BILL NO. 60

(as introduced)

3rd Session, 62nd General Assembly
Nova Scotia
65 Elizabeth II, 2016

Private Member's Bill

Public Interest Disclosure of Wrongdoing Act
(amended)

The Honourable David A. Wilson
Sackville–Cobequid

First Reading: November 2, 2016

(Explanatory Note)

Second Reading: November 8, 2016

Third Reading: November 10, 2016 (LINK TO BILL AS PASSED)

This Bill makes the Public Interest Disclosure of Wrongdoing Act applicable to all government agencies, boards and commissions and to school boards.

Be it enacted by the Governor and Assembly as follows:

1 Section 3 of Chapter 42 of the Acts of 2010, the Public Interest Disclosure of Wrongdoing Act, is amended by

(a) relettering clause (a) as (aa) and adding immediately before that clause the following clause:

(a) "agency, board or commission" means any corporation or other organization

(i) of which the majority of outstanding voting shares are vested in Her Majesty in right of the Province,

(ii) of which the majority of the members of the board of directors or other governing body are appointed by order of the Governor in Council, or are or may be appointed, under legislation or otherwise, by the Government, any agency of the Government or a member of the Executive Council,

(iii) whose board reports to Her Majesty in right of the Province, the Government, any agency of the Government or a member of the Executive Council or is accountable, directly or indirectly, to Her Majesty in right of the Province, the Government, any agency of the Government or a member of the Executive Council in the discharge of its duties, or

(iv) that is a not-for-profit organization that delivers programs or services on behalf of the Government under legislation or pursuant to an order in council, contract or agreement and receives substantially all its revenues from Government funding or from funding and service fees to the Government or program clients that is allowed under the legislation, order in council, contract or agreement;

(b) adding "and includes the chief executive of an agency, board or commission and the superintendent of a school board" immediately after "head" in the last line of clause (aa);

(c) adding "and includes an agency board or commission or a school board" immediately after "regulations" in the last line of clause (f); and

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

(ia) "school board" means a school board as defined in the Education Act;

2 Subsection 26(4) of Chapter 42 is amended by

(a) striking out "and" immediately after clause (a); and

(b) adding immediately after clause (a) the following clause:

(aa) the Minister of Education and Early Childhood Development, in the case of a school board; and

3 Subsection 27(2) of Chapter 42 is amended by

(a) striking out "and" immediately after clause (a); and

(b) adding immediately after clause (a) the following clause:

(aa) the Minister of Education and Early Childhood Development, in the case of a school board; and