Second Session, 44th General Assembly

49 Elizabeth II, 2000

BILL 1

AN ACT TO AMEND THE

PUBLIC UTILITIES ACT

Received and Read the First

Time

Second Reading

Committee

Third Reading

Royal Assent

HONOURABLE KELVIN PARSONS

Minister of Justice

Ordered to be printed by the

Honourable House of Assembly

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This amendment to the Public Utilities Act

would provide corporate status to the Board of Commissioners of

Public Utilities and provide statutory immunity for personal

liability to the commissioners and the employees of the board.

A BILL

AN ACT TO AMEND THE PUBLIC UTILITIES ACT

Analysis

1. S.6 Amdt.

Appointment of board of

commissioners and staff

Be it enacted by the

Lieutenant-Governor and House of Assembly in Legislative

Session convened, as follows:

RSN 1990 cP-47

as amended

(1) Subsection 6(1) of the Public Utilities Act is repealed

and the following substituted:

Appointment of board of commissioners and staff

(1) There is established a corporation to be

known as the Board of Commissioners of Public Utilities which shall

consist of 3 full-time members and not more than 6 part-time

members.

(2) Section 6 of the Act is amended by adding immediately after subsection

(11) the following:

(11.1) No action or other proceeding lies against

the Board of Commissioners of Public Utilities or a member, officer

or employee of the board for anything done in good faith in the

course of carrying out its or his or her duties under the Act.

Earl G. Tucker, Queen's Printer