Bill PR1 explained in plain English
Loretto Ladies' Colleges and Schools Act, 2014
Ontario legislature bill summary, status, timeline, sponsor, votes, and official sources.
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Bill PR1, the Loretto Ladies' Colleges and Schools Act, 2014, expands the corporation's power to acquire, hold, and dispose of property to anywhere in Canada or internationally.
This Act, also known as the Loretto Ladies' Colleges and Schools Act, 2014, allows the corporation The Loretto Ladies' Colleges and Schools to acquire, hold, sell, and otherwise deal with real and personal property anywhere in Canada or outside of Canada. Previously, the corporation's ability to deal with property was limited to the City of Toronto and elsewhere in Ontario, as established by its original incorporating Act from 1857 and subsequent amendments. This Act does not invalidate any property transactions the corporation made before it received Royal Assent.
- Grants The Loretto Ladies' Colleges and Schools the authority to acquire, hold, sell, and dispose of real and personal property both within Canada and internationally.
- Confirms that prior property dealings by the corporation before this Act received Royal Assent are not invalidated.
- States that the Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.
- The Loretto Ladies' Colleges and Schools (the corporation)
- The board of directors of The Loretto Ladies' Colleges and Schools
- The Loretto Ladies' Colleges and Schools has the right to acquire, hold, sell, and otherwise deal with real or personal property anywhere in Canada or outside Canada.
- The Act came into force on the day it received Royal Assent, which was December 11, 2014.
- The Loretto Ladies' Colleges and Schools is described as a registered charity under the Income Tax Act (Canada).
- The specific powers and limitations of the original 1857 Act and its subsequent amendments are described in the preamble, but the full text of those original acts is not provided within this bill.
- The exact nature and extent of 'real or personal property' are not detailed within this bill.
- The definition of 'deal with' in relation to property is not specified.
This Act overrides a specific section of the 1857 Act, which previously limited The Loretto Ladies’ Colleges and Schools' ability to acquire, hold, sell, and dispose of property to the City of Toronto and elsewhere in Ontario.
Source: Section 1
The provisions of this 2014 Act permit property dealings beyond Ontario, which was the scope defined in the 1898 Act that amended the original incorporation. The specific limitations addressed by the 1898 Act are expanded by this new Act.
Source: Preamble
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