fostering employment equity and diversity in the nova scotia legal
fostering employment equity and diversity in the nova scotia legal
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(h)<br />
"M<strong>in</strong>ister" means <strong>the</strong> M<strong>in</strong>ister of Justice.<br />
3 (1) The M<strong>in</strong>ister shall ma<strong>in</strong>ta<strong>in</strong> a list of law firms eligible to provide <strong>legal</strong> services to <strong>the</strong><br />
government of Nova Scotia.<br />
(2) No law firm shall perform <strong>legal</strong> services for <strong>the</strong> government of Nova Scotia except<br />
an eligible law firm.<br />
4 A law firm is eligible if <strong>the</strong> law firm has:<br />
(a)<br />
(b)<br />
filed its commitment for Crown law agents;<br />
appo<strong>in</strong>ted a coord<strong>in</strong>ator <strong>and</strong> filed an action plan acceptable to <strong>the</strong> M<strong>in</strong>ister<br />
with<strong>in</strong> three months of fil<strong>in</strong>g <strong>the</strong> law firm’s signed commitment for Crown law<br />
agents.<br />
5 (1) An eligible law firm becomes <strong>in</strong>eligible if it fails to<br />
(a)<br />
comply with it's commitment for Crown law agents or its action plan;<br />
(b) report <strong>in</strong> accordance with Section 6;<br />
(c)<br />
appo<strong>in</strong>t a coord<strong>in</strong>ator.<br />
(2) Notwithst<strong>and</strong><strong>in</strong>g subsection (l) where <strong>the</strong> M<strong>in</strong>ister determ<strong>in</strong>es that a law firm has<br />
made its best effort to comply with subsection (l), <strong>the</strong> M<strong>in</strong>ister may determ<strong>in</strong>e <strong>the</strong> law<br />
firm is eligible.<br />
(3) The M<strong>in</strong>ister will exercise <strong>the</strong> discretion <strong>in</strong> subsection (2) only <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> clearest of cases<br />
where <strong>the</strong> law firm has satisfied <strong>the</strong> M<strong>in</strong>ister of its best efforts to comply.<br />
6 The law firm may amend its action plan at any time with <strong>the</strong> approval of <strong>the</strong> M<strong>in</strong>ister.<br />
7 (1) The law firm will file with <strong>the</strong> M<strong>in</strong>ister<br />
(a)<br />
(b)<br />
with<strong>in</strong> three months of approval of its action plan, an <strong>in</strong>itial report describ<strong>in</strong>g<br />
<strong>the</strong> implementation of <strong>the</strong> law firm's action plan;<br />
an annual report, dur<strong>in</strong>g <strong>the</strong> month of May each year describ<strong>in</strong>g<br />
(i)<br />
(ii)<br />
<strong>the</strong> law firm's compliance with its action plan,<br />
any events of significance to <strong>the</strong> action plan s<strong>in</strong>ce <strong>the</strong> last report.<br />
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