Statutes of Newfoundland and Labrador 2017 Chapter 1

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Be it enacted by the Lieutenant-Governor and House of Assembly in Legislative Session convened, as follows:

RSNL1990 cF-8
as amended

1. Section 60 of the Financial Administration Act is repealed and the following substituted:

Tabling of Public Accounts

60. (1) The minister shall lay the Public Accounts required under section 59 before the House of Assembly or submit them in accordance with subsection (4) before November 1 in the following fiscal year.

(2) Notwithstanding subsection (1), in a year in which a general election is to be held in accordance with subsection 3(2) of the House of Assembly Act, the Public Accounts shall be laid before the House of Assembly or submitted in accordance with subsection (4) no less than 15 days before the date fixed for the general election.

(3) In addition to the requirement under subsection (1), in a year in which a general election is to be held in accordance with the provisions of section 3 of the House of Assembly Act, other than subsections 3(2) to (5), an unaudited report on the financial state of the province shall be laid before the House of Assembly or submitted in accordance with subsection (4) no less than 15 days before the date fixed for the general election unless one of the following has occurred within 3 months of the date fixed for the general election:

(a) the Public Accounts for the previous fiscal year have been laid before the House of Assembly;

(b) the Budget Speech has been delivered; or

(4) Section 19.1 of the House of Assembly Act applies to the tabling of Public Accounts under this section as if that report were a report of an officer of the House of Assembly.