This is an unofficial version of the Act as of the day it was repealed.
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REPEALED
Date: June 1, 2022
C.C.S.M. c. S88
The Service and Therapy Animal Day Act
(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
In each year, May 20 is to be known throughout Manitoba as Service and Therapy Animal Day.
This Act may be referred to as chapter S88 of the Continuing Consolidation of the Statutes of Manitoba.
This Act comes into force on the day it receives royal assent.