BILL NO. 124

(as passed)

2nd Session, 62nd General Assembly
Nova Scotia
64 Elizabeth II, 2015



Government Bill



Social Workers Act
(amended)

CHAPTER 52 OF THE ACTS OF 2015



The Honourable Joanne Bernard
Minister of Community Services



First Reading: November 18, 2015 (LINK TO BILL AS INTRODUCED)

Second Reading: November 19, 2015

Third Reading: November 27, 2015

Royal Assent: December 18, 2015

An Act to Amend Chapter 12
of the Acts of 1993,
the Social Workers Act

Be it enacted by the Governor and Assembly as follows:

1 Section 2 of Chapter 12 of the Acts of 1993, the Social Workers Act, as amended by Chapter 19 of the Acts of 2001, is further amended by

(a) striking out clause (b);

(b) striking out "Association" in the second line of clause (d) and substituting "College";

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

(d) striking out "Association" in the first line of clause (f) and substituting "College";

(e) striking out "Association" in the first and in the second lines of clause (h) and substituting in each case "College"; and

(f) striking out "Association" in the second line of clause (m) and substituting "College".

2 Section 4 of Chapter 12 is repealed and the following Section substituted:

3 Section 5 of Chapter 12 is repealed and the following Sections substituted:

4 (1) Subsection 6(1) of Chapter 12 is amended by striking out "Association" in the third line and substituting "College".

(2) Subsection 6(2) of Chapter 12 is amended by striking out "Association" in the second line and substituting "College".

(3) Subsection 6(3) of Chapter 12 is amended by striking out "Association" in the first line and both times it appears in the second line and substituting in each case "College".

5 Section 7 of Chapter 12 is amended by striking out "Association" in the first and in the second lines and substituting in each case "College".

6 Section 8 of Chapter 12 is amended by striking out "Association" in the first line and substituting "College".

7 Section 9 of Chapter 12 is amended by striking out "Association" in the first line and substituting "College".

8 (1) Subsection 10(1) of Chapter 12 is amended by striking out "Association" in the first and second lines and substituting "College".

(2) Subsection 10(2) of Chapter 12 is amended by striking out "Association" in the first line and substituting "College".

9 (1) Subsection 11(1) of Chapter 12, as amended by Chapter 19 of the Acts of 2001, is further amended by

(a) striking out "Association" in the first line and substituting "College";

(b) striking out "Association" in the second line of clause (a) and substituting "College";

(c) striking out "Association" in the last line of clause (b) and substituting "College";

(d) striking out "Association" in the last line of clause (c) and substituting "College";

(e) striking out "Association" in the second line of clause (e) and substituting "College";

(f) striking out "Association" in the second line of clause (g) and substituting "College";

(g) striking out "Association" in the last line of clause (h) and substituting "College";

(h) striking out "Association" in the second line of clause (l) and substituting "College";

(i) striking out "Association" in the first and second lines of clause (m) and substituting "College"; and

(j) striking out "Association" in the last line of clause (n) and substituting "College".

(2) Subsection 11(2) of Chapter 12 is amended by striking out "Association" in the second and third lines and in the third line and substituting in each case "College".

10 (1) Subsection 12(1) of Chapter 12 is amended by

(a) striking out "Association" in the first line and substituting "College"; and

(b) adding "or appointed" immediately after "elected" in the third line of clause (a).

(2) Subsection 12(3) of Chapter 12 is amended by striking out "Association" in the fourth and fifth lines and substituting "College".

11 Section 14 of Chapter 12 is amended by striking out "Association" in the second line and substituting "College".

12 (1) Clause 15(1)(a) of Chapter 12, as amended by Chapter 19 of the Acts of 2001, is further amended by striking out "Association" in the fourth and fifth lines and substituting "College".

(2) Clause 15(6)(f) of Chapter 12 is amended by striking out "Association" in the first and second lines and substituting "College".

13 Section 20 of Chapter 12 is amended by

(a) striking out "Association" in the second line of clause (g) and substituting "College";

(b) striking out "Association" in the last line of clause (i) and substituting "College";

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

(d) adding immediately after clause (i) the following clauses:

14 Subsection 23(1) of Chapter 12 is repealed.

15 Section 25A of Chapter 12, as enacted by Chapter 19 of the Acts of 2001, is amended by striking out "Association" in the second line and substituting "College".

16 Section 26 of Chapter 12 is amended by striking out "Association" in the last line and substituting "College".

17 (1) Subsection 28(1) of Chapter 12 is repealed.

(2) Subsection 28(2) of Chapter 12 is amended by

(a) adding "written" immediately after "a" in the first line; and

(b) striking out "Association" both times it appears in the second line and substituting in each case "College".

18 (1) Subsection 29(1) of Chapter 12 is amended by

(a) adding "written" immediately after "investigate" in the second line;

(b) striking out "Association" in the third line and substituting "College.";

(c) striking out "but no action shall be taken by the Committee pursuant to subsection (2) unless" in the third and fourth lines; and

(d) striking out clauses (a) and (b).

(2) Section 29 of Chapter 12, as amended by Chapter 19 of the Acts of 2001, is further amended by adding immediately after subsection (1A) the following subsections:

(3) Subsection 29(4) of Chapter 12 is amended by striking out "Association" in the second line and substituting "College".

19 (1) Subsection 30(1) of Chapter 12 is amended by striking out "Association" in the fourth line and substituting "College".

(2) Subsection 30(6) of Chapter 12, as amended by Chapter 19 of the Acts of 2001, is further amended by striking out "Association" in the last line and substituting "College".

20 Clause 32(1)(b) of Chapter 12, as enacted by Chapter 19 of the Acts of 2001, is amended by striking out "Association" in the first line and substituting "College".

21 Subsection 33(1) of Chapter 12 is amended by striking out "Association" in the second line and substituting "College".

22 Section 34 of Chapter 12, as amended by Chapter 19 of the Acts of 2001, is further amended by

(a) striking out "Association" in the second line of clause (g) and substituting "College";

(b) striking out "Association" in the third line of clause (j) and substituting "College"; and

(c) striking out "Association" in the last line of clause (k) and substituting "College".

23 Section 35 of Chapter 12 is amended by striking out "Association" in the first line and substituting "College".

24 Section 36 of Chapter 12 is amended by striking out "Association" in the first line and substituting "College".

25 Section 37 of Chapter 12, as enacted by Chapter 19 of the Acts of 2001, is amended by striking out "Association" in the second line and substituting "College".

26 Section 38 of Chapter 12, as amended by Chapter 19 of the Acts of 2001, is further amended by striking out "Association" in the second line and substituting "College".

27 Section 39 of Chapter 12 is amended by striking out "Association" in the second line and substituting "College".

28 Section 40 of Chapter 12 is amended by striking out "Association" in the second line and substituting "College".

29 Subsection 55(2) of Chapter 12 is amended by striking out "Association" in the second line and substituting "College".

30 Subsection 56(1) of Chapter 12 is amended by striking out "Board" in the second line and substituting "College".

31 Section 57 of Chapter 12 is amended by striking out "Association" in the first line and substituting "College".

32 Schedule A to Chapter 38 of the Acts of 2008, the Fair Registration Practices Act, is amended by striking out "Association" in the seventeenth line and substituting "College".

33 The Schedule to Chapter 48 of the Acts of 2012, the Regulated Health Professions Network Act, is amended by striking out "Association" in the ninth line and substituting "College".

34 This Act comes into force on such day as the Governor in Council orders by proclamation.


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