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First
Session, 46th General Assembly 57
Elizabeth II, 2008 |
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AN ACT TO AMEND THE
FATAL ACCIDENTS ACT |
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Received and Read the First Time................................................................................................... |
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Second |
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Committee............................................................................................................................................ |
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Third |
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Royal Assent...................................................................................................................................... |
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HONOURABLE
JEROME P. KENNEDY, Q.C. Minister of Justice and Attorney General |
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Ordered
to be printed by the Honourable House of Assembly |
EXPLANATORY NOTE This Bill would amend the Fatal Accidents Act to permit unmarried partners to commence an action under the Act. |
A BILL AN ACT TO AMEND THE FATAL Analysis 1.
S.2 Amdt. 2.
S.4 R&S Be it enacted by the Lieutenant-Governor and House of Assembly in Legislative Session convened, as follows: RSNL1990 cF-6 1. Section 2 of the Fatal Accidents Act is amended by deleting the word "and" at the end of paragraph (a), by deleting the period at the end of paragraph (b) and substituting a semicolon and the word "and" and by adding immediately after paragraph (b) the following: (c) "partner" means either of 2 persons who have cohabited in a conjugal relationship outside of marriage (i) for a period of at least 2 years, or (ii) for a period of at least one year, where they are, together, the biological or adoptive parents of a child. 2. Section 4 of the Act is repealed and the following substituted: By whom action brought 4. An action under this Act is for the benefit of the wife, husband, partner, parent and child of the person whose death is caused, and is brought by and in the name of the executor or administrator of the person deceased. |