Third

Session, 48th General Assembly

Elizabeth II, 2019

BILL 58

AN ACT TO AMEND THE REGIONAL

SERVICE BOARDS ACT, 2012

Received

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

Second

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

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

Third

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

Royal

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

HONOURABLE GRAHAM

LETTO

Minister of Municipal

Affairs and Environment

Ordered to be printed by

the Honourable House of Assembly

EXPLANATORY NOTES

This Bill would amend the Regional Service Boards Act, 2012 to

require the Lieutenant-Governor

in Council to appoint the chairperson of each regional service board;

set a term of 4 years for

chairpersons of regional service boards; and

allow the Lieutenant-Governor

in Council to dismiss a chairperson of a regional service board.

A BILL

AN ACT TO AMEND THE REGIONAL SERVICE BOARDS

ACT, 2012

Analysis

S.2 Amdt.

Definitions

S.5 Amdt.

Chairperson and vice-chairperson

S.6 Amdt.

Board membership

S.8 Amdt.

Term

SNL2016 cI-2.1Amdt.

Transitional

Be it enacted by the Lieutenant-Governor and

House of Assembly in Legislative Session convened, as follows:

SNL2012 cR-8.1

as amended

1. Subparagraph 2(e)(

i) of the Regional Service Boards Act, 2012 is

repealed and the following substituted:

(

i) a chairperson appointed to a board under

section 5, and

2. Subsection 5(1) of the Act is repealed and the

following substituted:

Chairperson and

vice-chairperson

(1) The

Lieutenant-Governor in Council shall, on the recommendation of the minister,

appoint a chairperson to each board for a 4 year term.

(1.1) Notwithstanding subsection (1), the

Lieutenant-Governor in Council may dismiss a chairperson from a board.

(1.2) A chairperson appointed under subsection

(1) is eligible for reappointment.

(1.4) Notwithstanding subsection (1), a chairperson

of a board shall continue to be the chairperson until he or she is reappointed,

replaced or dismissed.

3. Subsection 6(4) of the Act is repealed and the

following substituted:

(4) In this section, "member" means a

person appointed or elected to a board under this

section but does not include

a chairperson appointed to a board under

section 5.

4. (1) Subsection 8(4) of the Act is

repealed.

(2) Subsection 8(5) of the Act is repealed and the

following substituted:

(5) Notwithstanding subsections (1) to (3), a

member shall continue to be a member until he or she is reappointed, re-elected

or replaced.

SNL2016 cI-2.1 Amdt.

5. The

Schedule to the Independent Appointments Commission Act is amended by adding

immediately after the statutory appointment reference " Regional Health Authorities Act, Regional

Health Authorities Regulations, subsection 3(3)" the statutory appointment

reference " Regional Service Boards

Act, 2012 , subsection 5(1)".

Transitional

6. A person who is the chairperson of a board on

the coming into force of this Act continues to be the chairperson of the board

until reappointed, replaced or dismissed.

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