BILL NO. 169

(as introduced)

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



Private Member's Bill



Environment Act
(amended)



The Honourable Darrell Dexter
Cole Harbour



First Reading: May 13, 2008

(Explanatory Note)

Second Reading:

Third Reading:

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Explanatory Note

This Bill amends the Environment Act to require that companies that manufacture or import motor vehicles for sale in Nova Scotia must provide Nova Scotian motor vehicle owners and repair facilities the service and training information and make available to them the diagnostic tools and capabilities necessary to service, diagnose and repair those motor vehicles.

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An Act to Amend Chapter 1
of the Acts of 1994-95,
the Environment Act

WHEREAS vehicle manufacturers are restricting access to the software, training and tools needed to maintain and repair new vehicles;

AND WHEREAS this is making it more difficult for independent repair facilities to service new vehicles and more difficult for consumers, especially in our rural communities, to access competitively-priced vehicle maintenance and repair services;

AND WHEREAS properly maintained and repaired vehicles emit fewer air pollutants and greenhouse gases into the environment;

THEREFORE be it enacted by the Governor and Assembly as follows:

1 Chapter 1 of the Acts of 1994-95, the Environment Act, is amended by adding immediately after Section 111 the following Section:

2 Subsection 112(1) of Chapter 1 is amended by adding immediately after clause (e) the following clauses:

3 The Governor in Council shall, within one hundred eighty days after the coming into force of this Act, make regulations for carrying into effect the purposes of Section 111A.

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