First Session, 47th

General Assembly

61 Elizabeth II,

BILL 32

AN ACT TO AMEND THE PUBLIC SERVICE

COMMISSION ACT

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

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

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

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

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

HONOURABLE THOMAS

W. MARSHALL, Q.C.

Minister of Finance

and President of Treasury Board

Ordered to be printed by

the Honourable House of Assembly

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Bill would amend the Public Service Commission Act respecting

the delegation of certain powers and functions of the Newfoundland and Labrador Public Service

Commission.

A BILL

AN ACT TO AMEND THE PUBLIC SERVICE

COMMISSION ACT

Analysis

S.13 Amdt.

Merit principles

Be it enacted by the Lieutenant-Governor and

House of Assembly in Legislative Session convened, as follows:

RSNL1990 cP-43

as amended

1. (1) Subsection 13(2) of the Public Service Commission Act is

repealed and the following substituted:

(2) The commission may, in writing, and subject to

those regulations that the Lieutenant-Governor in Council may make,

(

a) delegate to a chief executive officer the

authority to exercise and perform the powers or functions of the commission in

relation to appointments and promotions to specific positions or categories of

positions within that part of the public service of which he or she is the

chief executive officer; or

(

b) delegate to the chief executive officer of the

central agency responsible for human resources the authority to exercise and

perform the powers or functions of the commission in relation to appointments

and promotions within the public service, and those other duties under this Act

as may be agreed between the commission and the chief executive officer of the

central agency responsible for human resources.

(2) Subsection 13(3) of the Act is repealed and

the following substituted:

(3) Delegations shall be subject to review

annually by the commission.

William E. Parsons, Queen's Printer