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Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency Act (R.S.C., 1985, c. 41 (4th Supp.))

Act current to 2024-03-06 and last amended on 2015-02-26. Previous Versions

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Marginal note:Appropriations based on Estimates

 The provisions made by any appropriation Act for the fiscal year in which this section comes into force, based on the Estimates for that year to defray the charges and expenses of the public service of Canada within the Department of Regional Industrial Expansion in relation to any matter in Atlantic Canada to which the powers, duties or functions of the Minister or the Agency extend by law, shall be applied to such classifications of the public service within the Agency as the Governor in Council may determine.

Marginal note:Transfer of powers, duties and functions

 Wherever under any Act, order, rule or regulation, or any contract, lease, licence or other document, any power, duty or function is vested in or exercisable by the Minister of Regional Industrial Expansion, the Deputy Minister of Regional Industrial Expansion or any other officer of the Department of Regional Industrial Expansion in relation to any matter in Atlantic Canada to which the powers, duties or functions of the Minister or of the Agency extend by law, the power, duty or function is vested in and shall be exercised by the Minister, the President or the appropriate officer of the Agency, as the case may be, unless the Governor in Council by order designates another Minister, deputy minister or officer of a department or a portion of the public service of Canada to exercise that power, duty or function.

Marginal note:Deemed appointment

 Every indeterminate employee in the public service of Canada who is transferred to a position in the Agency from the public service of Canada within ninety days after the day on which this section comes into force is deemed to have been appointed to the Agency in accordance with subsection 15(1).

 

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