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Bill C-30

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42-43 ELIZABETH II

CHAPTER 30

An Act to amend the Department of Labour Act

[Assented to 23rd June, 1994]

R.S., c. L-3; 1989, c. 5

      Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows:

1. Section 5 of the Department of Labour Act is amended by adding the following after subsection (2):

Persons under the age of fifty-five years

(3) The Minister may, subject to the approval of the Governor in Council, enter into agreements referred to in subsection (1) that, notwithstanding subsection (1), apply to former employees who are less than fifty-five years of age if the former employees are

    (a) fifty years of age or more on May 15, 1994; and

    (b) former employees of fish plants whose employment has been terminated by reason of a permanent reduction in the workforce at those plants because of a decline in fish stocks.