BILL 38

An Act to Amend the Boiler and Pressure Vessel Act

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

1 Section 31 of the Boiler and Pressure Vessel Act, chapter 122 of the Revised Statutes, 2011, is repealed and the following is substituted:

Issuance of licence

31( 1) If a candidate for any class of compressed gas licence successfully passes his or her examination for that class and complies with the qualifications determined by the Gas Board, the Gas Board shall issue to that candidate a compressed gas licence for the class examined.

31( 2) As soon as practicable after the qualifications are determined by the Gas Board under subsection (1), the Gas Board shall provide them to the Minister.

31( 3) The Minister shall cause the qualifications to be made available to the public in the form and manner that the Minister considers appropriate.

31( 4) The Regulations Act does not apply to a determination of the Gas Board under subsection (1).

31( 5) A compressed gas licence shall be in the form and contain the information that the Gas Board requires.

Commencement

2 This Act comes into force on a day to be fixed by proclamation.