Short title

        1. This Act may be cited as the Parliamentary Assistant Act.

RSN1970 c284 s1

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Appointment of Parliamentary Assistant

        2. The Lieutenant-Governor in Council may appoint a member of the House of Assembly to be Parliamentary Assistant to the Premier.

RSN1970 c284 s2

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Tenure

        3. (1) A Parliamentary Assistant to the Premier holds office during pleasure.

             (2)  A Parliamentary Assistant to the Premier stops holding office when he or she stops being a member of the House of Assembly.

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Duties

        4. A Parliamentary Assistant to the Premier shall assist the Premier in the manner that the Premier directs.

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Salary

        5. (1) A Parliamentary Assistant to the Premier shall be paid a salary at an annual rate to be fixed by the Lieutenant-Governor in Council.

             (2)  The salary referred to in subsection (1) shall be paid out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund in equal monthly instalments.

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Travelling and other expenses

        6. The Lieutenant-Governor in Council may make regulations providing for the payment to a Parliamentary Assistant to the Premier of reasonable travelling and other expenses incurred by him or her in the discharge of his or her duties

             (a)  during a session of the House of Assembly while absent from St. John's ; or

             (b)  while away from his or her ordinary place of residence during a period when the House of Assembly is not in session.

RSN1970 c284 s6

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