BILL NO. 20

1st Session, 58th General Assembly
Nova Scotia
48 Elizabeth II, 1999



Government Bill



Emergency "911" Act (amended)



The Honourable Jamie A. Muir
Minister responsible for the Emergency Measures Act



First Reading: November 9, 1999

(Explanatory Note)

Second Reading: November 22, 1999

Third Reading: November 23, 1999 (WITH COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS)

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Explanatory Note

This Bill will allow competitive local exchange carriers or other companies that provide local telecommunication services to be service providers under this Act of the same status as MTT, enhance access to 911 service for disabled persons, provide for the establishment of necessary operational policies and procedures and authorize the recovery of costs associated with administering the service.

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An Act to Amend Chapter 4
of the Acts of 1992,
the Emergency "911" Act

Be it enacted by the Governor and Assembly as follows:

1 Section 3 of Chapter 4 of the Acts of 1992, the Emergency "911" Act, as amended by Chapter 38 of the Acts of 1994, is further amended by

(a) renumbering clause (a) as clause (aa) and adding immediately before the renumbered clause (aa) the following clause:

and

(b) adding "and its successors and assigns" immediately after "Limited" the last time it occurs in the second line of clause (e).

2 Section 5 of Chapter 4 is amended by

(a) striking out "city" in the first line of clause (a) and substituting "regional municipality";

(b) striking out "city" in the fourth line of clause (e) and substituting "regional municipality";

(c) striking out "cities" in the first line of subclause (h)(i) and substituting "regional municipalities";

(d) striking out the period at the end of clause (i) and substituting a semicolon; and

(e) adding the following clause immediately after clause (i):

3 (1) Subsection 7(1) of Chapter 4 is amended by adding "or a CLEC" immediately after "Maritime" in the first and in the sixth lines.

(2) Subsection 7(5) of Chapter 4 is amended by adding "or the regulations" immediately after "Act" in the second line.

4 Section 8 of Chapter 4 is amended by adding "or a CLEC" immediately after "Maritime" in the third and in the fourth lines.

5 Section 9 of Chapter 4 is repealed and the following Section is substituted:

6 Section 11 of Chapter 4 is amended by striking out "No" in the first line and substituting "Except with the written approval of the Minister or a person designated by the Minister, no".

7 Subsection 14(1) of Chapter 4 is amended by adding the following clause immediately after clause (e):

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