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C.C.S.M. c. S88
The Service and Therapy Animal Day Act
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(Assented to June 2, 2017)
WHEREAS service animals provide important assistance to persons with a wide range of disabilities and impairments;
AND WHEREAS therapy animals offer social and emotional support in a variety of therapeutic settings and provide companionship to residents in hospitals, personal care homes and other care facilities;
AND WHEREAS there is a need to recognize the important work provided by service animals and therapy animals;
THEREFORE HER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba, enacts as follows:
Service and Therapy Animal Day
1 In each year, May 20 is to be known throughout Manitoba as Service and Therapy Animal Day.
2 This Act may be referred to as chapter S88 of the Continuing Consolidation of the Statutes of Manitoba.
3 This Act comes into force on the day it receives royal assent.
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