Bill 149 explained in plain English
Rowan's Law Advisory Committee Act, 2016
Ontario legislature bill summary, status, timeline, sponsor, votes, and official sources.
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Bill 149, the Rowan's Law Advisory Committee Act, 2016, establishes a committee to advise on head injury prevention in sports and makes provisions for its report and eventual repeal.
This Act establishes the Rowan's Law Advisory Committee to review recommendations from the inquest into the death of Rowan Stringer and to study laws, policies, and best practices from other places concerning head injuries. The Committee's role is to suggest ways to put these recommendations into action, prevent and lessen head injuries in sports, and raise awareness about them. The Committee must give its recommendations in a report to the Minister of Tourism, Culture and Sport within one year of the Act coming into force. This report will then be presented to the Legislature and published online. The Act itself will be repealed one year and three months after it comes into effect.
- Establishes the Rowan's Law Advisory Committee, also known as comité consultatif de la Loi Rowan.
- Specifies that the Committee will have no more than 15 members appointed by the Minister of Tourism, Culture and Sport.
- Defines the membership composition, including nominees from the Ministers of Children and Youth Services, Education, Health and Long-Term Care, Training, Colleges and Universities, and Tourism, Culture and Sport.
- Requires the Minister of Tourism, Culture and Sport to designate a chair for the Committee.
- Allows the Committee to create rules for its operations.
- Mandates the Committee to review jury recommendations from the Rowan Stringer inquest and study other jurisdictions' laws and practices regarding head injuries.
- Requires the Committee to make recommendations on implementing jury recommendations, preventing, mitigating, and creating awareness about head injuries in sports.
- Mandates the Committee to provide its recommendations in a report to the Minister of Tourism, Culture and Sport within one year of the Act coming into force.
- Requires the Minister of Tourism, Culture and Sport to table the report in the Legislature and publish it online.
- States that the Act will be repealed one year and three months after it comes into force.
- Specifies that the Act comes into force three months after receiving Royal Assent.
- Members of the Rowan's Law Advisory Committee
- Minister of Tourism, Culture and Sport
- Minister of Children and Youth Services
- Minister of Education
- Minister of Health and Long-Term Care
- Minister of Training, Colleges and Universities
- Legislature of Ontario
- General public (through website publication)
- The Committee has the obligation to review jury recommendations and other jurisdictions' practices.
- The Committee has the obligation to make recommendations on head injury prevention, mitigation, and awareness.
- The Committee has the obligation to provide a report to the Minister of Tourism, Culture and Sport within one year of the Act coming into force.
- The Minister of Tourism, Culture and Sport has the obligation to table the report in the Legislature and publish it online.
- The Committee has the power to make rules for its own administration.
- The Act comes into force three months after receiving Royal Assent.
- The Committee must provide its report within one year after the Act comes into force.
- The Act is repealed one year and three months after it comes into force.
- The specific number of members nominated by each Minister (other than the total maximum of 15) is not detailed.
- The Act does not specify the exact process or criteria for the appointment of Committee members beyond the nominated individuals.
- The Act does not detail the specific content or format of the Committee's rules.
- The Act does not specify what happens if the Committee fails to produce its report within the given timeframe.
This is the new Act itself, which establishes the Rowan's Law Advisory Committee and outlines its mandate, reporting requirements, and repeal date.
The Act will cease to have effect one year and three months after it comes into force.
Source: Section 3
The Act will become law three months after it receives Royal Assent.
Source: Section 4
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