1st Session, 58th General Assembly
Nova Scotia
49 Elizabeth II, 2000
The Honourable Angus MacIsaac
Acting Minister of Environment and Labour
First Reading: October 26, 2000
Second Reading: October 27, 2000
Third Reading: November 27, 2000 (NO COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS)
Royal Assent: November 30, 2000
Be it enacted by the Governor and Assembly as follows:
1 (1) Subsection 59B(1) of Chapter 246 of the Revised Statutes, 1989, the Labour Standards Code, as enacted by Chapter 14 of the Acts of 1991, is amended by striking out "up to seventeen" in the fourth and fifth last lines and substituting ", subject to subsection (4), up to fifty-two".
(2) Clause 59B(2)(b) of Chapter 246, as enacted by Chapter 14, is amended by striking out "seventeen" in the first and second lines and substituting "thirty-five".
(3) Clause 59B(3)(b) of Chapter 246, as enacted by Chapter 14, is repealed and the following clause substituted:
(b) ends not later than fifty-two weeks after the child or children first arrive in the employee's home,
(4) Section 59B of Chapter 246, as enacted by Chapter 14, is further amended by adding immediately after subsection (3) the following subsection:
2 This Act has effect on and after December 31, 2000.