Statutes of Newfoundland and Labrador 2011 Chapter 15

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AN ACT TO AMEND THE SUPPORT ORDERS ENFORCEMENT ACT, 2006

(Assented to May 31, 2011)

Analysis

Be it enacted by the Lieutenant-Governor and House of Assembly in Legislative Session convened, as follows:

SNL2006 cS-31.1
as amended

1. (1) Paragraph 8(e) of the Support Orders Enforcement Act, 2006 is repealed and the following substituted:

(e) where the creditor wilfully fails to or refuses to provide information to the director that the director requires to enforce the support order;

(2) Section 8 of the Act is amended by deleting the word "or" at the end of paragraph (k), by deleting the period at the end of paragraph (l) and substituting a semi-colon and the word "or", and by adding immediately after that paragraph the following:

(m) where the director is satisfied that the creditor and the debtor no longer reside in the jurisdiction.

2. Section 14 of the Act is amended by adding immediately after subsection (1) the following:

(1.1) The debtor shall serve a notice of an application under subsection (1) on the director.