BILL 62

An Act to Amend the Legislative Assembly Act

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

1 Section 3 of the Legislative Assembly Act, chapter 116 of the Revised Statutes, 2014, is amended

(a)  by repealing subsection (4) and substituting the following:

3( 4) Subject to the power of the Lieutenant-Governor referred to in subsection (3), the Premier shall provide advice to the Lieutenant-Governor that the Legislative Assembly be dissolved and a provincial general election be held on the following dates:

(a)  on Monday, September 24, 2018, and

(b)  subsequently, on the third Monday in October in the fourth calendar year following the ordinary polling day for the most recently held provincial general election.

(b)  in paragraph (6)(b) by striking out “the fourth Monday in August or the fourth Monday in October” and substituting “the third Monday in September or the third Monday in November”.