Second Session, 48th General Assembly

66 Elizabeth II, 2017

BILL 8

AN ACT TO AMEND THE HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY ACCOUNTABILITY,

INTEGRITY AND ADMINISTRATION ACT

NO.2

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 NOTE

This Bill would amend the House of Assembly

Accountability, Integrity and Administration Act to

allow for House officers to be appointed temporarily by the Speaker, upon the

recommendation of the House of Assembly Management Commission, in certain circumstances.

A BILL

AN ACT

TO AMEND THE HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY ACCOUNTABILITY, INTEGRITY AND ADMINISTRATION ACT NO.2

Analysis

S.7 Amdt.

House officers

Be it enacted by the Lieutenant-Governor and

House of Assembly in Legislative Session convened, as follows:

SNL2007 cH-10.1

as amended

Section 7 of the House of Assembly Accountability, Integrity and Administration Act

is amended by adding immediately after subsection (2) the following:

(3) Where an officer referred to in paragraphs

(1)(

a) to (

d) is unable to act by reason of absence, incapacity or other cause

or the office is vacant, the Speaker, upon the recommendation of the commission , may appoint a person to act as that officer in a

temporary capacity for a period that shall not exceed 12 consecutive months.

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