BILL 33

An Act to Amend the Municipalities Act

Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, enacts as follows:

1 Paragraph 27.02(1)(a) of the Municipalities Act, chapter M-22 of the Revised Statutes, 1973, is repealed and the following is substituted:

(a)  a fire department, brigade or association that provides fire protection services or non-fire related rescue services within a local service district;

2 The heading “FIRE PROTECTION” preceding section 109 of the Act is repealed and the following is substituted:

FIRE PROTECTION AND NON-FIRE RELATED RESCUE

3 Section 109 of the Act is amended

(a)  in paragraph (1)a) of the French version by striking out “incendies” and substituting “incendie”;

(b)  by adding after subsection (1) the following:

109(1.1) A council may make by-laws for the purposes of non-fire related rescue and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing,

(a)  prescribe the duties of officers and members of a fire department in relation to non-fire related rescue;

(b)  provide for the purchase of non-fire related rescue vehicles and equipment;

(c)  provide for compensation, by insurance or otherwise, to officers and members of the fire department for injuries received by them while performing their non-fire related rescue duties;

(d)  regulate the conduct and requiring the assistance of persons present at a non-fire related rescue.

4 The heading “IMMUNITY – FIRE PROTECTION SERVICES” preceding section 193.3 of the Act is repealed and the following is substituted:

IMMUNITY - FIRE PROTECTION SERVICES AND NON-FIRE RELATED RESCUE SERVICES

5 Section 193.3 of the Act is amended in the portion preceding paragraph (a) by striking out “fire protection services” and substituting “fire protection services and non-fire related rescue services”.

6 The First Schedule of the Act is amended by adding after paragraph (b) the following:

(b.1)  non-fire related rescue;