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First Session, Forty-fourth Parliament,

70 Elizabeth II, 2021

SENATE OF CANADA

BILL S-229
An Act to amend the Language Skills Act (Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick)
FIRST READING, December 1, 2021

THE HONOURABLE SENATOR Carignan, P.‍C.
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SUMMARY

This enactment adds the office of Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick to the list of offices subject to the Language Skills Act.

Available on the Senate of Canada website at the following address:
www.sencanada.ca/en


1st Session, 44th Parliament,

70 Elizabeth II, 2021

SENATE OF CANADA

BILL S-229

An Act to amend the Language Skills Act (Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick)

Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows:

2013, c. 36

Language Skills Act

1 Paragraph 2(a) of the Language Skills Act is renumbered as paragraph (a.‍1) and section 2 of the Act is amended by adding the following before paragraph (a.‍1):

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    (a) the Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick or any other person appointed by the Governor in Council to carry on the government of the province;

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Coordinating Amendments

Bill S-220

2 (1) Sections (2) to (4) apply if Bill S-220, introduced in the 1st session of the 44th Parliament and entitled An Act to amend the Language Skills Act (Governor General) (in this section referred to as the “other Act”), receives royal assent.

(2) If Section 1 of the other Act comes into force before section 1 of this Act, then

  • (a) section 1 of this Act is deemed never to have come into force and is repealed; and

  • (b) section 2 of the Languages Skills Act is amended by adding the following after paragraph (a):

    • (a.‍01) the Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick or any other person appointed by the Governor in Council to carry on the government of the province;

(3) If section 1 of this Act comes into force before section 1 of the other Act, then on the first day on which section 1 of the other Act and section 1 of this Act are in force,

  • (a) section 1 of the other Act is deemed never to have come into force and is repealed; and

  • (b) paragraph 2(a) of the Language Skills Act is renumbered as paragraph (a.‍01) and section 2 of the Act is amended by adding the following before paragraph (a.‍01):

    • (a) the Governor General of Canada or any other chief executive officer or administrator carrying on the Government of Canada on behalf and in the name of the Sovereign, by whatever title designated;

(4) If section 1 of this Act and section 1 of the other Act come into force on the same day, section 1 of this Act is deemed to have come into force before section 1 of the other Act and subsection (2) applies as a consequence.

Published under authority of the Senate of Canada


EXPLANATORY NOTES

Language Skills Act
Clause 1: Relevant portion of section 2:

2 Any person appointed to any of the following offices must, at the time of his or her appointment, be able to speak and understand clearly both official languages:

  • (a) the Auditor General of Canada, appointed pursuant to subsection 3(1) of the Auditor General Act;

  • . . .  


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