BILL 15

An Act to Amend the Proceedings Against the Crown Act

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

1 The heading “Enforcement of orders made under the Agreement on Internal Trade” preceding section 17.1 of the Proceedings Against the Crown Act, chapter P-18 of the Revised Statutes, 1973, is repealed and the following is substituted:

Enforcement of orders made under the Canadian Free Trade Agreement

2 Section 17.1 of the Act is repealed and the following is substituted:

17.1( 1) In this section, “Canadian Free Trade Agreement” means the Canadian Free Trade Agreement, signed in 2017 by the Government of Canada and the governments of the provinces and territories of Canada, as amended from time to time.

17.1( 2) A certified copy of an order made by a Presiding Body under Chapter 10 of the Canadian Free Trade Agreement that requires the Crown to pay a monetary penalty, tariff costs and additional costs, or any of them, may be filed with The Court of Queen’s Bench of New Brunswick, and, when filed, has the same force and effect as an order for the payment of money or costs made by that Court against the Crown.