BILL NO. 104

(as introduced)

1st Session, 59th General Assembly
Nova Scotia
53 Elizabeth II, 2004

Private Member's Bill

Emergency Measures Act
(amended)

Darrell Dexter
Cole Harbour

First Reading: September 27, 2004

(Explanatory Note)

Second Reading:

Third Reading:

This Bill

(a) requires the Emergency Measures Organization to create and maintain a list of vulnerable or elderly persons who would require assistance during an emergency; and

(b) gives the Emergency Measures Organization the authority to require generators to be installed in senior citizens' buildings, make provisions for meals and determine when elderly or frail persons may be moved to a shelter.

8A The Emergency Measures Organization shall

(a) create and maintain a list of vulnerable or elderly persons who would require assistance during an emergency;

(b) require that all senior citizens' buildings must either have a generator or an adequate plan to guarantee the provision of power to the residents during a prolonged power outage;

(c) make plans for the distribution of meals during an emergency;

(d) determine when vulnerable or elderly persons may be moved to a shelter during an emergency.