Second

Session, 48th General Assembly

Elizabeth II, 2018

BILL 31

ACT TO AMEND THE ORDER

of Newfoundland

and Labrador Act

Received

and Read the First Time ................................................................

Second

Reading ............................................................................................

Committee .....................................................................................................

Third

Reading ...............................................................................................

Royal

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

HONOURABLE ANDREW

PARSONS, Q.C.

Government House

Leader

Ordered to be printed by

the Honourable House of Assembly

EXPLANATORY NOTES

This Bill would amend the Order of

Newfoundland and Labrador Act to change the structure of the Order of Newfoundland and

Labrador Advisory Council by

expanding who is a member of

the council by virtue of his or her office;

decreasing the number of

individuals who are not members of the Order of Newfoundland and Labrador

appointed to the council; and

removing the appointment of the

chairperson of the council and providing that the Clerk of the Executive

Council is the chairperson.

This Bill would also clarify a sidenote and amend

Schedule C of the Public Service Commission Act to add a

reference to the appointment of individuals who are not members of the Order of

Newfoundland and Labrador to the Order of Newfoundland and

Labrador Advisory Council.

A BILL

AN ACT TO AMEND THE ORDER OF NEWFOUNDLAND

AND LABRADOR ACT

Analysis

S.12 Amdt.

Council established

2. S.15 Amdt.

Resignation and termination from Order

Transitional

RSNL1990 cP-43 Amdt.

Be it enacted by the Lieutenant-Governor and

House of Assembly in Legislative Session convened, as follows:

SNL2001 cO-7.1

as amended

1. Subsections 12(1) and (2) of the Order of Newfoundland and Labrador Act

are repealed and the following substituted:

Council

established

(1) The Order of Newfoundland and Labrador Advisory

Council is established consisting of

(

a) the following 4 individuals, each of whom is a

member by virtue of his or her office:

(

i) the

Clerk of the Executive Council,

(ii) the

Chancellor of Memorial University of Newfoundland,

(iii) the

Chief Justice of Newfoundland and Labrador or, where he or she is unable to

serve on the council for any reason, the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of

Newfoundland and Labrador, and

(iv) the Speaker of the House of Assembly;

(b) 2

individuals who are members of the Order who shall be appointed by the

Lieutenant-Governor in Council, each for a term of 3 years; and

(

c) not

more than 2 individuals appointed by the Lieutenant-Governor in Council, each

for a term of 3 years.

(2) The

Clerk of the Executive Council shall be the chairperson of the council.

2. Subsection 15(1) of the Act is repealed and the

following substituted:

Resignation and

termination from Order

(1) A member of the Order may resign from the Order

by giving written notice of intention to resign, signed by the member, to the

Chancellor.

Transitional

3. The members of the Order of Newfoundland and Labrador

Advisory Council holding office immediately before the coming into force of

this Act shall continue to hold office until the expiry of their terms.

RSNL1990 cP-43

Amdt.

Schedule C of the Public Service Commission Act is amended by inserting immediately

after the statutory appointment reference " Optometry Act, 2012 , subsections 9(1) and 27(4) with respect to ministerial

appointments" the statutory appointment reference " Order of Newfoundland and Labrador Act , paragraph

12(1)(c)".

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