Acts and Regulations

P-16.1 - Private Occupational Training Act

Section 6.3
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6.3Repealed: 2016, c.28, s.166
1996, c.71, s.9; 2016, c.28, s.166
New Brunswick Private Occupational Training Corporation
6.3(1)There is hereby established a body corporate to be known as the New Brunswick Private Occupational Training Corporation.
6.3(2)The Corporation is not a Crown corporation and is not an agent of Her Majesty in right of the Province.
6.3(3)The head office of the Corporation is at The City of Fredericton.
6.3(4)The purposes of the Corporation are
(a) to act as administrator of the Fund,
(b) to consult with government and the private occupational training sector on matters relating to private occupational training,
(c) to facilitate voluntary accreditation in the private occupational training sector, and
(d) to carry out such other purposes as may be prescribed by regulation.
6.3(5)For the purposes set out in subsection (4), the Corporation has the capacity and, subject to this Act, the rights, powers and privileges of a natural person.
6.3(6)The business and affairs of the Corporation shall be administered by a board of directors consisting of no fewer than five and no more than seven members appointed by the Minister in accordance with such guidelines as may be prescribed by regulation.
6.3(7)The members of the Board shall be appointed for a term not to exceed three years and are eligible for reappointment.
6.3(8)A member of the Board may be removed for cause by the Minister.
6.3(9)Notwithstanding subsection (7) but subject to subsection (8), a member of the Board remains in office until the member resigns or is reappointed or replaced.
6.3(10)The Minister shall designate, from among the members of the Board, a chairperson and a vice-chairperson of the Board.
6.3(11)The vice-chairperson shall act in the place of the chairperson if the chairperson is unable to act by reason of illness, absence or other cause.
6.3(12)Where a vacancy occurs on the Board, the Minister may appoint a person to fill the vacancy for the balance of the term of the member replaced.
6.3(13)A vacancy on the Board does not impair the capacity of the Board to act.
6.3(14)A majority of the members of the Board, of whom one is either the chairperson or the vice-chairperson, constitutes a quorum.
6.3(15)The Board may make by-laws
(a) fixing the rate for reimbursement of expenses incurred by members of the Board while acting on behalf of the Corporation;
(b) governing the procedure at meetings of the Board and the administration of the Corporation.
6.3(16)A by-law made under subsection (15) has no effect until approved by the Lieutenant-Governor in Council.
6.3(17)The Regulations Act does not apply to a by-law made under subsection (15).
6.3(18)The accounts of the Corporation shall be audited at least once a year by an auditor appointed by the Corporation.
6.3(19)The Corporation shall, within six months after the end of each fiscal year, submit to the Minister an annual report containing the auditor’s report and such other information as may be required by the Minister in respect of the business and affairs of the Corporation during the fiscal year.
6.3(20)The fiscal year of the Corporation ends on the thirty-first of March in each year.
6.3(21)The Corporation shall provide to the Minister such information in respect of the business and affairs of the Corporation as the Minister may request from time to time.
1996, c.71, s.9
New Brunswick Private Occupational Training Corporation
6.3(1)There is hereby established a body corporate to be known as the New Brunswick Private Occupational Training Corporation.
6.3(2)The Corporation is not a Crown corporation and is not an agent of Her Majesty in right of the Province.
6.3(3)The head office of the Corporation is at The City of Fredericton.
6.3(4)The purposes of the Corporation are
(a) to act as administrator of the Fund,
(b) to consult with government and the private occupational training sector on matters relating to private occupational training,
(c) to facilitate voluntary accreditation in the private occupational training sector, and
(d) to carry out such other purposes as may be prescribed by regulation.
6.3(5)For the purposes set out in subsection (4), the Corporation has the capacity and, subject to this Act, the rights, powers and privileges of a natural person.
6.3(6)The business and affairs of the Corporation shall be administered by a board of directors consisting of no fewer than five and no more than seven members appointed by the Minister in accordance with such guidelines as may be prescribed by regulation.
6.3(7)The members of the Board shall be appointed for a term not to exceed three years and are eligible for reappointment.
6.3(8)A member of the Board may be removed for cause by the Minister.
6.3(9)Notwithstanding subsection (7) but subject to subsection (8), a member of the Board remains in office until the member resigns or is reappointed or replaced.
6.3(10)The Minister shall designate, from among the members of the Board, a chairperson and a vice-chairperson of the Board.
6.3(11)The vice-chairperson shall act in the place of the chairperson if the chairperson is unable to act by reason of illness, absence or other cause.
6.3(12)Where a vacancy occurs on the Board, the Minister may appoint a person to fill the vacancy for the balance of the term of the member replaced.
6.3(13)A vacancy on the Board does not impair the capacity of the Board to act.
6.3(14)A majority of the members of the Board, of whom one is either the chairperson or the vice-chairperson, constitutes a quorum.
6.3(15)The Board may make by-laws
(a) fixing the rate for reimbursement of expenses incurred by members of the Board while acting on behalf of the Corporation;
(b) governing the procedure at meetings of the Board and the administration of the Corporation.
6.3(16)A by-law made under subsection (15) has no effect until approved by the Lieutenant-Governor in Council.
6.3(17)The Regulations Act does not apply to a by-law made under subsection (15).
6.3(18)The accounts of the Corporation shall be audited at least once a year by an auditor appointed by the Corporation.
6.3(19)The Corporation shall, within six months after the end of each fiscal year, submit to the Minister an annual report containing the auditor’s report and such other information as may be required by the Minister in respect of the business and affairs of the Corporation during the fiscal year.
6.3(20)The fiscal year of the Corporation ends on the thirty-first of March in each year.
6.3(21)The Corporation shall provide to the Minister such information in respect of the business and affairs of the Corporation as the Minister may request from time to time.
1996, c.71, s.9