First

Session, 49th General Assembly

Elizabeth II, 2020

BILL 50

AN ACT TO AMEND THE

AUDITOR GENERAL ACT

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HONOURABLE STEVE

CROCKER

Government House

Leader

Ordered to be printed by

the Honourable House of Assembly

EXPLANATORY NOTES

This Bill would amend the Auditor General Act to replace the

reference to a "sitting" of the House of Assembly in subsection 7(2) with

a reference to a "session" of the House of Assembly.

A BILL

AN ACT TO AMEND THE AUDITOR GENERAL ACT

Analysis

S.7 Amdt.

Acting auditor general

Be it enacted by the Lieutenant-Governor and

House of Assembly in Legislative Session convened, as follows:

SNL1991 c22

as amended

1. Subsection 7(2) of the Auditor General Act is repealed and the following substituted:

(2) Where the office of the auditor

general becomes vacant and an acting auditor general is appointed under

paragraph (1)(

b) or (c), the term of the acting auditor general shall

not extend beyond the end of the next session of the House of Assembly.

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