House of Assembly Act (amended)

This Bill provides that no commission of inquiry on the remuneration of elected provincial officials shall be appointed to determine indemnities, allowances and salaries for the year 2005 and, for that year, provides that the percentage increase in the indemnities, allowances and salaries is to be the same as the weighted average percentage increase in salary for all civil servants for the 2003-04 fiscal year.

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:

(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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BILL NO. 135

(as introduced)