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2006 Legislative Session: 2nd Session, 38th Parliament

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HONOURABLE MICHAEL DE JONG

MINISTER OF LABOUR AND

CITIZENS' SERVICES

BILL 6 – 2006

MINISTERIAL ACCOUNTABILITY

BASES ACT, 2005-2006

Contents

Section

Minister of Finance

Commencement

HER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of British Columbia, enacts as follows:

Minister of Finance

1 For the purposes of sections 5 (1) and 6 (1) of the Balanced Budget and Ministerial Accountability Act in relation to the Minister of Finance for the 2005-2006 fiscal year, the estimated amount under

section 6 (1) of that Act is the sum of

(

a) the amounts appropriated for the operating expenses for which that minister is responsible in the main estimates for that fiscal year, and

(

b) the amount appropriated under

section 1 of the Supply Act, 2005-2006 (Supplementary Estimates No. 1) for the operating expenses for which that minister is responsible in the supplementary estimates referred to in the

preamble to that Act.

Commencement

2 This Act comes into force on the date of Royal Assent.

Explanatory Note

This Bill provides increased bases for purposes of ministerial accountability under the Balanced Budget and Ministerial Accountability Act , to reflect additional expenditures incurred under appropriations made by the Supply Act for Supplementary Estimates presented at the current sitting of the Legislative Assembly.

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