BILL 21

An Act to Amend the Judicature Act

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

1 Section 12.01 of the Judicature Act, chapter J-2 of the Revised Statutes, 1973, is amended

(a)  by repealing subsection (3) and substituting the following:

12.01( 3) Subject to subsections (4) and (5), the Chief Justice of the Court of Queen’s Bench, with the consent of the Minister of Justice, may designate the place at which a judge is to establish residence.

(b)  by adding after subsection (3) the following:

12.01( 4) If the Chief Justice of the Court of Queen’s Bench designates a place at which a judge is to establish residence under subsection (3), the Chief Justice of the Court of Queen’s Bench shall not designate a new place of residence for the judge without first obtaining the consent of the Minister of Justice and the judge.

12.01( 5) If, before the commencement of this subsection, the Chief Justice of the Court of Queen’s Bench designated a place at which a judge was to establish residence, the Chief Justice of the Court of Queen’s Bench shall not designate a new place of residence for the judge without first obtaining the consent of the Minister of Justice and the judge.