Westray Payment of Benefits (1998) Act
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Bill overview
Bill NS37, “Westray Payment of Benefits (1998) Act”, is a Nova Scotia bill from session assembly-57-session-1.
Its latest recorded status is “Introduced”.
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PLAIN-LANGUAGE SUMMARY
What you need to know
This bill, the Westray Payment of Benefits (1998) Act, is currently at First Reading in the Nova Scotia assembly. It would allow the government to pay benefits to the families of miners who died in the 1992 Westray mine disaster, as required by the Westray Mine Act. The status of the bill changed on October 20, 1998.
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Key provisions
- 01This Act may be cited as the Westray Payment of Benefits (1998) Act.
- 02This Act comes into force on a day to be fixed by proclamation.
- 03The Minister of Labour and Human Resources Development is responsible for the administration of this Act.
- 04The Minister may make regulations respecting the payment of benefits under this Act.
- 05A regulation made under this Act is subject to the Statutes of Nova Scotia, 1998, chapter 37, subsection 12(2).
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