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Bill PR34 explained in plain English

Bill Bedford Professional Corporation Act, 2016

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

At a glance

Jurisdiction
Ontario Legislature
Legislature / Parliament
Legislative Assembly of Ontario
Session
41st Parliament, 1st Session
Bill number
Bill PR34
Full title
Bill Bedford Professional Corporation Act, 2016
Current status
Passed
Latest event
Royal Assent received
Last updated
Jun 9, 2016

Official Legislative Assembly of Ontario snapshot for 41st 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
Jun 9, 2016
Plain-language explanation
In plain English (our explanation)

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Short Version

The Bill Bedford Professional Corporation Act, 2016, revives the dissolved Bill Bedford Professional Corporation and restores it to its former legal status, allowing it to address property issues.

What It Means

This Act revives the Bill Bedford Professional Corporation. The corporation was dissolved on June 30, 2014, under the Business Corporations Act. The revival restores the corporation to its legal position as if it had not been dissolved, including its property, rights, privileges, franchises, liabilities, contracts, disabilities, and debts. This revival is subject to any rights acquired by any person after the corporation's dissolution. The purpose for reviving the corporation is to deal with certain property that was in the corporation's name when it was dissolved.

What This Bill Does
  • Revives the Bill Bedford Professional Corporation.
  • Restores the Bill Bedford Professional Corporation to its legal position as if it had never been dissolved.
  • Restores all property, rights, privileges, and franchises of the corporation.
  • Restores all liabilities, contracts, disabilities, and debts of the corporation.
  • Makes the revival 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
  • Bill Bedford Professional Corporation
  • William Bedford
  • Persons who acquired rights after the dissolution of Bill Bedford Professional Corporation
Rights, Duties, Or Obligations
  • Restoration of all property, rights, privileges, and franchises of the corporation.
  • Restoration of all liabilities, contracts, disabilities, and debts of the corporation.
  • The revival is subject to any rights acquired by any person after the corporation's dissolution.
Important Dates
  • The Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent (June 9, 2016).
Uncertainties Or Limits
  • The revival of the corporation is subject to any rights that have been acquired by any person after the corporation's dissolution.
Laws Or Regulations Affected
Business Corporations Act
revival of a dissolved corporation

Allows for the revival of Bill Bedford Professional Corporation, which was previously dissolved under this Act.

Source: Preamble

Bill Bedford Professional Corporation Act, 2016
commencement

This Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.

Source: Section 2

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
Feb 16, 2016
Step 2
Second reading
Jun 8, 2016
Step 3
Committee review
Mar 2, 2016
Step 4
Third reading
Jun 8, 2016
Step 5
Royal assent
Jun 9, 2016

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
Patrick Brown
Sponsor party or district not listed
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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