BILL NO. 20

2 (1) Subsection 45A(3) of Chapter 1 is repealed.

(2) Subsection 45A(8) of Chapter 1 is repealed and the following subsections substituted:

(8) With respect only to the inquiry and report pursuant to this Section following next after the general election of 2013,

(a) notwithstanding subsection (1), the Speaker shall appoint the persons to make the inquiry on or before December 31, 2013;

(b) the inquiry and report must include a review of and recommendations respecting all allowances, reimbursements, allowable expenses or other payments to members of the House pursuant to the House of Assembly Management Commission Act, including eligibility therefor under the House of Assembly Act, and all retiring allowances payable to members of the House pursuant to the Members' Retiring Allowances Act;

(c) notwithstanding clause (b), the Speaker may determine the scope of the review required by clause (b);

(d) notwithstanding subsection (4), the time for the completion of the inquiry and delivery of the report set out in subsection (4) is March 31, 2014;

(e) the Speaker may extend the time set out in clause (d) for the completion of the inquiry and delivery of the report; and

(f) subsection (5) applies mutatis mutandis to the recommendations respecting the matters reviewed pursuant to clause (b).

(9) For greater certainty, nothing in subsection (8) affects the authority of the House of Assembly Management Commission to make regulations pursuant to the House of Assembly Management Commission Act.

3 This Act has effect on and after December 6, 2013.

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