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BILL NO. 53

(as introduced)

3rd Session, 63rd General Assembly
Nova Scotia
70 Elizabeth II, 2021

 

Private Member's Bill

 

Clothesline Act
(amended)

 

Lisa Roberts
Halifax Needham



First Reading: March 24, 2021

(Explanatory Notes)

Second Reading:

Third Reading:

Explanatory Notes

Clause 1 expands the purpose of the Act to prevent prohibitions on the use of clotheslines outdoors at all types of residential premises.

Clause 2

(a) amends the definition of "clothesline" to include a drying rack; and

(b) adds a definition of "residential premises".

Clause 3 prevents restrictions on the installation, placement or use of clotheslines outdoors at any residential premises.

Clause 4 clarifies that reasonable restrictions on the installation, placement or use of a clothesline must be for safety purposes or to prevent damage to the common areas of a multi-unit residential building.

An Act to Amend Chapter 34
of the Acts of 2010,
the Clothesline Act

Be it enacted by the Governor and Assembly as follows:

1 Section 2 of Chapter 34 of the Acts of 2010, the Clothesline Act, is amended by striking out "a single-family dwelling or on the ground floor of a multi-unit residential building" in the third and fourth lines and substituting "residential premises".

2 Section 3 of Chapter 34 is repealed and the following Section substituted:

    3 In this Act,

    (a) "clothesline" means a line, rope, wire, cord or drying rack used to hang laundry to dry;

    (b) "residential premises" includes any house, dwelling, apartment, condominium, mobile home or other place that is occupied or may be occupied by an individual as a residence.

3 Subsection 4(1) of Chapter 34 is amended by striking out "a single family dwelling or on the ground floor of a multi-unit residential building" in the second and third lines and substituting "residential premises".

4 Section 5 of Chapter 34 is amended by adding "for safety purposes or to prevent damage to the common areas of a multi-unit residential building" immediately after "clothesline" in the second line.

 


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