Your Standing Committee on Law Amendments presents the following as its Fourth Report.

Your committee met on Monday, July 5, 1999, at 10 a.m. in Room 255 of the Legislative Building to consider bills referred.

Your committee heard representations on bills as follows:

Bill 21–The Ophthalmic Dispensers Amendment and Consequential Amendments Act; Loi modifiant la Loi sur les opticiens d'ordonnance et modifications corrélatives

Dr. Scott Mundle, Manitoba Association of Optometrists

Bill 30–The Veterinary Medical Act; Loi sur la médecine vétérinaire

Dr. Ab Hague, Manitoba Veterinary Medical Association

Albert Van Der Meulen, Private Citizen

Your committee has considered:

Bill 20–The Chiropodists Amendment Act; Loi modifiant la Loi sur les chiropodistes

Bill 21–The Ophthalmic Dispensers Amendment and Consequential Amendments Act; Loi modifiant la Loi sur les opticiens d'ordonnance et modifications corrélatives

Bill 28–The Legislative Assembly Amendment Act (2); Loi no 2 modifiant la Loi sur l'Assemblée législative

Bill 30–The Veterinary Medical Act; Loi sur la médecine vétérinaire

and has agreed to report the same without amendment.

Your committee has also considered:

Bill 23–The Order of Manitoba Act; Loi sur l'Ordre du Manitoba

and had agreed to report the same with the following amendments:

THAT subsection 8(2) be amended, in the English version of the part preceding clause (a), by striking out "to or"and substituting "or to".

MOTION:

THAT section 12 of the bill be amended, in subclause (1)(a)(i), by adding "or, where he or she is unable to serve on the council for any reason, the Chief Justice of the Court of Queen's Bench" after "Chief Justice of Manitoba".

THAT subsection 14(1) be struck out and the following substituted:

Secretary of council

14(1) The Lieutenant Governor in Council may appoint the Director of Protocol of the government or another employee of the government to be the secretary of the council.