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Bill PR27 explained in plain English

Group Seven Construction Ltd. Act

Ontario legislature bill summary, status, timeline, sponsor, votes, and official sources.

At a glance

Jurisdiction
Ontario Legislature
Legislature / Parliament
Legislative Assembly of Ontario
Session
42nd Parliament, 1st Session
Bill number
Bill PR27
Full title
Group Seven Construction Ltd. Act
Current status
Passed
Latest event
Royal Assent received
Last updated
Dec 9, 2020

Official Legislative Assembly of Ontario snapshot for 42nd Parliament, 1st Session. Representative vote breakdowns appear when the Assembly publishes an Ayes and Nays page for the bill.

Chamber
Legislative Assembly of Ontario
Current Stage
Royal Assent received
Latest Activity
Dec 9, 2020
Plain-language explanation
In plain English (our explanation)

Our plain-language take, written for civic education.

Source: By PoliticalData.ca

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Short Version

This Act revives the dissolved corporation Group Seven Construction Ltd. and restores it to its previous legal standing.

What It Means

This Act, called the Group Seven Construction Ltd. Act, 2020, revives the corporation Group Seven Construction Ltd. The corporation was dissolved on September 3, 1994, for failing to comply with the Corporations Information Act. The Act restores the corporation to its legal position as if it had never been dissolved, subject to any rights acquired by others after its dissolution. The Act came into force on the day it received Royal Assent.

What This Bill Does
  • Revives the corporation Group Seven Construction Ltd.
  • Restores Group Seven Construction Ltd. to its legal position, including its property, rights, privileges, franchises, liabilities, contracts, disabilities, and debts, as they were at the time of its dissolution.
  • Specifies that the revival is subject to any rights acquired by any person after the corporation's dissolution.
  • States that the Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.
Who Is Affected
  • Group Seven Construction Ltd.
  • Veronica Balaj (applicant and former director)
  • Persons who acquired rights after the dissolution of Group Seven Construction Ltd.
Rights, Duties, Or Obligations
  • Group Seven Construction Ltd. is restored to all its property, rights, privileges, and franchises.
  • Group Seven Construction Ltd. remains subject to all its liabilities, contracts, disabilities, and debts.
  • The revival is subject to rights acquired by any person after the corporation's dissolution.
Important Dates
  • The Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent (December 9, 2020).
  • The corporation was dissolved on September 3, 1994.
Uncertainties Or Limits
  • The exact nature and extent of 'rights acquired by any person after its dissolution' are not specified in the Act, which could lead to disputes.
Laws Or Regulations Affected
Group Seven Construction Ltd.
revival

The corporation is revived and restored to its legal position as if it had not been dissolved, subject to certain conditions.

Source: Section 1

Business Corporations Act
amendment by implication

The dissolution of Group Seven Construction Ltd. under this Act is effectively reversed.

Source: Preamble

Corporations Information Act
application

The reason for the original dissolution of Group Seven Construction Ltd. was failure to comply with this Act.

Source: Preamble

Generated using AI from official bill text. Not legal advice. It is written by PoliticalData.ca for civic education, automatically checked and spot-reviewed before publishing.

Official text

Process Snapshot

Step 1
First reading
Dec 8, 2020
Step 2
Second reading
Dec 8, 2020
Step 3
Committee review
Oct 21, 2020
Step 4
Third reading
Dec 8, 2020
Step 5
Royal assent
Dec 9, 2020

Vote Summary

No published recorded division

This bill does not have a published recorded division in the current official sources, so representative-by-representative vote counts are not shown.

Sponsor
Wayne Gates
New Democratic Party of Ontario | Niagara Falls
Jurisdiction
Ontario Legislature

No published representative vote breakdown

The current official sources do not publish a recorded division breakdown for this bill, so there is no representative-by-representative table to show.

Official sources

Status, sponsor, votes, and timeline on this page are drawn from these official legislative sources and public records. Each summary above is attributed to its own source.

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