Appointment of Acting Ministers Regulations

c t PUBLIC DEPARTMENTS ACT APPOINTMENT OF ACTING MINISTERS REGULATIONS PLEASE NOTE This document, prepared by the Legislative Counsel Office, is an office consolidation of this regulation, current to February 1, 2004. It is intended for information and reference purposes only. This document is not the official version of these regulations. The regulations and the amendments printed in the Royal Gazette should be consulted on the Prince Edward Island Government web site to determine the authoritative text of these regulations. For more information concerning the history of these regulations, please see the Table of Regulations on the Prince Edward Island Government web site (www.princeedwardisland.ca). If you find any errors or omissions in this consolidation, please contact: Legislative Counsel Office Tel: (902) 368-4292 Email: legislation@gov.pe.ca Public Departments Act Appointment of Acting Ministers Regulations Section 1 c PUBLIC DEPARTMENTS ACT Chapter P-29 APPOINTMENT OF ACTING MINISTERS REGULATIONS Pursuant to subsection 4(2) of the Public Departments Act R.S.P.E.I. 1988, Cap. P-29, Council made the following regulations: 1. Absence of Minister A Minister intending to be absent from the province shall make his or her intentions known in advance to a meeting of the Lieutenant Governor in Council and the Council may, in the course of that meeting, designate an Acting Minister. (EC763/90; 384/03) 2. Incapacity of Minister If the President of the Executive Council is informed of the incapacity of a Minister, whether by reason of illness or otherwise, he or she may designate an Acting Minister. (EC763/90; 384/03) 3. Appointment approval by Lieutenant Governor The proposed appointment of an Acting Minister pursuant to section 1 or 2 shall be set out in an Order in Council for the approval of the Lieutenant Governor if the appointment is for a period in excess of seven days. (EC763/90; 384/03) c t Updated February 1, 2004 Page 3