BILL NO. 141

(as introduced)

2nd Session, 60th General Assembly
Nova Scotia
57 Elizabeth II, 2008

Private Member's Bill

Consumer Reporting Act
(amended)

Graham Steele
Halifax Fairview

First Reading: April 28, 2008

(Explanatory Note)

Second Reading:

Third Reading:

This Bill amends the Consumer Reporting Act to permit a consumer reporting agency to charge a reasonable fee for access by a consumer through the Internet to the consumer's own information.

1 Section 12 of Chapter 93 of the Revised Statutes, 1989, the Consumer Reporting Act, is amended by adding immediately after subsection (3) the following subsection:

(3A) The disclosures required by this Section may, at the request of the consumer, be made through the Internet upon the payment by the consumer of a reasonable fee.