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Federal Accountability Act (S.C. 2006, c. 9)

Assented to 2006-12-12

Marginal note:R.S., c. E-20; 2001, c. 33, s. 2(F)

Export Development Act

Marginal note:2001, c. 33, s. 13(E)

254. Subsection 4(1) of the Export Development Act is replaced by the following:

Marginal note:Appointment of directors

  • 4. (1) Each director, other than the Chairperson and the President, shall be appointed by the Minister, with the approval of the Governor in Council, to hold office during pleasure for a term not exceeding four years that will ensure, as far as possible, the expiration in any one year of the terms of office of not more than one half of the directors.

Marginal note:1993, c. 14; 2001, c. 22, s. 2

Farm Credit Canada Act

Marginal note:1994, c. 38, par. 25(1)(j)

255. Subsection 5(2) of the Farm Credit Canada Act is replaced by the following:

  • Marginal note:Appointment

    (2) The directors, other than the Chairperson and the President, shall be appointed by the Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food, with the approval of the Governor in Council, for a term not exceeding four years that will ensure, as far as possible, the expiration in any one year of the terms of office of not more than one half of the directors.

256. Subsection 8(1) of the Act is replaced by the following:

Marginal note:Committees

  • 8. (1) The Board may establish an executive committee and any other committees that the Board considers advisable, and may determine their composition and duties and the tenure of their members.

Marginal note:R.S., c. F-11

Financial Administration Act

Amendments to Act

257. Section 3 of the Financial Administration Act is amended by adding the following after subsection (9):

  • Marginal note:Schedule VI

    (10) The Governor in Council may, by order,

    • (a) add to Part I of Schedule VI the name of any department named in Schedule I;

    • (b) add to Part II or III of Schedule VI the name of any department and a reference to the accounting officer for the department;

    • (c) amend Part II or III of Schedule VI by replacing a reference to the accounting officer for a department with a new reference;

    • (d) move from Part II to Part III of Schedule VI, or from Part III to Part II of that Schedule, the name of a department and the reference to its accounting officer;

    • (e) amend Part I, II or III of Schedule VI by replacing the former name of a department with the new name; and

    • (f) delete the name of a department and the reference to its accounting officer from Part I, II or III of Schedule VI, where the department has ceased to exist or become part of another department.