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First Session, 51st General Assembly

5 Charles III, 2026

BILL 32

AN ACT TO AMEND THE WORKPLACE HEALTH, SAFETY AND COMPENSATION ACT, 2022 NO. 3

Received and Read the First Time................................................................

Second Reading............................................................................................

Committee.....................................................................................................

Third Reading...............................................................................................

Royal Assent.................................................................................................

HONOURABLE LLOYD PARROTT

Minister of Government Services

Ordered to be printed by the Honourable House of Assembly

 

EXPLANATORY NOTES

This Bill would amend the Workplace Health, Safety and Compensation Act, 2022 to

ˇ         remove the restriction that the presumption for the listed diseases does not apply to a firefighter or volunteer firefighter who is regularly exposed to the hazards of a forest fire scene; and

ˇ         remove the age restriction in relation to the presumption for primary colorectal cancer.

 

 

A BILL

AN ACT TO AMEND THE WORKPLACE HEALTH, SAFETY AND COMPENSATION ACT, 2022 NO. 3

Analysis

        1.   S.109 Amdt.
Presumption

        2.   S.111 Amdt.
Application

        3.   Commencement

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

SNL2022 cW-11.1
as amended

        1. (1) Paragraph 109(2)(b) of the Workplace Health, Safety and Compensation Act, 2022 is repealed and the following substituted:

             (b)  who has been regularly exposed to the hazards of a fire scene throughout that period.

             (2)  Subsection 109(4) of the Act is repealed.

 

        2. Section 111 of the Act is amended by deleting the word "and" at the end of paragraph (c), deleting the period at the end of paragraph (d) and substituting a semi-colon and the word "and" and adding immediately after paragraph (d) the following:

             (e)  a firefighter or volunteer firefighter who has been regularly exposed to the hazards of a forest fire scene who is diagnosed with a listed disease referred to in paragraph 108(e) on or after December 1, 2026.

Commencement

        3. This Act comes into force on December 1, 2026.        

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