BILL 26

An Act to Enable Land and Buildings to Be Used for Additional Hospital and Related Purposes

WHEREAS The City of Saint John prays that it be enacted as hereinafter set forth;

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

1                  Despite anything to the contrary contained in

(a)          An Act to Authorize The City of Saint John to Set Aside a Portion of Tucker Park for University Purposes, chapter 104 of the Acts of New Brunswick, 1963 (Second Session),

(b)          An Act to Enable Land to Be Used for Hospital Purposes, chapter 6 of the Acts of New Brunswick, 1974,

(c)          the will of Joseph J. Tucker, or

(d)          any other document, conveyance or Act of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of New Brunswick,

Her Majesty the Queen in right of the Province of New Brunswick is authorized to convey or lease to such legal entity as determined by Her Majesty the Queen in right of the Province of New Brunswick, in her sole discretion, the lands, or a portion or portions thereof, or the buildings, or parts of buildings constructed or to be constructed thereon, conveyed to Her Majesty the Queen in right of the Province of New Brunswick pursuant to An Act to Enable Land to Be Used for Hospital Purposes.

2                  The trust imposed by the will of the late Joseph J. Tucker is hereby enlarged and extended to permit the construction of a medical arts building or buildings upon and the use of the lands described in section 1, or any portion thereof, by such legal entity referred to in section 1 for:

(a)          office space for medical doctors and related health care professionals;

(b)          day care facilities;

(c)          hostel facilities for patients and their families;

(d)          fitness and wellness facilities;

(e)          facilities for the carrying out of health care research;

(f)           commercial office space and conference space;

(g)          retail shops, hotels and other buildings and facilities for general commercial purposes;

(h)          parking facilities; and

(i)           any other buildings, facilities or services of a similar nature to, or ancillary to, any of the foregoing.

3                  The rules of law and statutory enactments relating to perpetuities and to dedication of land for public use as a park do not apply, and shall be deemed never to have applied to the trust established under the will of Joseph J. Tucker as such trust relates to the lands described in section 1.