(a) a person holding
(i) office as a minister of the Crown,
(ii) office as the
(A) Speaker,
(B) Deputy Speaker,
(C) Chairperson of Committees, or
(D) Deputy Chairperson of Committees of the House of Assembly,
(iii) office as
(A) the Parliamentary Assistant to the Premier,
(B) a special assistant to the Premier, or
(C) a parliamentary secretary to a minister of the Crown, or
(iv) the recognized position of
(A) Leader of the Opposition,
(B) Opposition House Leader,
(C) Chief Government Whip, or
(D) Chief Opposition Whip
in the House of Assembly;
(b) a person holding a commission or appointment in the Canadian Navy, Army or Air Force;
(c) a person holding an office which now is or may be compulsory or obligatory and subject to a fine or penalty for non-acceptance;
(d) a person who accepts an acting appointment where the acting appointment is not held for more than 6 months but the person shall not hold more than 1 acting appointment for a longer time in total than 6 months, during the continuance of a General Assembly, except in the case provided for by paragraph (o);
(e) a person holding an office, place or appointment under the government, or under the Legislature, or under a public board or other public body, where the person holds the office, place or appointment upon the condition of discharging and discharges the duties without being entitled to or actually receiving salary, pay, profit or remuneration for the office, place or appointment;
(f) a person elected or appointed to a commission or committee, whether within or outside the Legislature, for the purpose of discharging duties in relation to the Legislature or legislation, whether in or out of legislative session;
(g) a person appointed to perform or discharge an act or function in relation to the compensation of parties whose interests in lands or whose rights are affected by an Act of the Legislature as long as the appointment is for a specified purpose or definite object and not of a permanent character, nor an office, place or appointment conferred for life, or during good behaviour, or during the pleasure of the Crown;
(h) a member of a school board within the meaning of the Schools Act or a member of a hospital board within the meaning of the Hospitals Act;
(i) an employee of a school board who is employed during the period when the House of Assembly is not sitting;
(j) a person appointed by the Board of Regents of the Memorial University of Newfoundland who is employed during the period when the House of Assembly is not sitting;
(k) a qualified barrister or solicitor acting as
(i) counsel or solicitor for the Crown, the government or the Legislature, or for a public department, board, commission or other legally constituted public body in a civil, criminal or quasi-criminal proceeding,
(ii) legal adviser to a public department, board, commission or other legally constituted public body, as long as he or she is not employed exclusively upon the work mentioned and occupies the position of an independent professional practitioner;
(l) a member of an incorporated body, or a member of a firm or trading company, contracting originally or by assignment for the public service, where the contract is made for the benefit of the incorporated body, firm or company;
(m) a person taking or holding the debentures of the public debt or a stock the interest and repayment of which are guaranteed by the province;
(n) a person who sells to the government, or the Legislature, or a public board or body, goods, wares or merchandise, as long as the sale is not in the nature of a continuing contract express or implied, with any of the previously mentioned persons, for the supply of goods, wares or merchandise;
(o) a person who accepts an acting appointment to an office in place of the holder of the office, during his or her temporary absence from the province, or during an illness;
(p) a person who accepts the office, place or appointment and the remuneration of a director of a corporation as a result of nomination by the Lieutenant-Governor in Council as a government director of that corporation under an Act of the Legislature or an agreement authorized under an Act of the Legislature enabling the appointment of a director by the government;
(q) a licensed medical or dental practitioner who performs medical or dental services during the period when the House of Assembly is not sitting, while in the employ of the government of the province or in the employ of a board or public body, the members of which are appointed by the government.