Thank you, Madam Chair. I would just like to explain why this is being done here. When committee went through the Legal Aid Act we did feel very strongly as a committee that we wanted to make sure that legal aid did cover matters of child protection. So we amended a different clause to add the words “child protection” in another clause elsewhere in the bill. At the time that the bill was being reprinted it was noticed that in this particular clause, Clause 10, there was a reference to family or civil matters but there was not a reference to child protection. So child protection is being added here to make it consistent with the amendment which committee has already done and which is in the act already, and it’s just to make sure that we have child protection anywhere in the bill where we also reference family or civil matters. The committee did agree on this amendment.
Wendy Bisaro on Committee Motion 41-17(3): Amend Clause 10(3), Bill 5, Legal Aid Act - Adding “child Protection”, Carried
In the Legislative Assembly on November 2nd, 2012. See this statement in context.
Committee Motion 41-17(3): Amend Clause 10(3), Bill 5, Legal Aid Act - Adding “child Protection”, Carried
Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters
November 1st, 2012
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