BILL NO. 22

(as introduced)

1st Session, 59th General Assembly
Nova Scotia
52 Elizabeth II, 2003

Private Member's Bill

Remembrance Day Act
(amended)

Michel Samson
Richmond

First Reading: October 20, 2003

(Explanatory Notes)

Second Reading:

Third Reading:

Clause 1 amends the Preamble to the Remembrance Day Act.

Be it enacted by the Governor and Assembly as follows:

1 The Preamble to Chapter 396 of the Revised Statutes, 1989, the Remembrance Day Act, is amended by

(a) striking out "and" in the fourth line of the first paragraph and substituting a comma;

(b) adding ", the Gulf War and international peace-keeping activities" immediately after "Conflict" in the fourth line of the first paragraph; and

(c) adding the following paragraph immediately after the second paragraph:

AND WHEREAS the Province has recognized the eleventh day of November as a general holiday under the Labour Standards Code;

2 Section 6 of Chapter 396 is repealed and the following Section substituted:

6 Sections 37 to 42 of the Labour Standards Code apply mutatis mutandis to an employee who is required to work on Remembrance Day.