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Bill PR15 explained in plain English

Haggart Belting Canada Ltd. Act, 2019

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 PR15
Full title
Haggart Belting Canada Ltd. Act, 2019
Current status
Passed
Latest event
Royal Assent received
Last updated
Dec 12, 2019

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 12, 2019
Plain-language explanation
In plain English (our explanation)

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Short Version

The Haggart Belting Canada Ltd. Act, 2019, revives a dissolved corporation named Haggart Belting Canada Ltd., restoring its legal status as if it had never been dissolved.

What It Means

This private bill, the Haggart Belting Canada Ltd. Act, 2019, revives a corporation called Haggart Belting Canada Ltd. The corporation was dissolved on June 25, 2018, for not complying with a requirement under the Business Corporations Act. The bill states that the dissolution was inadvertent and that business continued to be conducted under the corporation's name. The revival restores the corporation to its legal position as if it had not been dissolved, subject to any rights acquired by others after its dissolution. The bill came into effect on the day it received Royal Assent.

What This Bill Does
  • Revives Haggart Belting Canada Ltd.
  • Restores Haggart Belting Canada Ltd. to its legal position as it was before it was dissolved, including its property, rights, privileges, franchises, liabilities, contracts, disabilities, and debts.
  • Makes the revival subject to any rights that have been acquired by any person after the corporation was dissolved.
  • States that the Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.
Who Is Affected
  • Haggart Belting Canada Ltd.
  • Donnie Haggart
  • The public who may have acquired rights or incurred liabilities related to Haggart Belting Canada Ltd. after its dissolution.
Rights, Duties, Or Obligations
  • Haggart Belting Canada Ltd. is restored to its legal position, including all its property, rights, privileges, and franchises.
  • Haggart Belting Canada Ltd. remains subject to all its liabilities, contracts, disabilities, and debts.
  • The revival is subject to any rights acquired by any person after Haggart Belting Canada Ltd.'s dissolution.
Important Dates
  • The Act received Royal Assent and came into force on December 12, 2019.
Uncertainties Or Limits
  • The extent of 'rights acquired by any person after its dissolution' is not detailed within the bill, creating a potential area of uncertainty for the restored corporation and third parties.
Laws Or Regulations Affected
Business Corporations Act
amended

A specific corporation, Haggart Belting Canada Ltd., which was dissolved under this Act for failure to comply with subsection 118 (3), is revived by this private bill. The bill does not change the general provisions of the Business Corporations Act but provides an exception for this specific corporation.

Source: Preamble

Haggart Belting Canada Ltd. Act, 2019
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
Dec 12, 2019
Step 2
Second reading
Dec 12, 2019
Step 3
Committee review
Nov 20, 2019
Step 4
Third reading
Dec 12, 2019
Step 5
Royal assent
Dec 12, 2019

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
Stephen Crawford
Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario | Oakville
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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