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House of Assembly Act (amended)

BILL NO. 135

(as passed)

1st Session, 59th General Assembly
Nova Scotia
53 Elizabeth II, 2004



Government Bill



House of Assembly Act
(amended)

CHAPTER 37 OF THE ACTS OF 2004



The Honourable Ronald S. Russell, C.D.
Government House Leader



First Reading: October 12, 2004 (LINK TO BILL AS INTRODUCED)

Second Reading: October 12, 2004

Third Reading: October 15, 2004

Royal Assent: October 18, 2004

An Act to Amend Chapter 1
(1992 Supplement)
of the Revised Statutes, 1989,
the House of Assembly Act

Be it enacted by the Governor and Assembly as follows:

1 Section 45 of Chapter 1 (1992 Supplement) of the Revised Statutes, 1989, the House of Assembly Act, as amended by Chapter 47 of the Acts of 2001, Chapter 34 of the Acts of 2002 and Chapter 3 of the Acts of 2004, is further amended by adding immediately after subsection (8) the following subsection:

(9) Notwithstanding subsections (1) to (4),

(a) the Speaker shall not, in the year 2004, appoint persons pursuant to subsection (1); and

(b) for the year 2005, the annual indemnity and allowance for expenses to be paid pursuant to this Act and the salaries to be paid pursuant to this Act and the Executive Council Act shall be those amounts paid pursuant to this Act and the Executive Council Act for the year 2004 plus the weighted average percentage increase in salary paid for the fiscal year 2003-04 to all civil servants.

2 This Act comes into force on such day as the Governor in Council orders and declares by proclamation.

 


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