SNL2010 CHAPTER T-0.02 - TEMPORARY VARIATION OF STATUTORY DEADLINES ACT

SNL2010 CHAPTER T-0.02 TEMPORARY VARIATION OF STATUTORY DEADLINES ACT Amended: 2020 c8 CHAPTER T-4.02 AN ACT RESPECTING THE TEMPORARY VARIATION OF DEADLINES AND TIME PERIODS PRESCRIBED IN ACTS OF THE PROVINCE (Assented to March 26, 2020) Analysis 1. Short title 2. Definitions 3. Acts administered by ministers 4. Acts administered by Executive Council 5. Other Acts 6. Variation by Lieutenant-Governor in Council 7. Publication of variation 8. Compliance with variation 9. Expiry Schedule 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 Temporary Variation of Statutory Deadlines Act. 2020 cT-4.02 s1 Back to Top Definitions 2. In this Act, "Act" includes subordinate legislation as defined in the Statutes and Subordinate Legislation Act . 2020 cT-4.02 s2 Back to Top Acts administered by ministers 3. A minister may, on the advice of the Attorney General, temporarily vary a deadline or time period prescribed in an Act administered by that minister for a period not exceeding 6 months. 2020 cT-4.02 s3 Back to Top Acts administered by Executive Council 4. The Premier may, on the advice of the Attorney General, temporarily vary a deadline or time period prescribed in an Act listed in Schedule A of the Executive Council Notice, 2019 for a period not exceeding 6 months. 2020 cT-4.02 s4 Back to Top Other Acts 5. (1) The Speaker of the House of Assembly may temporarily vary a deadline or time period prescribed in an Act listed in the Schedule for a period not exceeding 6 months. 2020 cT-4.02 s5 (2) A deadline or time period varied under subsection (1) may be varied with retroactive effect but the variation shall not have an effective date earlier than March 14, 2020. Back to Top Variation by Lieutenant-Governor in Council 6. (1) Notwithstanding sections 3 and 4, the Lieutenant-Governor in Council may by order and on the advice of the Attorney General, vary a deadline or time period prescribed in any Act of the province administered by a minister or the Executive Council for a period not exceeding 6 months. (2) A deadline or time period varied under subsection (1) may be varied with retroactive effect but the variation shall not have an effective date earlier than March 14, 2020. (3) An order made under subsection (1) is subordinate legislation for the purposes of the Statutes and Subordinate Legislation Act . 2020 cT-4.02 s6 Back to Top Publication of variation 7. (1) Where a deadline or time period is varied under section 3, 4 or 6, notice of the variation shall be published (a) on a government website; and (b) in the Gazette . (2) Where a deadline or time period is varied under section 5, notice of the variation shall be published (a) on the House of Assembly website; and (b) in the Gazette. 2020 cT-4.02 s7 Back to Top Compliance with variation 8. Where a deadline or time period is varied under the authority of this Act, a person who complies with the varied deadline or time period is considered to have complied with the Act in which the deadline or time period is prescribed. 2020 cT-4.02 s8 Back to Top Expiry 9. This Act shall cease to have effect on September 30, 2020. 2020 cT-4.02 s9 ; 2020 c8 s1 Back to Top SCHEDULE Auditor General Act Child and Youth Advocate Act Citizens' Representative Act Elections Act, 1991 House of Assembly Accountability, Integrity and Administration Act House of Assembly Act Seniors' Advocate Act Statutes Act 2020 cT-4.02 Sch.