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Liquor Control Act (amended)

BILL NO. 116

(as introduced)

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



Private Member's Bill



Liquor Control Act
(amended)



Joan Massey
Dartmouth East



First Reading: October 1, 2004

(Explanatory Note)

Second Reading: October 5, 2004

Third Reading: October 14, 2004 (WITH COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS) (LINK TO BILL AS PASSED)

Explanatory Note

This Bill requires the Governor in Council to make regulations, within six months of the coming into force of this Act, requiring the Nova Scotia Liquor Corporation to publicize the potential negative effects of consuming alcohol during pregnancy.

An Act to Amend Chapter 260
of the Revised Statutes, 1989,
the Liquor Control Act

Be it enacted by the Governor and Assembly as follows:

1 Chapter 260 of the Revised Statutes, 1989, the Liquor Control Act, is amended by adding immediately after Section 96 the following Section:

96A Within six months of the coming into force of this Section, the Governor in Council shall make regulations requiring the Corporation to post signs and otherwise publicize, in such manner as the regulations provide, the potential negative effects of the consumption of alcohol during pregnancy.


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