BILL 71

An Act to Repeal the Statute of Frauds

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

1 The Statute of Frauds, chapter S-14 of the Revised Statutes, 1973, is repealed.

TRANSITIONAL PROVISION

2 Despite section 1, a proceeding commenced before the commencement of this Act shall be disposed of as though the Statute of Frauds had not been repealed.

CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS

Land Titles Act

3 Section 17.6 of the Land Titles Act, chapter L-1.1 of the Acts of New Brunswick, 1981, is amended by striking out “the Statute of Frauds or”.

Landlord and Tenant Act

4 Paragraph 50(1)(b) of the Landlord and Tenant Act, chapter L-1 of the Revised Statutes, 1973, is amended by striking out “, notwithstanding any provision of the Statute of Frauds”.

COMMENCEMENT

5 This Act comes into force on October 1, 2014.