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Third Session, 44th General Assembly 50 Elizabeth II, 2001 |
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AN ACT RESPECTING THE NAME OF THE PROVINCE |
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Received and Read the First Time |
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Second Reading |
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Committee |
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Third Reading |
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Royal Assent |
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HONOURABLE ROGER GRIMES Premier |
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Ordered to be printed by the Honourable House of Assembly |
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EXPLANATORY NOTE This Bill would amend those Acts of the province that refer to the province as "Newfoundland" to refer instead to "Newfoundland and Labrador".
A BILL AN ACT RESPECTING THE NAME OF THE PROVINCE Analysis 1. Short title 2. Reference to Newfoundland 3. Exclusions 4. Commencement 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 Newfoundland and Labrador Act. Reference to Newfoundland 2. An Act that contains a reference to "Newfoundland" is amended to refer to "Newfoundland and Labrador". Exclusions 3. Section 2 does not apply to (a) the Royal Newfoundland Constabulary; (b) an Act relating to the Memorial University of Newfoundland, its pension plan or the foundation; or (c) an Act incorporating a professional or occupational group that includes the name "Newfoundland" in its title. Commencement 4. This Act comes into force on the day the Constitution Amendment, 2001 (Newfoundland and Labrador) comes into force.
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