BILL 97

An Act Respecting the Beaverbrook Auditorium

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

Beaverbrook Auditorium Act

1 The Beaverbrook Auditorium Act, chapter 120 of the Revised Statutes, 2011, is amended by adding after section 12 the following:

Continuance under federal act

13( 1) The Board of Governors is authorized to apply to the Director appointed under the Canada Not-for-profit Corporations Act (Canada) for the continuance of the Auditorium as a not-for-profit corporation under that Act.

13( 2) If the Minister of Tourism, Heritage and Culture receives notice that establishes to the Minister’s satisfaction that a certificate of continuance has been issued under the Canada Not-for-profit Corporations Act (Canada), this Act ceases to apply to the Auditorium on the effective date of the continuance shown in the certificate of continuance.

Repeal

2 The Beaverbrook Auditorium Act, chapter 120 of the Revised Statutes, 2011, is repealed.

Commencement

3 Section 2 of this Act comes into force on a day to be fixed by proclamation.