Nova Scotia Order in Council 8643/1999

O.C. 8643/1999

Nova Scotia — Orders in Council

OIC Number: 1999 - 399

Date of Order: Aug 16, 1999

Statute: Public Service Act

OIC Text: The Governor in Council on the report and recommendation of the President of the Executive Council, dated August 16, 1999, pursuant to

Chapter 376 of the Revised Statutes of Nova Scotia, 1989, the Public Service Act, and all other authority in him vested, is pleased, effective August 16, 1999, to: (

a) create a Department of Tourism and Culture and prescribe the name of the Department to be the Department of Tourism and Culture; (

b) direct that the Department of Tourism and Culture shall be presided over by the Minister of Tourism and Culture who shall be appointed by the Governor in Council, who shall be deemed to be a Member of the Executive Council having charge of a department; (

c) direct that all affairs and matters relating to the subject of tourism as have heretofore been the responsibility of the Minister of Economic Development and Tourism are assigned to the Minister of Tourism and Culture; (

d) direct that all affairs and matters relating to the subject of culture as have heretofore been the responsibility of the Minister of Education and Culture are assigned to the Minister of Tourism and Culture; (

e) direct that the Minister of Tourism and Culture shall have the supervision, direction and control of all offices and matters relating to the Department of Tourism and Culture and shall supervise the performance of the functions of the Department of Tourism and Culture; (

f) authorize the appointment of a Deputy Minister of Tourism and Culture who shall be paid a salary as the Governor in Council determines, who shall perform such duties as are from time to time prescribed by the Governor in Council, who shall be an employee in the public service with the status of a deputy head, and to whom the provisions of the Civil Service Act relating to a deputy or deputy head shall apply and who may be described as the Deputy Minister of Tourism and Culture; (

g) direct that the Department of Economic Development and Tourism is renamed the Department of Economic Development and shall be presided over by the Minister of Economic Development; (

h) direct that the Department of Education and Culture is renamed the Department of Education and shall be presided over by the Minister of Education; and (

i) direct that a reference in any Act of the Legislature or in any rule, order, regulation, bylaw, ordinance or proceeding, or in any document whatsoever, to a Department or to the Minister or Deputy Minister of that Department, the name of which has been changed by this Order or to which affairs and matters have been transferred by this Order, whether the reference is by official name or otherwise, shall with respect to any subsequent transaction, matter or thing be held and construed to be a reference to the Department or to the Minister or Deputy Minister of that Department to which a name has been changed or to which the affairs and matters have been transferred, as the case may be.

Department(s): Executive Council

Document details

Collection	Nova Scotia — Orders in Council
Citation	O.C. 8643/1999
Date	1999-01-01
Type	order_in_council
Volume / chapter	1999 8643
Language	en
Format	html
Source	PROVINCIAL
Identifier	2f2b8ad55c980dbbd78b219843547afea854b25c

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