLECTIVE BARGAINING ACT Analysis 1.
S.19.1 Amdt. 2.
S.19.14 Amdt. Be it enacted by the Lieutenant-Governor and House of Assembly in Legislative Session convened, as follows: RSNL1990 cF-18 1. (1) Subsection 19.1(3) of the Fishing Industry Collective Bargaining Act is repealed and the following substituted: (3) A member of the panel shall serve for a period of up to 3 years and is eligible to be reappointed. (2) Subsection 19.1(7) of the Act is repealed and the following substituted: (7) The Lieutenant-Governor in Council may appoint as many persons as the Lieutenant-Governor in Council considers appropriate to serve as alternate members of the panel for a period of up to 3 years and the persons appointed are eligible for reappointment. (3) Subsection 19.1(9) of the Act is repealed and the following substituted: (9) Notwithstanding subsections (3) and (7), a person continues to be and may serve as a member or alternate member of the panel until he or she is reappointed or replaced. 2. (1) The Act is amended by adding immediately after subsection 19.14(1) the following: (1.1) Notwithstanding subsection (1), a processor that does not produce the majority percentage of a fish species or a processors' organization that represents processors that do not produce the majority percentage of a fish species may apply to the panel to reconsider a decision respecting price and conditions of sale where either or both of the following apply: (a) the processor or processors' organization has engaged in collective bargaining with the certified bargaining agent; or (b) the processor or processors' organization has appeared before the panel at the original hearing under subsection 19.9(2). (2) Subsection 19.14(2) is repealed and the following substituted: (2) On an application under subsection (1) or (1.1), the panel may reconsider its decision and may confirm or vary the decision taking into consideration the criteria it may establish and in accordance with the regulations. (3) Paragraph 19.14(4)(c) is repealed and the following substituted: (c) restricting the number of applications under subsection (1) or (1.1) that a party may make respecting a fish species in a year; and ©Queen's Printer |