Application
2(1)Subject to subsection (2), this Act does not apply to
(a)
a member of the Bar of the Province of New Brunswick,
(a.1)
assignees, custodians, liquidators, receivers, trustees or other persons licensed or acting under the
Business Corporations Act, the
Companies Act, the
Judicature Act, the
Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act (Canada) and the
Winding-up and Restructuring Act (Canada), in respect of the provision of debt settlement services,
(b)
an insurance agent licensed under the
Insurance Act in respect of the collection of insurance premiums,
(c)
a bank listed in Schedule I or II of the
Bank Act (Canada), or its officials or employees, in respect of any business of the bank,
(d)
a loan company or a trust company licensed under the
Loan and Trust Companies Act, or its officials or employees, in respect of any business of the company,
(e)
a credit union incorporated under the
Credit Unions Act, or its officials or employees, in respect of any business of the credit union,
(f)
any body corporate operated on a not-for-profit basis, in respect of any business of the body corporate, or
(g)
any person or class of persons exempted from the application of this Act by an order of the Director made under subsection 2.1(1).
2(2)This Act applies to a member of the Bar of any province who carries on a collection agency in a name other than his or her own.
R.S.1973, c.C-8, s.8; 2017, c.26, s.3; 2023, c.2, s.165