Be it enacted by the Lieutenant-Governor and
House of Assembly in Legislative Session convened, as follows:
Short title
1. This
Act may be cited as the Emergency Health and
Paramedicine Services Act.
Definitions
2. In
this Act
(a) "adverse health event" means an
occurrence that results in an unintended outcome which negatively affects a
patient's health or quality of life;
(b) "agreement" means an agreement made under
section 8;
(c) "ambulance" means a vehicle that is
designed, constructed or equipped to transport patients and provide other emergency
health services;
(d) "community paramedicine services"
means health services provided by a paramedicine provider to a person who does
not require emergency health services;
(e) "dispatch" means to direct a paramedicine
provider or an emergency medical vehicle to respond to a request for emergency
and paramedicine services;
(f) "emergency and paramedicine
services" includes
(i) emergency health services,
(ii) the routine transportation of patients, and
(iii) community paramedicine services;
(g) "emergency health services" means
the assessment, stabilization, treatment or transportation of a patient that is
required to preserve the patient's life or to prevent or alleviate serious harm
to the patient but does not include the assessment, stabilization or treatment
of a patient provided in a health care facility;
(h) "emergency medical vehicle" means
(i) an ambulance, and
(ii) another category of vehicle that is equipped
to provide emergency health services and is prescribed in the regulations;
(i) "health care facility" means a
facility operated by a regional health authority;
(j) "inspector" means a person appointed
under section 17;
(k) "minister" means the minister
appointed under the Executive Council Act
to administer this Act;
(l) "occurrence" means an undesired or
unplanned event that does not appear to be consistent with the safe provision
of health services;
(m) "operator" means a person who holds
a valid operator licence issued under section 7 and who
(i) is a regional health authority or another
crown agent, or
(ii) has entered into an agreement;
(n) "paramedicine provider" means a
person who holds a valid licence issued under section 15;
(o) "patient" means a person requiring
medical attention or who is under medical care;
(p) "personal health information" means
personal health information as defined in the Personal Health Information Act;
(q) "provincial medical director" means
a person appointed under section 6; and
(r) "regional health authority" means a
regional health authority established under the Regional Health Authorities Act.
Non-application
of Act
3. This
Act does not apply to
(a) a person providing emergency medical services
or first aid assistance in circumstances to which the Emergency Medical Aid Act applies;
(b) a person based outside the province providing a
service for the interprovincial transportation of patients;
(c) police, firefighters, lifeguards and other
persons prescribed in the regulations who are not paramedicine providers;
(d) a person providing an emergency service during
(i) an emergency declared under the Emergency Services Act, or
(ii) a public health emergency declared under the Public Health Protection and Promotion Act;
(e) a person practising or studying a health
profession acting under the authority of an Act of the province; and
(f) a student enrolled in a paramedicine provider
education program at a post-secondary educational institution who is participating
in practical training under the direct supervision of a paramedicine provider.
Labrador Inuit
rights
4. This
Act and regulations made under this Act shall be read and applied in
conjunction with the Labrador Inuit Land
Claims Agreement Act and, where a provision of this Act or regulations made
under this Act is inconsistent or conflicts with a provision, term or condition
of the Labrador Inuit Land Claims
Agreement Act, the provision, term or condition of the Labrador Inuit Land Claims Agreement Act shall have precedence over
the provision of this Act or a regulation made under this Act.
Powers of
minister
5. (1)
The minister may
(a) establish standards for the management,
operation and use of emergency medical vehicles in the provision of emergency
and paramedicine services, including standards relating to
(i) the services to be provided and the procedures
to be followed by paramedicine providers, and
(ii) the number and category of paramedicine
providers required to be present in an emergency medical vehicle;
(b) establish standards for the management and provision
of emergency and paramedicine services;
(c) establish one or more communication centres
for the dispatch of paramedicine providers and emergency medical vehicles
throughout the province;
(d) prescribe the technical specifications of emergency
medical vehicles; and
(e) set the rates that operators are required to charge
for the provision of emergency and paramedicine services.
(2) The minister shall monitor compliance with
this Act, the regulations, an agreement and the standards, protocols and
guidelines established under the authority of this Act.
(3) The minister may delegate, in writing, the
following powers and duties conferred on him or her under this Act:
(a) licensing operators and paramedicine providers;
and
(b) monitoring compliance with this Act, the
regulations, an agreement and the standards, protocols and guidelines established
under the authority of this Act.
Provincial
medical director
6. (1) The
minister shall appoint a medical practitioner to be the provincial medical
director who shall have the qualifications prescribed in the regulations.
(2) The provincial medical director shall
(a) act as a medical advisor to the minister on
matters respecting emergency and paramedicine services;
(b) establish or adopt, in whole or in part, protocols
and guidelines for the provision of emergency and paramedicine services by paramedicine
providers;
(c) provide a copy of the protocols and guidelines
to each regional health authority;
(d) develop a quality assurance program relating
to emergency and paramedicine services;
(e) direct and authorize paramedicine providers to
provide emergency and paramedicine services in accordance with
(i) his or her verbal direction, or
(ii) the standards, protocols and guidelines
established under the authority of this Act; and
(f) perform other duties and functions as prescribed
in the regulations.
(3) The provincial medical director may delegate,
in writing, his or her power under paragraph (2)(e).
(4) Protocols and guidelines established or
adopted by the provincial medical director under paragraph (2)(b) shall not
conflict with
(a) any standards established by the minister; and
(b) generally accepted professional standards.
Operator licences
7. (1) An
applicant shall apply in writing to the minister for an operator licence in the
form prescribed by the minister.
(2) The minister may issue an operator licence to
an applicant where the minister is satisfied that
(a) the emergency and paramedicine services proposed
by the applicant will be provided in accordance with this Act, the regulations and
any standards, protocols and guidelines established under the authority of this
Act;
(b) the vehicles proposed by the applicant to be
used in the provision of emergency and paramedicine services are in compliance
with the requirements of this Act, the regulations and any other Act or
regulations of the province or of Canada;
(c) the
emergency and paramedicine services proposed by the applicant will, based on
the safety record of the applicant where the applicant was previously licensed
as an operator under this Act or the Motor
Carrier Act, be provided in a
safe manner; and
(d) the applicant satisfies the other requirements
prescribed in the regulations.
(3) The minister may impose terms and conditions
on an operator licence, including terms and conditions respecting
(a) the geographic location in which an operator
may provide emergency and paramedicine services; and
(b) the number of emergency medical vehicles an
operator may operate.
(4) An operator licence shall expire in accordance
with the regulations.
(5) The minister may prescribe by regulation
different categories of operator licences.
Agreement
8. The
minister may enter into an agreement for the provision of emergency and
paramedicine services with a person who holds a valid operator licence.
Emergency and
paramedicine services
9. (1)
A person, other than a regional health authority or another crown agent, shall
not provide emergency and paramedicine services unless the person
(a) holds a valid operator licence issued under
this Act; and
(b) has entered into an agreement.
(2) A regional health authority or another crown
agent shall not provide emergency and paramedicine services unless the regional
health authority or crown agent holds a valid operator licence issued under
this Act.
Duties of operator
10. An operator shall
(a) provide emergency and paramedicine services in
compliance with this Act, the regulations, any other Act or regulations of the
province or of Canada, an agreement and the standards, protocols and guidelines
established under the authority of this Act;
(b) comply with the terms and conditions of the
operator licence issued under this Act;
(c) manage human and material resources in conformity
with an agreement;
(d) carry out any quality improvement measures
required by the provincial medical director;
(e) maintain insurance coverage in accordance with
the regulations;
(f) report and disclose an adverse health event in
accordance with the regulations;
(g) provide emergency and paramedicine services in
emergency medical vehicles that meet the specifications prescribed in the regulations;
(h) only employ paramedicine providers to provide
emergency and paramedicine services; and
(i) only use or permit an emergency medical
vehicle to be used for the purposes stated in the operator licence.
Renewal of operator
licence
11. The
minister may renew an operator licence in accordance with the regulations.
Variation, suspension
or cancellation of operator licence
12. (1) The
minister may vary, suspend or cancel an operator licence where
(a) the operator contravenes this Act, the
regulations, any other Act or regulations of the province or of Canada, an agreement
or the standards, protocols or guidelines established under the authority of this
Act;
(b) the minister is satisfied that the operator is
unable to provide emergency and paramedicine services in accordance with this
Act, the regulations, an agreement or the standards, protocols or guidelines
established under the authority of this Act;
(c) the minister is satisfied that the operator is
unable to comply with the terms and conditions of the operator licence;
(d) the operator obtained the operator licence based
on false representations;
(e) the operator modified the emergency and
paramedicine services required under the licence or an agreement without the
approval of the minister;
(f) the operator provided emergency and
paramedicine services negligently or in a manner prejudicial to the health or
safety of individuals requiring emergency and paramedicine services; or
(g) the minister is satisfied that it is in the
public interest to vary, suspend or cancel the operator licence.
(2) The minister shall give an operator at least
60 days notice before varying, suspending or cancelling an operator licence.
(3) A notice under subsection (2) shall state
(a) the reasons for varying, suspending or cancelling
the operator licence; and
(b) the corrective action required to prevent the minister
from varying, suspending or cancelling the operator licence.
(4) Where the operator takes the corrective action
required under the notice referred to in subsection (2) to the satisfaction of
the minister within 60 days of receiving the notice, the minister shall not
vary, suspend or cancel the operator licence.
(5) Where the operator does not take the
corrective action required under the notice referred to in subsection (2), the
minister may, in addition to varying, suspending or cancelling the licence,
provide the emergency and paramedicine services that the operator was providing
or authorize a crown agent to provide those services.
(6) Notwithstanding subsections (2) and (4), where
the minister is of the opinion that a shorter time period is necessary to
protect the public, the minister may give an operator less notice than prescribed
in subsections (2) and (4).
Transfer
13. (1)
An operator licence shall not be transferred.
(2) Where an operator transfers the ownership of
shares carrying 50% or more of the voting rights to one or more persons, the
operator licence shall be cancelled unless the minister is satisfied that the
person to whom the shares are being transferred will provide emergency and
paramedicine services in accordance with this Act, the regulations, any other
Act or regulations of the province or of Canada, an agreement and any
standards, protocols and guidelines established under the authority of this
Act.
Suspension or
discontinuance of service by operator
14. An
operator shall not suspend or discontinue an emergency and paramedicine service
unless the operator obtains the prior approval of the minister in accordance
with the regulations.
Paramedicine
provider
15. (1) An
applicant shall apply in writing to the minister for a paramedicine provider
licence in the form prescribed by the minister.
(2) The minister may issue a paramedicine provider
licence to an applicant where the applicant satisfies the requirements
prescribed in the regulations.
(3) The minister may impose terms and conditions
on a paramedicine provider licence.
(4) A paramedicine provider shall comply with
(a) this Act and the regulations;
(b) standards established by the minister; and
(c) protocols and guidelines established by the
provincial medical director.
(5) A paramedicine provider licence shall expire
in accordance with the regulations.
(6) The minister may vary, suspend, cancel or renew
a paramedicine provider licence in accordance with the regulations.
(7) The minister may prescribe by regulation
different categories of paramedicine provider licences.
(8) A paramedicine provider shall act in accordance
with his or her scope of practice unless otherwise authorized by the provincial
medical director.
(9) Where a paramedicine provider is dispatched to
a premises in response to a request for emergency health services, the paramedicine
provider may enter the premises, including a dwelling-house, without a warrant
where he or she reasonably believes that a person in the premises requires
emergency health services immediately.
(10) A paramedicine provider referred to in subsection
(9) may use reasonable force to enter the premises where necessary.
Review of
decisions
16. (1) A
person may request a review of a decision of the minister under this Act or the
regulations.
(2) A request for review under subsection (1)
shall be in writing and made to the minister within 30 days of the date the
person received notice of the decision.
(3) A request for review under this section does not
stay the decision being reviewed.
(4) The minister shall allow the person requesting
the review to make submissions in accordance with the regulations.
(5) The minister may confirm, reverse or vary a
decision reviewed under this section.
(6) The minister's decision under subsection (5) is
final and binding.
Inspectors
17. The
minister may appoint a person or a category of persons to act as inspectors for
the purposes of this Act and the regulations.
Inspections
18. (1) An
inspector, may, without a warrant, at all reasonable times, inspect or examine
the premises, emergency medical vehicles, processes, books and records of a
person that the inspector considers relevant for
(a) the purpose of determining compliance with
this Act, the regulations, an agreement or the standards, protocols or
guidelines established under the authority of this Act, including all records
related to staff schedules, payroll, inventory, maintenance and cleaning of emergency
medical vehicles, patient fee collections, dispatch and insurance;
(b) the purpose of evaluating the emergency and
paramedicine services being provided by an operator;
(c) the purpose of assessing the registration,
inspection and maintenance of an emergency medical vehicle; and
(d) other purposes related to the administration,
compliance or enforcement of this Act, the regulations, an agreement or the standards,
protocols or guidelines established under the authority of this Act.
(2) An inspector may, without a warrant,
(a) enter any premises
(i) where an emergency medical vehicle is located,
(ii) where any property, books or records relating
to the provision of emergency and paramedicine services are or may be kept, or
(iii) where anything is done or is suspected by the
inspector of being done in connection with a requirement of this Act, the
regulations, an agreement or any standards, protocols or guidelines established
under the authority of this Act;
(b) make copies, extracts, photographs or videos
the inspector considers necessary;
(c) require the operator or the owner or person in
charge of a premises to give the inspector all reasonable assistance, including
the production of books and records as requested by the inspector, and to
answer all questions relating to the administration, compliance or enforcement
of this Act, the regulations, an agreement or the standards, protocols or guidelines
established under the authority of this Act and, for that purpose, require the operator
or owner or person in charge to attend at the premises with the inspector; and
(d) require the operator or the owner or person in
charge to make available the means to generate and manipulate books and records
that are in machine readable or electronic form and any other means or
information necessary for the inspector to assess the books and records.
(3) Notwithstanding subsections (1) and (2), an
inspector shall not enter a dwelling-house without the consent of the occupant
except under the authority of a warrant.
Warrants
19. (1) Where
an inspector under this Act
(a) is denied entry to a premises, emergency
medical vehicle or dwelling-house to carry out an inspection; or
(b) believes on reasonable and probable grounds
that there has been a contravention of this Act or the regulations,
the inspector may file an application with
the Provincial Court
for a warrant.
(2) Where a Provincial Court judge is satisfied on
the basis of an inspector's sworn information that there are reasonable grounds
to believe that the inspector has been denied entry to a premises, emergency
medical vehicle or dwelling-house to carry out an inspection or there has been
a contravention of this Act or the regulations, the judge may issue a warrant
authorizing the inspector to do one or both of the following:
(a) enter the premises, emergency medical vehicle
or dwelling-house and carry out an inspection under this Act; or
(b) seize or remove any of the books or records
that may be required as evidence of contravention and may retain those
documents until the time they are required in a court proceeding.
(3) A
Provincial Court judge may receive and consider an
application for a warrant or extension of a warrant without notice to the operator or the owner or person in charge of
the premises, emergency medical vehicle or dwelling-house.
(4) An operator or an owner or a person in charge
of a premises or an emergency medical vehicle and their employees, or an
occupant of a dwelling-house shall not obstruct an inspector while the
inspector is exercising the powers and performing the duties and functions as authorized
by the warrant.
(5) At the request of an inspector, a peace officer
shall assist in enforcing a warrant.
Telewarrant
20. (1) Where,
in the opinion of an inspector it would not be practical to appear before a
Provincial Court judge to apply for a warrant, the inspector may make the
application by telephone or other means of telecommunication.
(2) Where the information
on which an application for a warrant is submitted by telephone or other means
of telecommunication, the information shall be given under oath or affirmation,
and the oath or affirmation may be administered by telephone or other means of
telecommunication.
(3) The information
submitted by telephone or other means of telecommunication shall include
(a) a statement of the circumstances that make it
impracticable for the inspector to appear personally before a Provincial Court
judge; and
(b) a statement of the inspector's grounds for
believing that a person has contravened this Act or the regulations or that entry
onto public or private premises where a contravention of this Act or the
regulations is believed to occur has been denied.
(4) The sworn or affirmed
information submitted by telephone or other means of telecommunication by an
inspector shall specify the name of the person giving evidence, the facts
ascertained and the manner and location in which evidence was received, and a
record of that information shall be filed by the Provincial Court judge with
the clerk of the court over which the judge presides.
(5) Where an inspector
acts under the authority of a warrant obtained under this section, he or she
shall provide a facsimile of the warrant to the operator or the owner or
employee of the premises at the time the warrant is carried out.
(6) In subsection (5),
"facsimile" includes a record produced by electronic means or a
written record of a telephone conversation made by both parties to the
conversation while it is in progress and which the parties have confirmed as to
its accuracy by reading their record of the conversation to one another at the
end of the conversation.
Report by inspector
21. (1) An
inspector shall prepare a report which sets out the findings and results of the
inspection.
(2) An inspector shall provide a copy of the
report to the minister, operator and those other persons prescribed in the
regulations.
Disclosure of personal
health information
22. An
operator shall, at the request of the minister and without the consent of the
person who is the subject of the information, disclose to the minister personal
health information for the purposes of
(a) determining or providing payment to the operator
for the provision of emergency and paramedicine services or for processing,
monitoring, verifying or reimbursing claims for payment for the provision of emergency
health and paramedicine services;
(b) delivering, evaluating or monitoring a program
of the minister that relates to the provision of emergency health and paramedicine
services; and
(c) review and planning that relates to the
provision of emergency health and paramedicine services.
Prohibiton
23. A
person shall not discipline, suspend, demote, dismiss, discharge, harass,
interfere with or otherwise disadvantage another person or threaten to do any
of those things to another person where that person, in good faith, complies
with this Act, the regulations or the standards, protocols or guidelines
established under the authority of this Act.
False or
misleading information
24. A
person shall not knowingly provide false or misleading information, either
orally or in writing, to the minister or his or her delegate, the provincial
medical director or his or her delegate or an inspector while he or she is
exercising powers or carrying out duties or functions under this Act, the
regulations or the standards, protocols or guidelines established under the
authority of this Act.
Protection from
liability
25. (1) An
action does not lie against a person who, in good faith, complies with this Act,
the regulations or the standards, protocols or guidelines established under the
authority of this Act.
(2) An action does not lie against the minister or
his or her delegate, a regional health authority, a crown agent, the provincial
medical director or his or her delegate, an inspector, an operator, a paramedicine
provider or any other person acting under the authority of this Act, the
regulations or the standards, protocols or guidelines established under the
authority of this Act for anything done or omitted to be done in good faith
(a) in the performance or intended performance of
a duty imposed under this Act or the regulations; or
(b) in the exercise or intended exercise of a
power conferred under this Act or the regulations.
Liability of
operator
26. Where
a person employed or engaged by an operator acts within the scope of his or her
practice, an act, omission or failure to act of that person shall be considered
to be the act, omission or failure of the operator.
Advance health
care directive
27. Where
a paramedicine provider is aware that the patient has an advance health care
directive under the Advance Health Care Directives
Act, the paramedicine provider shall comply with the advance health care
directive.
Offences
28. (1) A
person who contravenes this Act or the regulations is guilty of an offence and
is liable on summary conviction
(a) in the case of an individual, to a fine of not
more than $10,000 or to imprisonment for a term of not more than 12 months, or
to both; and
(b) in the case of a corporation, to a fine of not
more than $50,000.
(2) A prosecution for an offence under this Act
shall be commenced within 2 years of the date of discovery of the offence.
Statutory review
29. The
minister shall, every 5 years, conduct a review of this Act and the regulations
and consider the areas which may be improved.
Lieutenant-Governor
in Council regulations
30. The
Lieutenant-Governor in Council may make regulations
(a) prescribing other categories of vehicles for
the purposes of subparagraph 2(h)(ii) and establishing different requirements and
conditions for each category;
(b) respecting the variation, suspension and cancellation
of paramedicine provider licences;
(c) respecting submissions under subsection 16(4);
(d) exempting certain categories of emergency
medical vehicles, emergency and paramedicine services, operators and paramedicine
providers from this Act or sections of this Act;
(e) respecting the provision of emergency and
paramedicine services by emergency medical vehicles where transportation by the
emergency medical vehicle is not for compensation;
(f) incorporating by reference, in whole or in
part, a written standard, rule or guideline, as it reads on a prescribed day or
as it is amended from time to time;
(g) defining a word or phrase used but not defined
in this Act; and
(h) generally, to give effect to this Act.
Ministerial regulations
31. The
minister may make regulations
(a) respecting the reporting and disclosure of an
adverse health event;
(b) prescribing the qualifications of the
provincial medical director;
(c) respecting other duties and functions of the
provincial medical director;
(d) prescribing the qualifications of paramedicine
providers;
(e) respecting applications for licences;
(f) establishing different categories of licences
and establishing different requirements, standards and conditions for each category;
(g) respecting the expiration and renewal of
licences;
(h) prescribing persons for the purpose of
paragraph 3(c);
(i) respecting the specifications of emergency
medical vehicles;
(j) respecting the purpose for which an emergency
medical vehicle may be used;
(k) respecting the insurance coverage that shall
be carried by an operator;
(l) prescribing persons to whom a copy of an
inspector's report shall be provided;
(m) prescribing the emergency and paramedicine services
that a paramedicine provider may provide;
(n) respecting the process for obtaining approval
under section 14;
(o) prescribing time periods for notices and
decisions under this Act;
(p) incorporating by reference, in whole or in
part, a written standard, rule or guideline, as it reads on a prescribed day or
as it is amended from time to time;
(q) defining a word or phrase used but not defined
in this Act; and
(r) generally, to give effect to this Act.
Fees and forms
32. The
minister may set fees and establish forms for the purpose and administration of
this Act and the regulations.
Transitional
33. (1) On the coming into force of this
Act, a valid motor carrier certificate relating to the operation of a vehicle
designed or used for the transportation of ill or injured persons on a highway
issued under the Motor Carrier Act
shall continue to be valid as if it were an operator licence issued under this
Act until whichever of the following occurs first:
(a) the
certificate expires; or
(b) 3
months after the coming into force of this Act.
(2) On
the coming into force of this Act, the registration of a paramedicine provider in
accordance with the Provincial Medical Oversight Policies and Procedures Manual
shall continue to be valid as if it were a paramedicine provider licence issued
under this Act until it expires.
SNL1995 cP-37.1
Amdt.
34. (1) Paragraphs 11(1)(jj) and (kk) of
the Health and Community Services Act
are repealed.
(2) Subsection
11(6) of the Act is repealed.
RSNL1990 cH-3
Amdt.
35. (1)
Paragraph 2(a.2) of the Highway Traffic
Act is repealed.
(2) Subparagraph
2(v)(iii) of the Act is repealed and the following substituted:
(iii) an emergency medical vehicle responding to a
call or transporting a patient where there is an emergency justifying a rate of
speed in excess of a maximum rate of speed provided for in this Act;
(3) Section
2 of the Act is amended by adding immediately after paragraph (u) the
following:
(u.1) "emergency medical vehicle" means
emergency medical vehicle as defined in the Emergency
Health and Paramedicine Services Act;
(4) Section
77 of the Act is repealed and the following substituted:
Insuring
emergency medical vehicles, etc.
77. The
minister may make regulations respecting
(a) the coverage of emergency medical vehicles,
buses, school buses, taxis and commercial motor vehicles by insurance;
(a.1) the coverage by insurance of motor vehicles
which are contracted to school boards in the province for the transportation of
students to and from school and school related activities;
(b) the form and kind of an insurance policy
respecting a vehicle referred to in paragraphs (a) and (a.1);
(c) the amount of insurance;
(d) other matters or things in connection with
that insurance; and
(e) the imposition of penalties for a violation of
those regulations.
(5) Subsection
123(4) of the Act is repealed and the following substituted:
(4) A driver of an emergency medical vehicle is
considered to be responding to an emergency call from the time the driver
receives the call until he or she arrives at the destination of the passenger.
(6) Paragraph
176.1(3)(a) of the Act is repealed and the following substituted:
(a) the driver of an emergency medical vehicle,
fire department vehicle or police vehicle;
(7) Paragraph
176.1(4)(a) of the Act is repealed and the following substituted:
(a) a device to contact emergency medical vehicle,
police or fire department emergency services; or
RSNL1990 cM-19
Amdt.
36. (1) Paragraph 2(a) of the Motor Carrier Act is repealed.
(2) Paragraph
3(1)(f) of the Act is repealed and the following substituted:
(f) a vehicle while being operated under the
management and control or in accordance with a franchise or licence granted by
or on behalf of
(i) the City of St. John's, other than a vehicle
operating outside the limits of that city under subsection 216(3) of the City of St. John's Act,
(ii) the City of Corner Brook,
(iii) the City of Mount Pearl,
or
(iv) a town, community or region established or
continued under the Municipalities Act,
for the purpose of a municipal undertaking;
(3) Paragraph
4(1)(a) of the Act is repealed.
(4) Paragraph
6(1)(a) of the Act is repealed.
(5) Paragraph
28(1)(hh) of the Act is repealed.
(6) Subsection
28(2) of the Act is repealed.
Commencement
37. This
Act, or a section, subsection, paragraph or subparagraph of this Act, comes
into force on a day or days to be proclaimed by the Lieutenant-Governor in
Council.
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