BILL NO. 43

(as introduced)

3rd Session, 58th General Assembly
Nova Scotia
52 Elizabeth II, 2003

Government Bill

Members' Retiring Allowances Act
(amended)

The Honourable Neil J. LeBlanc
Minister of Finance

First Reading: April 30, 2003

(Explanatory Note)

Second Reading: May 9, 2003

Third Reading: May 22, 2003 (LINK TO BILL AS PASSED)

This Bill amends the provisions relating to the payment of a deceased recipient's allowance to their spouse and dependants under the Members' Retiring Allowances Act to make them the same as those provided under the Public Service Superannuation Act.

Be it enacted by the Governor and Assembly as follows:

1 Subsection 13(1) of Chapter 282 of the Revised Statutes, 1989, the Members' Retiring Allowances Act is amended by

(a) striking out "sixty" in the first and in the fourth lines of clause (c) and substituting in each case "sixty-six and two-thirds";

(b) striking out "forty" in the eighteenth line of clause (d) and substituting "thirty-three and one-third"; and

(c) striking out "sixty" in the twentieth line of clause (d) and substituting "sixty-six and two-thirds".