An Act to amend the Salaries Act and to make a consequential amendment to the Financial Administration Act
2018, c. 18
Annual Statutes
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An Act to amend the Salaries Act and to make a consequential amendment to the Financial Administration Act
An Act to amend the Salaries Act and to make a consequential amendment to the Financial Administration Act
An Act to amend the Salaries Act and to make a consequential amendment to the Financial Administration Act 2018 6 21 18 2018 90805
SUMMARY
This enactment amends the Salaries Act to authorize payment, out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund, of the salaries for eight new ministerial positions. It authorizes the Governor in Council to designate departments to support the ministers who occupy those positions and authorizes those ministers to delegate their powers, duties or functions to officers or employees of the designated departments. It also makes a consequential amendment to the Financial Administration Act .
Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows:
R.S., c. S-3
Salaries Act
The Salaries Act is amended by adding the following after
section 1:
PART 1
Salaries
2005, c. 16, s. 13, c. 16, s. 19(1); 2013, c. 33, s. 226(2)
(1) Paragraphs 4.1(3)(
s) to (t.4) of the Act are repealed.
2013, c. 40, s. 215
(2) Paragraph 4.1(3)(z.21) of the Act is replaced by the following:
(z.21)
the Minister of Infrastructure and Communities;
(3) Subsection 4.1(3) of the Act is amended by adding the following after paragraph (z.3):
(z.4)
the Minister of La Francophonie;
(z.5)
the Minister of Science;
(z.6)
the Minister of Small Business and Tourism;
(z.7)
the Minister of Sport and Persons with Disabilities;
(z.8)
the Minister of Status of Women; and
(z.9)
three additional ministers appointed by commission under the Great Seal.
The Act is amended by adding the following after
section 4.2:
PART 2
Support for Ministers Referred to in Paragraphs 4.1(3)(z.4) to (z.9)
Power to designate department
(1) The Governor in Council may, by order, designate a department to provide support to a minister referred to in any of paragraphs 4.1(3)(z.4) to (z.9) in the carrying out of his or her responsibilities.
Designated department
(2) A minister in respect of whom a department is designated under subsection (1)
(
a) may use the services and facilities of that department; and
(
b) may delegate to officers or employees of that department any of the minister’s powers, duties or functions.
Particular responsibilities
(3) The Governor in Council may, by order, designate a department to provide support to a minister referred to in any of paragraphs 4.1(3)(z.4) to (z.9) in the carrying out of the particular responsibilities that are specified in the order.
Designated department — particular responsibilities
(4) A minister in respect of whom a department is designated under subsection (3)
(
a) must use the services and facilities of that department when carrying out the particular responsibilities that are specified in the order; and
(
b) may delegate to officers or employees of that department any of the minister’s powers, duties or functions that are related to those particular responsibilities.
Financial Administration Act
(5) The appropriate Minister for a department that is designated under subsection (1) or (3) may delegate, to a minister in respect of whom that department is designated, any of the appropriate Minister’s powers, duties or functions referred to in sections 33 and 34, subsections 155(1) and (4) and sections 155.1 and 155.2 of the Financial Administration Act or the power to write off debts in accordance with regulations made under subsection 25(1) of that Act.
Department of Public Works and Government Services Act
(6) If the Minister of Public Works and Government Services delegates, under subsection 8(1) of the Department of Public Works and Government Services Act , any of the Minister’s powers, duties or functions under that Act to the appropriate Minister for a department that is designated under subsection (1) or (3), that appropriate Minister may subdelegate to a minister in respect of whom that department is designated any of the powers, duties or functions that were delegated to that appropriate Minister under that subsection 8(1).
Definitions
(7) The following
definitions apply in this section.
appropriate Minister has the same meaning as in
section 2 of the Financial Administration Act . ( ministre compétent )
department means a department named in
Schedule I to the Financial Administration Act , a division or branch of the federal public administration set out in column I of
Schedule I.1 to that Act and a corporation named in
Schedule II to that Act. ( ministère )
Transitional Provision
Transfer of powers, duties or functions
If, under any Act of Parliament, any instrument made under
an Act of Parliament or any order, contract, lease, licence or other document, any power, duty or function is vested in or may be exercised or performed by the Minister of Infrastructure, Communities and Intergovernmental Affairs, that power, duty or function is vested in or may be exercised or performed by the Minister of Infrastructure and Communities.
R.S., c. F-11
Consequential Amendment to the Financial Administration Act
Minister of Infrastructure and Communities
The reference to the “Minister of Infrastructure, Communities and Intergovernmental Affairs” in column II of
Schedule I.1 to the Financial Administration Act is replaced by a reference to the “Minister of Infrastructure and Communities”.
Coordinating Amendments
2004, c. 16
(1) In this section, “other Act” means the Amendments and Corrections Act, 2003 .
(2) section 25 of the other Act comes into force before
section 3 of this Act, then
(
a) that
section 3 is deemed never to have come into force and is repealed;
(
b) the heading before
section 5 and sections 5 and 6 of the Salaries Act , as enacted by that
section 25, are repositioned after
section 4.2 of that Act; and
(
c) the Salaries Act is amended by adding the following after
section 6:
PART 2
Support for Ministers Referred to in Paragraphs 4.1(3)(z.4) to (z.9)
Power to designate department
(1) The Governor in Council may, by order, designate a department to provide support to a minister referred to in any of paragraphs 4.1(3)(z.4) to (z.9) in the carrying out of his or her responsibilities.
Designated department
(2) A minister in respect of whom a department is designated under subsection (1)
(
a) may use the services and facilities of that department; and
(
b) may delegate to officers or employees of that department any of the minister’s powers, duties or functions.
Particular responsibilities
(3) The Governor in Council may, by order, designate a department to provide support to a minister referred to in any of paragraphs 4.1(3)(z.4) to (z.9) in the carrying out of the particular responsibilities that are specified in the order.
Designated department — particular responsibilities
(4) A minister in respect of whom a department is designated under subsection (3)
(
a) must use the services and facilities of that department when carrying out the particular responsibilities that are specified in the order; and
(
b) may delegate to officers or employees of that department any of the minister’s powers, duties or functions that are related to those particular responsibilities.
Financial Administration Act
(5) The appropriate Minister for a department that is designated under subsection (1) or (3) may delegate, to a minister in respect of whom that department is designated, any of the appropriate Minister’s powers, duties or functions referred to in sections 33 and 34, subsections 155(1) and (4) and sections 155.1 and 155.2 of the Financial Administration Act or the power to write off debts in accordance with regulations made under subsection 25(1) of that Act.
Department of Public Works and Government Services Act
(6) If the Minister of Public Works and Government Services delegates, under subsection 8(1) of the Department of Public Works and Government Services Act , any of the Minister’s powers, duties or functions under that Act to the appropriate Minister for a department that is designated under subsection (1) or (3), that appropriate Minister may subdelegate to a minister in respect of whom that department is designated any of the powers, duties or functions that were delegated to that appropriate Minister under that subsection 8(1).
Definitions
(7) The following
definitions apply in this section.
appropriate Minister has the same meaning as in
section 2 of the Financial Administration Act . ( ministre compétent )
department means a department named in
Schedule I to the Financial Administration Act , a division or branch of the federal public administration set out in column I of
Schedule I.1 to that Act and a corporation named in
Schedule II to that Act. ( ministère )
(3) section 3 of this Act comes into force before
section 25 of the other Act, then
(
a) the portion of that
section 25 before the heading that it enacts is replaced by the following:
The Salaries Act is amended by adding the following after
section 4.2:
(
b) on the day on which that
section 25 comes into force,
section 5 of the Salaries Act , as enacted by
section 3 of this Act, is renumbered as
section 7.
(4) section 25 of the other Act comes into force on the same day as