2nd Session, 59th General Assembly
Nova Scotia
55 Elizabeth II, 2006
Frank Corbett
Cape Breton Centre
First Reading: May 11, 2006
Second Reading:
Third Reading:
This Bill requires the Governor in Council to pass regulations adding primary-site lung cancer, primary-site colorectal cancer and primary-site ureter cancer to the table of diseases set out in Section 2 of the Firefighters' Compensation Regulations.
1 (1) Section 35A of Chapter 10 of the Acts of 1994-95, the Workers' Compensation Act, as enacted by Chapter 5 of the Acts of 2003, is amended by adding immediately after subsection (5) the following subsections:
(5B) In addition to the requirements of subsection (5A), the presumption for a primary-site lung cancer only applies to a worker who was a non-smoker immediately before the day of the accident for the minimum period of time determined by the Governor in Council by regulation.
(2) Subsection 35A(6) of Chapter 10 is amended by striking out "subsection (5)" in the second line and substituting "this Section".