BILL 8

An Act to Amend the Proceedings Against the Crown Act

Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, enacts as follows:

1 The Proceedings Against the Crown Act, chapter P-18 of the Revised Statutes, 1973, is amended by adding after section 17 the following:

Enforcement of orders made under the Agreement on Internal Trade

17.1(1) In this section, “Agreement on Internal Trade” means the Agreement on Internal Trade, signed in 1994 by the governments of Canada, the provinces, the Yukon Territory and the Northwest Territories, as amended from time to time.

17.1(2) A certified copy of an order made by a Presiding Body under Article 1706.1(4)(b), 1706.1(6), 1707(11)(b) or 1716(3) of the Agreement on Internal Trade that requires the Crown to pay a monetary penalty or Tariff Costs, or both, may be filed with The Court of Queen’s Bench of New Brunswick and, on being filed, has the same force and effect as an order for the payment of money or costs made by that Court against the Crown.