CHAPTER 30

AN ACT TO AMEND THE LABOUR
STANDARDS ACT

(Assented to June 7, 2016)

Analysis

        1.   Ss.65.1 & 65.2 Added
65.1 Clearance certificates
65.2 Fees previously
        collected

        2.   Commencement

 

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

RSNL1990 cL-2
as amended

        1. The Labour Standards Act is amended by adding immediately after section 65 the following:

Clearance certificates

   65.1 (1) The minister shall establish a system to provide information respecting the status of an employer under this Act, and may determine the information that may be provided.

             (2)  A person may request a clearance certificate from the minister via electronic means.

             (3)  A request under subsection (2) shall be accompanied by the fee prescribed in subsection (4) and the information required by the minister to identify the employer concerning whom the clearance certificate is requested.

             (4)  The application fee for processing a clearance certificate is $75.

             (5)  In this section, "clearance certificate" means a certificate provided by the minister indicating the status of an employer under this Act on the date the certificate is issued.

Fees previously collected

   65.2 (1) Notwithstanding subsection 65.1(4), the application fee for processing a clearance certificate from April 1, 2013 to March 31, 2016 is $50.

             (2)  An application fee for processing a clearance certificate which was collected in the time period referred to in subsection (1) is considered to have been validly imposed and collected.

Commencement

        2. This Act comes into force 60 days after the day on which it receives Royal Assent.

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