BILL NO. 45
(as introduced)
1st Session, 59th General Assembly
Nova Scotia
53 Elizabeth II, 2004
Public Service Act
(amended)
The Honourable Michael G. Baker, Q.C.
Chair of Treasury and Policy Board
First Reading: April 15, 2004
Second Reading:
Third Reading:
Explanatory Note
This Bill authorizes the Governor in Council to terminate for cause and without notice the employment of the chief executive officer of certain government service organizations and government business enterprises if the organization or enterprise fails to comply with reporting requirements established by Treasury and Policy Board.
An Act to Amend Chapter 376
of the Revised Statutes, 1989,
the Public Service Act,
to Protect the Taxpayers of Nova Scotia
Be it enacted by the Governor and Assembly as follows:
1 Clause 10(1)(a) of Chapter 376 of the Revised Statutes, 1989, the Public Service Act, as enacted by Chapter 4 of the Acts of 2001, is amended by striking out "designated pursuant to" in the second and third lines and substituting "as defined in".2 Chapter 376 is further amended by adding immediately after Section 12 the following Section:
(a) the failure constitutes cause to dismiss without notice the chief executive officer of that government agency, whether or not the officer is so styled and whether the officer was hired or a contract of employment entered into before or after the coming into force of this Section;
(b) the Governor in Council may terminate without notice the employment of that chief executive officer;
(c) the termination is binding on the government agency and its governing board; and
(d) no severance, compensation, remuneration or other payment is payable to the chief executive officer pursuant to an enactment, a contract of employment or otherwise as a result of the termination.
(2) The Governor in Council may make regulations defining "chief executive officer" for the purpose of this Section.
(3) The exercise by the Governor in Council of the authority contained in subsection (2) is regulations within the meaning of the Regulations Act.
3 This Act comes into force on such day as the Governor in Council orders and declares by proclamation.
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