5.01(1)There is established a fund called the Municipal Police Assistance Fund.
5.01(2)The Minister shall be the custodian of the Fund and the Fund shall be held in trust by the Minister.
5.01(3)The Fund shall be held for the purposes of this Act in a separate account in the Consolidated Fund.
5.01(4)All interest arising from the Fund shall be paid into and form part of the Fund.
5.01(5)The Fund may receive direct contributions.
5.01(6)When the contributions are made by individuals, partnerships or corporations under subsection (5), the contributions shall be deemed to be gifts to the Crown in right of the Province.
5.01(7)Subsection (6) does not apply to contributions made by a department or agency of the Government of New Brunswick or of Canada or a provincial or federal Crown corporation.
5.01(8)The Fund shall be credited with the following amounts:
(a)
an amount that represents 25% of the revenue from a payment in respect of an offence under an Act of the Legislature or a regulation made under an Act of the Legislature or under the Criminal Code (Canada);
(b)
gifts and legacies paid into the Fund; and
(c)
any other money received by the Fund.
5.01(9)Money received that is subject to trust conditions shall be disbursed in accordance with those conditions.
5.01(10)The following persons and entities may apply to the Minister for a grant from the Fund:Â
(a)
a chief of police;
(b)
the New Brunswick Association of Chiefs of Police;
(c)
a municipality that has entered into an agreement to be policed by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police; and
(d)
the Department of Justice and Public Safety acting on behalf of the police forces and the detachments of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police policing municipalities under agreements with the municipalities.
5.01(11)Subject to any trust conditions, the Minister may authorize expenditures from the Fund for
(a)
a project that would benefit all of the police forces and the detachments of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police policing municipalities under agreements with the municipalities,
(b)
a project, not funded by other sources, to meet special policing needs and that would
(i)
enhance the quality of policing in the Province, or
(ii)
develop expertise in specific policing techniques, or
(c)
any other purpose that the Minister considers necessary to enhance the quality of policing in the Province.
5.01(12)The Minister may at any time seek the advice and recommendations from a person, organization or body with respect to payments out of the Fund for any of the purposes set out in subsection (11).
5.01(13)The fiscal year of the Fund shall be the 12-month period ending on March 31 in any year.
5.01(14)Each year, the Minister shall prepare a report on the Fund and provide the report to the New Brunswick Association of Chiefs of Police.