Part xiii.1 nUtritionAL STANDARDS

317.  In this Part,

“trans fat” has the same meaning as in the Food and Drug Regulations made under the Food and Drugs Act (Canada). 2008, c. 2, s. 2.

Section Amendments with date in force (d/m/y)

1997, c. 31, s. 129 - 1/01/1998

318.  (1)  A board shall ensure that a food or beverage offered for sale in a cafeteria of a school of the board does not contain more than the prescribed amount or percentage of trans fat. 2008, c. 2, s. 2.

(2)  A board shall ensure that an ingredient used in the preparation, in a cafeteria of a school of the board, of a food or beverage offered for sale in the cafeteria does not contain more than the prescribed amount or percentage of trans fat. 2008, c. 2, s. 2.

(3)  Subsections (1) and (2) do not apply to the board,

(a) in respect of a food or beverage or an ingredient used in the preparation of a food or beverage specified in the regulations;

(b) on a special event day; or

(c) in the circumstances specified in the regulations. 2008, c. 2, s. 2.

Special event day

(4)  For the purposes of clause (3) (b), a special event day is a day that meets the criteria set out in the regulations. 2008, c. 2, s. 2.

1997, c. 31, s. 129 - 1/01/1998

319.  (1)  A board shall ensure that a food or beverage offered for sale in a vending machine on school premises meets any nutritional standards set out in the regulations. 2008, c. 2, s. 3.

(2)  Subsection (1) does not apply to the board in the circumstances specified in the regulations. 2008, c. 2, s. 3.

1997, c. 31, s. 129 - 1/01/1998

320.  The Minister may make regulations,

(a) defining “dairy product” and “ruminant meat” for the purposes of this Part and the regulations;

(b) prescribing amounts and percentages for the purposes of subsections 318 (1) and (2), including prescribing different amounts and percentages for different classes of food, beverages, ingredients and types and sources of trans fat;

(c) specifying a food, beverage or ingredient for the purposes of clause 318 (3) (a), including a food, beverage or ingredient in which the trans fat originates exclusively from ruminant meat or dairy products;

(d) specifying circumstances for the purposes of clause 318 (3) (c) or subsection 319 (2);

(e) setting out criteria for the purposes of subsection 318 (4);

(f) governing nutritional standards for food and beverages and for any ingredient contained in food and beverages provided on school premises or in connection with a school-related activity;

(g) requiring a board to ensure that the standards referred to in clause (f) are met, and prescribing rules for when the requirement first applies to the board;

(h) prescribing rules for when a requirement set out in subsection 318 (1), (2) or 319 (1) first applies to a board. 2008, c. 2, s. 4.

1997, c. 31, s. 129 - 1/01/1998

321.-326.  Repealed: 1997, c. 31, s. 129.

1997, c. 31, s. 129 - 1/01/1998

1997, c. 31, s. 131 - 1/01/1998

Education Improvement Commission

334.  Repealed: 2009, c. 25, s. 49.

Section Amendments with date in force (d/m/y)

1997, c. 3, s. 8 - 24/04/1997; 1997, c. 31, s. 132, 133 (1, 2) - 1/01/1998

1997, c. 3, s. 8 - 24/04/1997; 1997, c. 31, s. 134 (1-6) - 1/01/1998

1997, c. 31, s. 135 - 1/01/1998

1997, c. 3, s. 8 - 24/04/1997; 1997, c. 31, s. 136 - 1/01/1998

345.  (1)  An order or directive made by the Education Improvement Commission under section 58.2 of this Act, as it read immediately before it was repealed by section 9 of the Student Achievement and School Board Governance Act, 2009, or under a predecessor of that section, may be filed in the Superior Court of Justice. 2009, c. 25, s. 50.

(2)  An order or directive that is filed under subsection (1) shall be enforceable as if it were an order of the Superior Court of Justice. 2009, c. 25, s. 50.

1997, c. 31, s. 137 - 1/01/1998

346.  (1)  No proceeding for damages shall be brought against,

(a) the Education Improvement Commission or a member or delegate of it;

(b) a member of a committee established by the Education Improvement Commission under this Act;

(c) a person retained by or acting under the direction of the Education Improvement Commission or a committee referred to in clause (b),

for an act done in good faith in the execution or intended execution of any duty or authority related, directly or indirectly, to the carrying out of the mandate of the Education Improvement Commission under this Act or for any alleged neglect or default in the execution in good faith of such duty or authority. 1997, c. 31, s. 138 (1).

(2)  Subsection (1) also applies in respect of an employee or agent of an old board or a district school board acting under the direction of,

(a) a member of the Education Improvement Commission or of a committee referred to in clause (1) (b); or

(b) the old board or district school board. 1997, c. 31, s. 138 (1).

(3)  Despite subsections 5 (2) and (4) of the Proceedings Against the Crown Act, subsections (1) and (2) do not relieve any person, other than one mentioned in those subsections, of any liability to which the person would otherwise be subject. 1997, c. 3, s. 8.

(4)  No proceeding for damages shall be brought against any person or against the Education Improvement Commission for an act done in good faith in the execution or intended execution of any duty or authority under the Municipal Elections Act, 1996, the Assessment Act or this Part relating to elections to a district school board, to an old board or to a school authority, or for any alleged neglect or default in the execution in good faith of such duty or authority. 1997, c. 3, s. 8; 1997, c. 31, s. 138 (2).

(5)  Despite subsections 5 (2) and (4) of the Proceedings Against the Crown Act, subsection (4) does not relieve the Crown of any liability to which it would otherwise be subject. 1997, c. 3, s. 8.

(6)  Repealed: 1997, c. 31, s. 138 (3).

Same

(7)  A proceeding for damages against any person for an act or alleged neglect or default to which subsection (1) or (4) applies that is brought before the Fewer School Boards Act, 1997 receives Royal Assent shall be deemed to have been dismissed without costs on the day that Act receives Royal Assent. 1997, c. 3, s. 8.

(8)  A decision in a proceeding described in subsection (7) is unenforceable. 1997, c. 3, s. 8.

1997, c. 3, s. 8 - 24/04/1997; 1997, c. 31, s. 138 (1-3) - 1/01/1998

347.  (1)  A person who obtains under sections 335 to 343 of this Act, as those sections read immediately before the Education Quality Improvement Act, 1997 received Royal Assent, information that is personal information as defined in the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act shall use and disclose it only for the purposes of Part II.2 or this Part. 1997, c. 3, s. 8; 1997, c. 31, s. 139 (1).

(2)  Without limiting the generality of subsection (1), the information that may be used or disclosed under that subsection includes information relating to,

(a) a financial transaction or proposed financial transaction of an old board or a district school board;

(b) anything done or proposed to be done in connection with the finances of an old board or a district school board by a member, employee or agent of the old board or district school board. 1997, c. 3, s. 8; 1997, c. 31, s. 139 (2, 3).

(3)  Section 335, as it read immediately before it was repealed by section 49 of the Student Achievement and School Board Governance Act, 2009 applies despite anything in the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act or the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act. 1997, c. 3, s. 9; 1997, c. 31, s. 139 (4); 2009, c. 25, s. 51.

(4)  A person who wilfully uses or discloses, except for the purposes of Part II.2 or this Part, information that the person obtained under sections 335 to 343 of this Act, as those sections read immediately before the Education Quality Improvement Act, 1997 received Royal Assent, and that is personal information as defined in the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act is guilty of an offence and on conviction is liable to a fine of not more than $2,000. 1997, c. 3, s. 9; 1997, c. 31, s. 139 (5).

1997, c. 3, s. 8, 9 - 24/04/1997; 1997, c. 31, s. 139 (1-5) - 1/01/1998

1997, c. 31, s. 140 - 1/01/1998

1997, c. 31, s. 140 - 1/01/1998

1997, c. 31, s. 141 - 8/12/1997

1997, c. 31, s. 141 - 8/12/1997

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