Acts and Regulations

O-0.5 - Official Languages Act

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Regulation-making authority
45The Lieutenant-Governor in Council may make regulations
(a) prescribing circumstances not otherwise provided for under this Act in which institutions have the duty to ensure that any member of the public can communicate with and obtain available services from the institutions in either official language;
(a.1) prescribing portions or divisions of the Public Service for the purposes of the definition “public service” in section 1;
(a.2) establishing public signage policies for the Province;
(b) respecting the procedure, as it concerns official languages, before any court, including
(i) the giving of notice as is necessary to enable the court to discharge the duty conferred upon it by section 21, and
(ii) the swearing or affirming of interpreters;
(c) respecting services and communications to be provided under sections 36 and 41 and the manner in which they are to be provided;
(d) identifying measures required to foster effective communications with and services from institutions in both official languages;
(e) respecting the form and manner of a review under section 42;
(e.1) providing for a remedy for violating section 43.1 or establishing a procedure for enforcing the prohibition in section 43.1, including prescribing a violation of that section to be an offence and prescribing a penalty with respect to the offence;
(f) respecting the functions of persons appointed under section 44 and the status and admissibility into evidence of translations prepared by them;
(g) establishing any other measure necessary for the better administration of this Act.
2013, c.38, s.1
Regulation-making authority
45The Lieutenant-Governor in Council may make regulations
(a) prescribing circumstances not otherwise provided for under this Act in which institutions have the duty to ensure that any member of the public can communicate with and obtain available services from the institutions in either official language;
(a.1) prescribing portions or divisions of the Public Service for the purposes of the definition “public service” in section 1;
(a.2) establishing public signage policies for the Province;
(b) respecting the procedure, as it concerns official languages, before any court, including
(i) the giving of notice as is necessary to enable the court to discharge the duty conferred upon it by section 21, and
(ii) the swearing or affirming of interpreters;
(c) respecting services and communications to be provided under sections 36 and 41 and the manner in which they are to be provided;
(d) identifying measures required to foster effective communications with and services from institutions in both official languages;
(e) respecting the form and manner of a review under section 42;
(f) respecting the functions of persons appointed under section 44 and the status and admissibility into evidence of translations prepared by them;
(g) establishing any other measure necessary for the better administration of this Act.
2013, c.38, s.1
Regulation-making authority
45The Lieutenant-Governor in Council may make regulations
(a) prescribing circumstances not otherwise provided for under this Act in which institutions have the duty to ensure that any member of the public can communicate with and obtain available services from the institutions in either official language;
(b) respecting the procedure, as it concerns official languages, before any court, including
(i) the giving of notice as is necessary to enable the court to discharge the duty conferred upon it by section 21, and
(ii) the swearing or affirming of interpreters;
(c) respecting services and communications to be provided under sections 36 and 41 and the manner in which they are to be provided;
(d) identifying measures required to foster effective communications with and services from institutions in both official languages;
(e) respecting the form and manner of a review under section 42;
(f) respecting the functions of persons appointed under section 44 and the status and admissibility into evidence of translations prepared by them;
(g) establishing any other measure necessary for the better administration of this Act.
Regulation-making authority
45The Lieutenant-Governor in Council may make regulations
(a) prescribing circumstances not otherwise provided for under this Act in which institutions have the duty to ensure that any member of the public can communicate with and obtain available services from the institutions in either official language;
(b) respecting the procedure, as it concerns official languages, before any court, including
(i) the giving of notice as is necessary to enable the court to discharge the duty conferred upon it by section 21, and
(ii) the swearing or affirming of interpreters;
(c) respecting services and communications to be provided under sections 36 and 41 and the manner in which they are to be provided;
(d) identifying measures required to foster effective communications with and services from institutions in both official languages;
(e) respecting the form and manner of a review under section 42;
(f) respecting the functions of persons appointed under section 44 and the status and admissibility into evidence of translations prepared by them;
(g) establishing any other measure necessary for the better administration of this Act.