BILL 53

An Act to Amend the Consumer Advocate for Insurance Act

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

1                  The Consumer Advocate for Insurance Act, chapter C-17.5 of the Acts of New Brunswick, 2004, is amended by adding after subsection 2(6) the following:

2(6.1)         The selection committee shall be established not fewer than 90 days before the end of the term of the Consumer Advocate.

2(6.2)         If the office of Consumer Advocate becomes vacant more than one year before the end of the term of the Consumer Advocate, the selection committee shall be established within 30 days after the vacancy occurs.