Statutes of Newfoundland and Labrador 2018 Chapter 9

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

RSNL1990 cS-25
as amended

1. Section 1.1 of the Status of Women Advisory Council Act is repealed and the following substituted:

Definitions

1.1 In this Act

(a) "advisory council" means the Provincial Advisory Council on the Status of Women - Newfoundland and Labrador continued under section 2;

(b) "member" means a person appointed under subsection 4(1) and the president;

(c) "minister" means the minister designated by order of the Lieutenant-Governor in Council to be the minister responsible for the status of women; and

(d) "president" means the person appointed under section 8.

2. (1) Subsection 4(1) of the Act is repealed and the following substituted:

Members

4. (1) The advisory council shall consist of the president and 10 persons appointed by the Lieutenant-Governor in Council.

(2) Subsection 4(4) of the Act is repealed and the following substituted:

(4) A member whose term of office has expired shall continue to be a member until a successor is appointed.

3. Subsection 8(1) of the Act is repealed and the following substituted:

President

8. (1) The Lieutenant-Governor in Council shall appoint a person to be the president of the advisory council.

4. Section 9 of the Act is repealed and the following substituted:

Vice-president

9. (1) The Lieutenant-Governor in Council shall appoint a vice-president from the persons appointed under subsection 4(1).

(2) Where the president is unable to exercise the powers and duties of president, the vice-president shall act in place of the president and subsection 8(3) applies to the vice-president as may be appropriate in the circumstances.