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Second
Session, 48th General Assembly 66
Elizabeth II, 2017 |
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AN ACT TO AMEND THE
INTERGOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS ACT |
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Received and Read the First Time................................................................................................. |
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Royal Assent...................................................................................................................................... |
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HONOURABLE
ANDREW PARSONS, Q.C. Government House Leader |
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Ordered
to be printed by the Honourable House of Assembly |
EXPLANATORY NOTE This Bill would amend the Intergovernmental Affairs Act to ensure consistency with the structure of government departments, branches, offices and secretariats. |
A BILL AN ACT TO AMEND THE INTERGOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS ACT Analysis 1.
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S.5 Amdt. Be it enacted by the Lieutenant-Governor and House of Assembly in Legislative Session convened, as follows: RSNL1990 cI-13 1. Section 3 of the Intergovernmental Affairs Act is repealed and the following substituted: Secretariat 3. There shall be a secretariat within Executive Council responsible for intergovernmental affairs. 2. Section 4 of the Act is repealed and the following substituted: Administration 4. (1) The minister shall direct the administration of the secretariat. (2) In exercising the powers and discharging the duties conferred or imposed on him or her by this Act, the minister shall act under a style of cause that includes reference to intergovernmental affairs. 3. Subsections 5(1) and (2) of the Act are repealed and the following substituted: Secretariat staff 5. (1) The Lieutenant-Governor in Council may appoint, to hold office during pleasure, those deputy ministers and assistant deputy ministers that the Lieutenant-Governor in Council considers necessary for the proper conduct of the business of the secretariat. (2) The deputy minister shall be the deputy head of the secretariat. ©Queen's Printer |