Second

Session, 48th General Assembly

Elizabeth II, 2017

BILL 28

AN ACT TO AMEND THE INDEPENDENT

APPOINTMENTS COMMISSION ACT

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Second

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Royal

Assent .................................................................................................

HONOURABLE TOM OSBORNE

Minister of Finance

and President of Treasury Board

Ordered to be printed by

the Honourable House of Assembly

EXPLANATORY NOTES

This

Bill would amend the Independent

Appointments Commission Act to allow for the appointment of a minimum of 5

members and a maximum of 7 members to the Independent Appointments Commission.

A BILL

AN ACT TO AMEND THE INDEPENDENT

APPOINTMENTS COMMISSION ACT

Analysis

S.6 Amdt.

Commission established

S.7 Amdt.

Tenure of office

Be it enacted by the Lieutenant-Governor and

House of Assembly in Legislative Session convened, as follows:

SNL2016 cI-2.1

as amended

1. Subsection 6(3) of the Independent Appointments Commission Act is repealed and the following substituted:

(3) The commission shall consist of a minimum of 5

members and a maximum of 7 members appointed by the Lieutenant-Governor in

Council on resolution of the House of Assembly.

2. Subsection 7(5) of the Act is repealed and the

following substituted:

(5) With the exception of the first 5 members

appointed to the commission and the reappointment of those members, if granted,

this Act applies to the appointment of the members of the commission.

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