First

Session, 48th General Assembly

Elizabeth II, 2016

BILL 3

AN ACT TO AMEND THE

PARLIAMENTARY ASSISTANT ACT AND THE PARLIAMENTARY SECRETARIES ACT

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

Second Reading .................................................................................................................................

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

Third Reading .....................................................................................................................................

Royal Assent ......................................................................................................................................

HONOURABLE

ANDREW PARSONS

Government House Leader

Ordered

to be printed by the Honourable House of Assembly

EXPLANATORY NOTES

This Bill would amend the Parliamentary Assistant Act and the Parliamentary Secretaries Act .

The Parliamentary Assistant Act would be amended to confirm that the

Parliamentary Assistant to the Premier serves without remuneration payable in

accordance with the office.

The Parliamentary Secretaries Act would be amended to

repeal a provision requiring

that no more than 4 parliamentary secretaries hold office at one time; and

confirm that parliamentary

secretaries serve without remuneration payable in accordance with the office.

A BILL

AN ACT TO AMEND THE PARLIAMENTARY ASSISTANT

ACT AND THE PARLIAMENTARY SECRETARIES ACT

Analysis

PARLIAMENTARY

ASSISTANT ACT

S.5 R&S

No remuneration

S.6 R&S

Expenses

PARLIAMENTARY

SECRETARIES ACT

S.3 Amdt.

Appointment

S.6 R&S

No remuneration

Be it enacted by the Lieutenant-Governor and

House of Assembly in Legislative Session convened, as follows:

PARLIAMENTARY ASSISTANT ACT

RSNL1990 cP-1

Section 5 of the Parliamentary Assistant Act is repealed and the following

substituted:

No remuneration

5. Except

as provided for in

section 6, no remuneration is payable to a Parliamentary

Assistant to the Premier by virtue of holding that office.

Section 6 of the Act is repealed and the

following substituted:

Expenses

(1) A

Parliamentary Assistant to the Premier shall be paid the expenses actually and

reasonably incurred by him or her in carrying out his or her duties.

(2) The expenses referred to in subsection

(1) shall be paid by the Minister of Finance out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund.

PARLIAMENTARY SECRETARIES ACT

RSNL1990 cP-2

3. Subsection 3(2) of the Parliamentary Secretaries Act is repealed.

Section 6 of the Act is repealed and the

following substituted:

No remuneration

(1) Except

as provided for in subsection (2), no remuneration is payable to a

parliamentary secretary by virtue of holding that office.

(2) A parliamentary secretary shall be paid the expenses

actually and reasonably incurred by him or her in carrying out his or her

duties.

(3) The expenses referred to in subsection

(2) shall be paid by the Minister of Finance out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund.

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