Order in Council 1106/2019

On the recommendation of the undersigned, the Lieutenant Governor of Ontario, by and with the advice and concurrence of the Executive Council of Ontario, orders that:

Whereas subsection 2(2) of the Executive Council Act provides that the Lieutenant Governor may by order in council prescribe the duties of the ministers of the Crown and the duties of any ministries over which they preside;

And whereas subsection 5(1) of the Executive Council Act provides that any of the powers and duties that have been assigned by law to any minister of the Crown may from time to time by order in council be assigned and transferred for a limited period or otherwise to any other minister by name or otherwise;

And whereas subsection 8(1) of the Executive Council Act provides that the authority of the Lieutenant Governor under this Act to prescribe duties of a minister of the Crown or to assign and transfer powers and duties that have been assigned by law to a minister of the Crown to any other minister includes authority, by order in council, to assign responsibility for the administration of an Act or a part of an Act to a minister of the Crown;

Therefore, pursuant to subsections 2(2), 5(1) and 8(1) of the Executive Council Act, despite any provision of a statute or Order in Council:

The administration of each statute listed in Column 2 of Schedule 1 to this Order is hereby assigned to the Minister listed opposite that statute in Column 3 of the Schedule;

And that the appendix to each Order in Council cited in Column 4 of Schedule 1 is hereby revised by adding to it the statute listed opposite the cited Order in Column 2 of the Schedule;

And that Orders in Council O.C. 1150/2018 and O.C. 1163/2018 dated October 22, 2018, in respect of Appendix A (Financial Administration Act – Ministerial Powers, Duties, Functions and Responsibilities), are amended as follows:

1. the row in respect of section 1.0.26 (Preparation of Public Accounts) is revoked and the following substituted:

2. the following Part is added:

PART VI
Disbursements at Events at which Politicians Speak

And that Order in Council O.C. 1163/2018 dated October 22, 2018 is further amended by adding the following to Appendix B (Statutes Administered by the President of the Treasury Board) in respect of sections of the Financial Administration Act administered by the President of the Treasury Board: section 47.

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