Thank you, Madam Chair. I'm here today to present Bill 94: Miscellaneous Statute Law Amendment Act, 2023.
The purpose of Bill 94 is to amend various statutes of the Northwest Territories for which minor changes are proposed or errors or inconsistencies have been identified. Each amendment included in the bill had to meet the following criteria:
it must not be controversial;
It must not involve the spending of public funds;
It must not prejudicially affect rights; and,
It must not create a new offence or subject a new class of persons to an existing offence.
Departments responsible for the various statutes being amended have reviewed and approved the changes brought forward in this bill.
The proposed amendments are minor, uncontroversial or nonsubstantive and many consist of technical corrections. The amendments are of such a nature that the preparation and legislative consideration of individual bills to correct each statute would be timeconsuming for the government and the Legislative Assembly.
This concludes my opening remarks. I'd be happy to answer any questions. Thank you.
Thank you, Minister. Would you like to bring witnesses into the Chamber?
Yes, I would.
Thank you. Sergeantatarms, please escort the witness into the Chamber.
Minister, please introduce your witness.
Thank you. I'd like to welcome back Laura Jeffrey, legislative counsel with Justice. Thank you.
Thank you. I will now turn to the chair of Standing Committee on Social Development, the committee that reviewed the bill for any opening comments on Bill 94. Member for Kam Lake.
Thank you, Madam Chair. Madam Chair, your committee would like to report on its consideration of Bill 94, Miscellaneous Statute Law Amendment Act, 2023.
Bill 94 received second reading in the Legislative Assembly on June 2nd, 2023, and was referred to the Standing Committee on Social Development for review. On June 29th, 2023, the standing committee held a clausebyclause reading with the Minister of Justice.
Madam Chair, the committee reports that Bill 94, Miscellaneous Statute Law Amendment Act, 2023 is ready for consideration in Committee of the Whole. Thank you, Madam Chair.
Thank you, Member for Kam Lake. Can we forego general comments on Bill 94 and proceed to the clause by clause?
Agreed.
Committee, we will defer the bill number and title until after consideration of the clauses. Please turn to page 1 of the bill.
Clauses 1 through 5, does committee agree?
Agreed.
Clauses 6 through 10, does committee agree?
Agreed.
Clauses 11 through 13, does committee agree?
Agreed.
Committee, to the bill as a whole, does committee agree that Bill 94, Miscellaneous Statute Law Amendment Act, 2023, is now ready for third reading?
Agreed.
Thank you, committee. Does committee agree that this concludes our consideration of Bill 94, Miscellaneous Statute Law Amendment Act, 2023?
Agreed.
Thank you, Minister, and thank you to your witness. Sergeantatarms, please escort the witness from the Chamber.
Committee, we have agreed to consider Bill 93, Practice of Engineering, Geoscience and Applied Science Technology Act. I will ask the Minister of Infrastructure to introduce the bill.
