Public Servants Disclosure Protection Act (S.C. 2005, c. 46)

Marginal note:Registry

• 20.8 (1) There shall be a Registry of the Tribunal consisting of an office in the National Capital Region described in the schedule to the National Capital Act.

• Marginal note:Registrar and other staff

  (2) The registrar of the Tribunal and the other officers and employees necessary for the proper conduct of the work of the Tribunal are to be appointed in accordance with the Public Service Employment Act.

• Marginal note:Technical experts

  (3) If requested to do so by the Chairperson, the registrar of the Tribunal may engage persons having technical or special knowledge to assist or advise members of the Tribunal in any matter and may, with the approval of the Treasury Board, fix and pay their remuneration and reimburse their expenses.

Marginal note:Sittings

20.9 The Tribunal may sit at the times and at the places throughout Canada that it considers necessary or desirable for the proper conduct of its business.

Marginal note:Conduct of proceedings

• 21. (1) Proceedings before the Tribunal are to be conducted as informally and expeditiously as the requirements of natural justice and the rules of procedure allow.

• Marginal note:Tribunal rules of procedure

  (2) The Chairperson of the Tribunal may make rules of procedure governing the practice and procedure before the Tribunal, including, but not limited to, rules governing

  • (a) the giving of notices to parties;

  • (b) the addition of parties and interested persons to the proceedings;

  • (c) the summoning of witnesses;

  • (d) the production and service of documents;

  • (e) discovery proceedings; and

  • (f) pre-hearing conferences.

• Marginal note:RCMP

  (3) The Chairperson must consult with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police before making any rules and must ensure that the rules take that organization’s security and confidentiality needs into account.

• Marginal note:Publication of proposed rules

  (4) A copy of each rule that the Chairperson proposes to make must be published in the Canada Gazette, and a reasonable opportunity must be given to interested persons to make representations with respect to it.

• Marginal note:Exception

  (5) A proposed rule need not be published more than once, whether or not it has been amended as a result of any representations.