BILL NO. 4

(as passed, with amendments)

2nd Session, 60th General Assembly
Nova Scotia
56 Elizabeth II, 2007



Government Bill



Pension Benefits Act
(amended)

CHAPTER 49 OF THE ACTS OF 2007



The Honourable Mark Parent
Minister of Environment and Labour



First Reading: November 23, 2007 (LINK TO BILL AS INTRODUCED)

Second Reading: December 3, 2007

Third Reading: December 12, 2007 (WITH COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS)

Royal Assent: December 13, 2007

An Act to Amend Chapter 340
of the Revised Statutes, 1989,
the Pension Benefits Act

Be it enacted by the Governor and Assembly as follows:

1 (1) Section 80 of Chapter 340 of the Revised Statutes, 1989, the Pension Benefits Act, is amended by adding immediately after subsection (1) the following subsection:

(2) Subsection 80(2) of Chapter 340 is amended by

(a) striking out "money" in the first line and substituting "monies"; and

(b) striking out "subsection (1)" in the second line and substituting "subsections (1) and (1A)".

2 Section 81 of Chapter 340 is amended by adding "the employer satisfies its obligations under Section 80 and" immediately after "until" in the third line.

3 Section 82 of Chapter 340 is amended by adding "distributed and, if appropriate," immediately after "be" in the fourth line.

4 This Act comes into force on such day as the Governor in Council orders and declares by proclamation.

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