RSNL1990 CHAPTER P-43 - PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION ACT

RSNL1990 CHAPTER P-43 PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION ACT Amended: 1991 c40 s33; 1991 c45 s15; 1992 c11 s1; OC94-204; 1996 cC-22.1 s.29; 1999 c22 s21; 2001 cN-3.1 s2; 2004 cL-3.1 s56; 2005 c47; 2006 c40 ss16&21; 2010 c31 s18; 2011 cC-37.00001 s50; 2016 cI-2.1 s19; 35/16 s2; 44/16 s1; 15/17 s1; 2017 cP-3.01 s32; 35/17 s1; 2017 c10 s26; 2017 c15 s4; 76/17 s2; 103/17 s2; 2018 c3 s4; 54/18 s2; 56/18 s2; 88/18 s2; 97/18 s2; 105/18 s2; 119/18 s2; 2019 c8 s30; 25/19; 2019 cS-29.02 s31; 2019 cP-44.01 s47; 52/20; 65/20; 87/20; 38/21; 52/21; 2021 c27 s29; 2021 cA-1.001 c36; 81/21; 2022 c31 s13; 21/23 s1; 2022 c14 s39; 43/23; 2023 c18 s47; 2023 c26 s39; 2024 cK-01 s9; 33/24; 41/24; 2024 cP-12.3 s79; 82/24; 2024 c31 s20; 2024 c34 s8; 2024 c32 s108; 2024 cH-1.03 s34; 2024 cN-5.1 s70; 2025 c4 s249 CHAPTER P-43 AN ACT RESPECTING THE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION OF THE PROVINCE Analysis 1. Short title 2. Definitions 3. Application of Act 4. Non-application 4.1 Labrador Inuit rights 5. Commission 6. Tenure of office 7. Staff 8. Pension and leave rights 9. Procedure and records 10. Right of commission to access and help 11. Appointments and promotions 12. Idem 13. Merit principles 14. Boards of examiners 15. Duties of commission 16. Concerning the Public Inquiries Act 17. Annual report to minister 18. Regulations 18.1 Protection from liability 19. Attempt to influence commission 20. Application of certain provisions 21. Appointments to agencies, boards and commissions 22. Recommendations to be considered 23. Effect of requirement to consider recommendation 24. Schedule C 25. Additional powers and duties of commission 26. Current appointments unaffected 27. Attempt to influence commission Schedule A Schedule B Schedule C Short title 1. This Act may be cited as the Public Service Commission Act. 1973 No116 s1 Back to Top Definitions 2. In this Act (a) "agency" means a body comprising the public service as defined by paragraph (k ); (b) "chairperson" means the chairperson of the commission; (c) "chief executive officer" means (i) the deputy minister in a department of the government of the province, (ii) the Clerk of the House of Assembly, (ii.1) a person appointed to preside over a statutory office of the House of Assembly, (iii) the Clerk of the Executive Council, and (iv) another official head of an agency designated by the Lieutenant-Governor in Council to function as a deputy minister for the purposes of this Act; (d) "commission" means the Newfoundland and Labrador Public Service Commission continued by section 5; (e) "commissioner" means a member of the commission; (f) "contractual employee" means a person employed for a certain term for the purpose of performing certain specified work and whose terms and conditions of employment are specifically stated in a written contract; (g) "delegation" means a delegation of authority by the commission to a chief executive officer; (h) "employee" means a person employed in the public service; (i) "minister" means the minister appointed under the Executive Council Act to administer this Act; (j) "part-time employee" means an employee regularly employed to work less than the full number of working hours in a working day or less than the full number of working days in a working week of the agency concerned; (k) "public service" means (i) the departments and other portions of the public service of the province specified in Schedule A, (ii) an office, body or agency considered by the Lieutenant-Governor in Council to be a portion of the public service and added to Schedule A under section 3, and (iii) the House of Assembly establishment and the statutory offices of the House of Assembly; (l) "seasonal employee" means an employee whose services are of a seasonal and recurring nature and includes an employee who is subject to periodic reassignment to various positions because of the nature of his or her work; and (m) "temporary employee" means an employee, not being a contractual employee, employed for a specific period or for the purpose of performing certain specified work and whose employment may be terminated at the end of the period or upon completion of the work. 1973 No116 s2; 1986 c39 s1; 1989 c33 Sch B; 2001 cN-3.1 s2 ; 2005 c47 s1 ; 2006 c40 s21 Back to Top Application of Act 3. (1) This Act applies to (a) those portions of the public service of the province specified in Schedule A to this Act; (b) a body or agency considered to be a portion of the public service of the province for the purposes of this Act and added to that Schedule under this section; and (c) the House of Assembly establishment and the statutory offices of the House of Assembly. (1.1) This Act applies to the appointments under the statutory authority or to entities listed in Schedule C in the manner referred to in sections 20 to 27. (2) The Lieutenant-Governor in Council may by order (a) consider a body or agency to be a portion of the public service of the province for the purposes of this Act; and (b) add that body or agency to those portions of the public service specified in Schedule A. (3) An order made under this section is subordinate legislation for the purposes of the Statutes and Subordinate Legislation Act. (4) An order made under this section may be made with retroactive effect to a date stated in the order. 1986 c39 s2; 2006 c40 s16 ; 2016 cI-2.1 s19 Back to Top Non-application 4. (1) Except as provided in sections 20 to 27, this Act does not apply to the appointment of (a) the following officers of the House of Assembly and staff of the House of Assembly establishment: (i) the Clerk, Law Clerk and Parliamentary Counsel and Sergeant-at-Arms of the House of Assembly, (ii) the Auditor General, (iii) the Citizens' Representative, (iv) the Child and Youth Advocate, (iv.1) the Seniors’ Advocate, (v) the Commissioner for Legislative Standards, (vi) the Chief Electoral Officer, (vii) the Information and Privacy Commissioner, and (viii) political staff as defined in paragraph 2(1)(e) of the Conflict of Interest Act, 1995 ; (b) a position compensated under the executive pay plan; (c) [Rep. by 2005 c47 s2] (d) chairpersons and members of the boards, or other equivalent governing bodies, of agencies; (e) staff of the Lieutenant-Governor's establishment; (f) staff of the office of the Premier; (g) executive and special assistants to ministers of the Crown; (h) private secretaries to ministers of the Crown; (i) members, within the meaning of the Royal Newfoundland Constabulary Act, of the Royal Newfoundland Constabulary ; (j) members, within the meaning of the St. John's Fire Department Act, of the St. John's Fire Department; (k) the chief superintendent, a superintendent of a correctional facility, within the meaning of the Correctional Services Act, and correctional officers and non-commissioned officers employed under subsection 6(4) of the Correctional Services Act; (l) barristers or solicitors; (m) medical doctors and dental surgeons; (n) contractual employees; (o) temporary employees; (p) seasonal employees; and (q) part-time employees. (2) This Act does not apply to the appointment of those employees whose terms of employment are governed by a collective agreement between the Crown, the Newfoundland Hospital and Nursing Home Association and the Newfoundland Association of Public Employees. (3) T his Act does not apply to the appointment of those employees whose terms of employment are governed by the Provincial Collective Agreement between the Crown, the Newfoundland and Labrador School Boards Association and the Newfoundland and Labrador Teachers’ Association. 1973 No116 s5; 1992 c11 s1 ; 1999 c22 s21 ; 2005 c47 s2 ; 2010 c31 s18 ; 2016 cI-2.1 s19 ; 2017 c10 s26 ; 2023 c26 s39 ; 2023 c18 s47 ; 2011 cC-37.00001 s50 Back to Top Labrador Inuit rights 4.1 This Act shall be read and applied in conjunction with the Labrador Inuit Land Claims Agreement Act and, where a provision of this Act is inconsistent or conflicts with a provision, term or condition of the Labrador Inuit Land Claims Agreement Act, the provision, term or condition of the Labrador Inuit Land Claims Agreement Act shall have precedence over the provision of this Act. 2004 cL-3.1 s56 Back to Top Commission 5. (1) The Newfoundland and Labrador Public Service Commission is continued. (2) The membership of the commission shall consist of 3 members. (3) The members of the commission shall be appointed by the Lieutenant-Governor in Council. (4) At least 1 member of the commission shall be appointed from the public service of the province and have served in the public service for at least 10 years. (5) In subsection (4) a period of service as a member of the commission counts as service in the public service. (6) The Lieutenant-Governor in Council shall designate 1 of the members of the commission to be chairperson. (7) The chairperson shall be the chief executive officer of the commission, shall have the status of a deputy minister and shall direct and supervise the administrative and technical activities of the commission. (8) The exercise of the powers of the commission shall not be impaired because of a vacancy in its membership. (9) Acts done by the commission shall, notwithstanding that it is afterwards discovered that there was some defect in the appointment or qualifications of a person purporting to be a member of the commission, be as valid as if the defect had not existed. (10) There shall be paid out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund to a commissioner the remuneration that shall be determined by the Lieutenant-Governor in Council, provided that the Lieutenant-Governor in Council may not reduce the remuneration which a commissioner previously received without the assent of the House of Assembly. (11) A commissioner shall not hold another office in the public service of the province or engage in other employment. 1973 No116 s6; 1983 c67 s1; 2001 cN-3.1 s2 Back to Top Tenure of office 6. (1) A commissioner holds office during good behaviour, but is removable by the Lieutenant-Governor in Council on address of the House of Assembly. (2) A commissioner shall discharge the duties assigned to him or her under this Act and the regulations and the other duties that the minister assigns which shall be consistent with this Act. (3) A commissioner shall before entering upon his or her duties take and sign before the Clerk of the Executive Council the oath or affirmation set out in Schedule B, and that signed oath or affirmation shall be retained by the Clerk of the Executive Council as part of the records of the clerk's office. 1973 No116 s7; 1986 c39 s3 Back to Top Staff 7. Those officers, clerks and employees that are necessary for the proper conduct of the business of the commission shall be appointed or employed in the manner authorized by law, but the minister may authorize the temporary employment of the technical and other assistants that he or she thinks necessary and fix the remuneration of and prescribe the expenses that may be incurred by those assistants in carrying out their official duties. 1973 No116 s8 Back to Top Pension and leave rights 8. A (a) commissioner; and (b) clerk, officer or employee with the commission who would, if employed by a department of the government of the province, be an employee for the purposes of the Public Service Pensions Act, 2019 is considered to be an employee for the purposes of the Public Service Pensions Act, 2019, including the purposes of the retirement age and the advanced or deferred pension privileges of an employee, and shall be subject to the same provisions respecting leave as a full-time employee of a department of the government of the province, however, the Lieutenant-Governor in Council may extend the service of a commissioner beyond normal retirement age and that extension shall be treated as re-employment after retirement age for the purposes of the Public Service Pensions Act, 2019. 1973 No116 s9; 2019 cP-44.01 s47 Back to Top Procedure and records 9. The commission shall adopt rules of procedure, subject to the approval of the Lieutenant-Governor in Council, and shall keep a record of its proceedings. 1973 No116 s10 Back to Top Right of commission to access and help 10. Chief executive officers and employees in the public service shall give the commission the access to their respective offices and the facilities, assistance and information that the commission may require for the performance of its powers, functions and duties. 1973 No116 s11 Back to Top Appointments and promotions 11. Appointments or promotions to positions within the public service, except those positions referred to in section 4, shall not be made except on the recommendation of the commission. 1973 No116 s12 Back to Top Idem 12. Appointments to positions within the public service shall be made from within the public service except where, in the opinion of the commission, it is not in the public interest to comply with this requirement. 1973 No116 s13 Back to Top Merit principles 13. (1) Recommendations for appointments to and promotions within the public service shall be based on merit principles and made by the commission through competitive written examination or by other processes of personnel selection designated to establish the merit of candidates that the commission considers are in the best interests of the public service. (2) Subject to the regulations, the commission may, in writing, and subject to those regulations that the Lieutenant-Governor in Council may make, delegate to a chief executive officer the authority to exercise and perform the powers or functions of the commission in relation to appointments and promotions to specific positions or categories of positions within that part of the public service of which he or she is the chief executive officer. (3) Delegations shall be subject to review annually by the commission in accordance with rules of procedures adopted by the commission. 1973 No116 s14; 1983 c67 s2 Back to Top Boards of examiners 14. (1) The commission may set up boards of examiners to test and pass upon the qualifications of candidates for appointment to or promotion within the public service. (2) The chief executive officer of the agency in respect of which candidates for appointment or promotion are examined by a board of which he or she is not a member under subsection (1) may, upon so requesting, be present or designate a representative to be present at the interviewing of the candidates, with the right to participate in the interviewing, but he or she shall not be present at, or have the right to participate in, the making of the recommendation referred to in subsection (5). (3) The chairperson, when sitting upon a board of examiners, shall be chairperson of the board, and in other cases he or she shall designate a chairperson. (4) Members of boards of examiners, except those who are commissioners or employees in the public service, may be paid the daily allowance for the time occupied by them in attending a board of examiners and the expenses that the regulations provide. (5) In respect of each appointment or promotion, the board of examiners shall recommend 3 candidates in order of merit and this list shall be submitted to the chief executive officer concerned for final selection provided that the board may recommend less than 3 if it is considered that fewer than 3 candidates are qualified. (6) The recommendation of a board of examiners under subsection (5) shall be considered to be the recommendation of the commission. 1973 No116 s15 Back to Top Duties of commission 15. (1) The commission shall (a) prescribe the standards and procedures to be followed in the recruitment and selection of candidates for appointment to and promotion within the public service; (b) review personnel transactions and investigate and report to the minister upon this Act and upon the violation of the regulations and upon other matters relative to the public service, its officers and other employees; (c) supervise effective personnel transfer and promotion procedures; (d) provide personnel planning advisory services; (e) advertise and effectively distribute information regarding vacant positions in the public service other than with respect to appointments referred to in section 4; (f) prepare, maintain and distribute to employees of the public service appropriate staff procedure manuals; (g) provide staff evaluation advisory services; (h) provide, in consultation with chief executive officers and the Treasury Board, appropriate staff training and executive development programs; (i) assume the additional duties and supply the additional services that may be prescribed by the Lieutenant-Governor in Council; and (j) do other acts and things that may be necessary for the proper administration of this Act and the regulations. (2) Where a report referred to in paragraph (1)(b) relates to a personnel transaction involving the House of Assembly establishment or a statutory office of the House of Assembly, the report shall be made to the Speaker of the House of Assembly. 1973 No116 s16; 2005 c47 s3 Back to Top Concerning the Public Inquiries Act 16. For the purpose of carrying out his or her powers, functions and duties under this Act, a commissioner has the powers, authorities, privileges and immunities that are or may be conferred upon a commissioner under the Public Inquiries Act and is considered to be an "investigating body" for the purposes of the Public Investigations Evidence Act. 1973 No116 s17 Back to Top Annual report to minister 17. The chairperson shall, following the end of each financial year of the government, make a report to the minister of the transactions and affairs of the commission during the immediately preceding financial year, and the minister shall lay the report before the Legislature within 15 days after it is submitted to him or her if the Legislature is then sitting, and, if it is not sitting, then within 15 days after the beginning of the next session. 1973 No116 s18 Back to Top Regulations 18. The Lieutenant-Governor in Council may make regulations (a) for the purposes of subsection 6(2); (b) specifying the powers and functions of the commission that may be delegated under subsection 13(2), providing for the positions or categories of positions to which that subsection may apply, prescribing procedures to be followed in the exercise of the delegation and providing for the monitoring by the commission of the use of the delegation; (c) providing for the allowances and expenses referred to in subsection 14(4); (d) necessary or desirable for the carrying out of the commission's powers, functions and duties under this Act; and (e) generally, to give effect to the purpose of this Act. 1973 No116 s19 Back to Top Protection from liability 18.1 A person is not liable for anything done or omitted to be done in good faith in the exercise or performance of a power, duty or function conferred by or under this Act. 2016 cI-2.1 s19 Back to Top Attempt to influence commission 19. (1) A person shall not, directly or indirectly, try to influence improperly the commission, a member of a board of examiners referred to in section 14, an employee of the commission or a chief executive officer with respect to the appointment of himself or herself or another person to the public service or with respect to the promotion of himself or herself or another employee in the public service. (2) A person who violates subsection (1) is guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding $500 and in default of payment to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 30 days and, where the person is employed in the public service, he or she is also liable to suspension or dismissal. (3) A prosecution under this section shall not be taken except with the written consent of the minister. 1973 No116 s20 Back to Top Application of certain provisions 20. (1) This section and sections 21 to 27 apply only to (a) the appointment of a person under the authority of a statutory provision or to an entity listed in Schedule C; and (b) to appointments listed in the schedule to the Independent Appointments Commission Act. (2) In the case of a conflict between the other provisions of this Act and this section and sections 21 to 27, this section and sections 21 to 27 apply. (3) In this section and sections 21 to 27 (a) "appointment", except as otherwise provided, means the appointment of a person under the authority of a statutory provision or to an entity listed in Schedule C; (b) "merit-based process" means a process established by the commission for the purpose of executing its duties under sections 21 to 27; and (c) "minister", notwithstanding paragraph 2( i ), means the minister (i) responsible for the administration of the Act under the authority of which an appointment may be made, or (ii) to whom an entity is accountable further to its establishment. 2016 cI-2.1 s19 Back to Top Appointments to agencies, boards and commissions 21. (1) The commission shall provide recommendations respecting appointments in accordance with a merit-based process. (2) Subsection (1) does not apply to (a) a renewal or extension of an appointment where that appointment was made further to a merit-based process in accordance with sections 21 to 27; or (b) an appointment which, in the opinion of the Lieutenant-Governor in Council or the minister, as appropriate, must be made due to urgent or extenuating circumstances. (3) Where an appointment is made further to urgent or extenuating circumstances as referred to in paragraph (2)(b), the circumstances of that appointment shall be included in the report required under section 17. 2016 cI-2.1 s19 Back to Top Recommendations to be considered 22. The Lieutenant-Governor in Council or a minister, as appropriate, shall consider the recommendations of the commission in making an appointment. 2016 cI-2.1 s19 Back to Top Effect of requirement to consider recommendation 23. Notwithstanding section 22, the requirement to consider a recommendation under that section shall in no way affect, alter or fetter the discretion of the Lieutenant-Governor in Council or the minister to exercise an authority to appoint a person under the applicable Act or another authority. 2016 cI-2.1 s19 Back to Top Schedule C 24. (1) The Lieutenant-Governor in Council may, by order, amend Schedule C. (2) An order made under this section is subordinate legislation for the purpose of the Statutes and Subordinate Legislation Act. 2016 cI-2.1 s19 Back to Top Additional powers and duties of commission 25. In addition to the other powers and duties of the commission under this Act, the commission may, (a) with respect to appointments, (i) advertise and otherwise effectively distribute information respecting appointments and receive applications for appointments where vacancies exist, (ii) solicit and accept applications and expressions of interest for appointments on an ongoing basis, (iii) create and maintain a list of potential appointees based on subparagraphs ( i ) and (ii), and (iv) further to a merit-based process, provide to the Lieutenant-Governor in Council or the minister, as appropriate, recommendations for appointments; and (b) with respect to appointments as defined in the Independent Appointments Commission Act , (i) support and advise the commission established under the Independent Appointments Commission Act in the manner contemplated by that Act, (ii) advertise and otherwise effectively distribute information respecting appointments and receive applications where vacancies exist, (iii) solicit and accept applications and expressions of interest for appointments on an ongoing basis, (iv) create and maintain a list of potential appointees based on subparagraphs (ii) and (iii), and (v) further to a merit-based process, provide to the commission established under the Independent Appointments Commissions Act a list of all potential appointees, including a list of recommendable potential appointees. 2016 cI-2.1 s19 Back to Top Current appointments unaffected 26. Nothing in sections 20 to 25 affects an appointment made before the coming into force of this section. 2016 cI-2.1 s19 Back to Top Attempt to influence commission 27. (1) A person shall not, directly or indirectly, try to influence improperly the commission, an employee of the commission or a chief executive officer with respect to the appointment of himself or herself or another person (a) to an appointment; or (b) to an appointment as defined in the Independent Appointments Commission Act . (2) A person who violates subsection (1) is guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding $500 and in default of payment to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 30 days. 2016 cI-2.1 s19 Back to Top Schedule A 1. A department established under the Executive Council Act 2. The Executive Council Office 3. C.A. Pippy Park Commission 4. College of the North Atlantic 5. Government Purchasing Agency 6. Municipal Assessment Agency 7. Newfoundland and Labrador Public Service Commission 8. The Rooms Corporation of Newfoundland and Labrador 9. The Provincial Information and Library Resources Board 2005 c47 s4 Back to Top Schedule B I, A.B., of ............... solemnly swear (or solemnly, sincerely and truly declare and affirm) that I will faithfully and honestly fulfil the duties which devolve upon me as a member of the Newfoundland and Labrador Public Service Commission and that I will not, without due authority in that behalf, disclose or make known matters which come to my knowledge because of my holding office as a member of the commission. (Where an oath is taken, add "So help me God".) 1986 c39 s4; 2001 cN-3.1 s2 Back to Top Schedule C Entities Advisory committee established under section 14 of the Prescription Monitoring Act with respect to public representatives Atlantic Lotto Corporation with respect to provincial representatives Audit Committee with respect to ministerial appointments of members external to government C.A. Pippy Park Golf Course Limited with respect to ministerial appointments Canadian Free Trade Agreement Roster for Appellate Panels Canadian Free Trade Agreement Roster for Panels and Compliance Panels Committee for the Independent Review of the Public Post-Secondary Education System Independent Geoscience Technical Advisory Committee with respect to mineral industry representatives Municipal Assessment Agency with respect to taxpayer representatives Mistaken Point World Heritage Site Advisory Council with respect to public interest members Newfoundland and Labrador Film Development Corporation Newfoundland and Labrador Historic Commemorations Board Newfoundland and Labrador Sports Centre Inc. with respect to 6 members and a chairperson appointed by Lieutenant-Governor in Council Oil and Gas Industry Development Council Premier's Youth Council Provincial Advisory Council on Aging and Seniors Provincial Advisory Council on Mental Health and Addictions Provincial Cancer Control Advisory Committee Provincial Council of the Rural Secretariat Provincial Wellness Advisory Council Regional Council of the Rural Secretariat - Avalon Peninsula Regional Council of the Rural Secretariat - Burin Peninsula Regional Council of the Rural Secretariat - Clarenville-Bonavista Regional Council of the Rural Secretariat - Corner Brook-Rocky Harbour Regional Council of the Rural Secretariat - Gander-New-Wes-Valley Regional Council of the Rural Secretariat - Grand Falls-Windsor-Baie Verte-Harbour Breton Regional Council of the Rural Secretariat - Labrador Region Regional Council of the Rural Secretariat - St. Anthony-Port au Choix Region Regional Council of the Rural Secretariat - Stephenville-Port aux Basques Region Teacher Allocation Review Committee Torngat Joint Fisheries Board with respect to the members appointed by the provincial minister Torngat Wildlife and Plants Co-Management Board with respect to the members appointed by the provincial minister URock Volunteer Award Selection Board Statutory Appointments Accessibility Act, subsection 9(3) Apprenticeship and Certification Act , subsection 5(1) Architects Act, 2008 , subsections 6(1) and 15(4) with respect to ministerial appointments Arts Council Act , paragraph 6(1)(a) Atlantic Provinces Harness Racing Commission Act , subsection 5(1) Atlantic Provinces Special Education Authority Act (Nova Scotia), paragraph 5(2)(b) Buildings Accessibility Act, sections 18 and 20 with respect to Lieutenant-Governor in Council appointments Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador Atlantic Accord Implementation and Offshore Renewable Energy Management Newfoundland and Labrador Act , section 201.114 with respect to provincial appointments Chartered Professional Accountants and Public Accountants Act , subsections 5(1) and 28(4) with respect to ministerial appointments Chiropractors Act, 2009 , subsections 5(1) and 21(4) Credit Union Act, 2009, Credit Union Regulations, 2009, subsection 40(1) with respect to ministerial appointments Criminal Code , section 672.38 Crop Insurance Act , section 3 Dental Act, 2008 , paragraphs 5(2)(c) and 27(6)(b) Denturists Act, 2005 , subsections 4(1) and 14(1) with respect to ministerial appointments Dietitians Act , subsections 6(1) and 22(4) with respect to ministerial appointments Dispensing Opticians Act, 2005 , subsections 5(1) and 13(4) with respect to ministerial appointments Embalmers and Funeral Directors Act, 2008 , subsections 4(1) and 16(3) with respect to ministerial appointments Endangered Species Act , subsection 6(3) Engineers and Geoscientists Act, 2008 , subsections 5(1) and 21(4) with respect to ministerial appointments Fatalities Investigations Act , subsection 13.1 Fish Processing Licensing Board Act , section 5 Forestry Act , section 58 Geographical Names Board Act , section 3 Government Money Purchase Pension Plan Act , section 12.1 Government Purchasing Agency Act , subsection 7(1) Health Professions Act , subsection 9(1) and paragraph 35(4)(c) with respect to ministerial appointments Health Research Ethics Act, paragraph 4(2)(a)(iv) Hearing Aid Practitioners Act , subsections 4(1) and 13(4) with respect to ministerial appointments Historic Resources Act , section 22 Human Rights Act, 2010 , section 36 Income and Employment Support Act , section 42 King's Counsel Act , subsection 4(1) with respect to those persons not recommended by the benchers of the Law Society Labrador Inuit Land Claims Agreement, Part 12.8.2, 13.10.2 Lands Act , St. John's Urban Region Agriculture Development Area Regulations , subsections 3(4) with respect to the appointment of a member of the community and subsection 7(2) Law Society Act, 1999 , subsections 42(3.1),(3.2) and (4) with respect to ministerial appointments and paragraph 65(2)(b) Livestock Insurance Act , section 3 Management of Greenhouse Gas Act , paragraphs 8(2)(a) and (b) Massage Therapy Act, 2005 , subsections 4(1) and 14(4) with respect to ministerial appointments Medical Act, 2011 , paragraph 9(1)(b) and subsection 40(4) with respect to ministerial appointments Medical Care and Hospital Insurance Act , subsection 28(1) with respect to those persons not nominated by the medical or dental associations Medical Care and Hospital Insurance Act, 1999 , Physicians and Fee Regulations , paragraph 15(1)(b) Mental Health Care and Treatment Act , section 57 Mineral Act , section 37 Muskrat Falls Project Land Use and Expropriation Act, Muskrat Falls Project Land Use and Expropriation Regulations , section 16 Natural Products Marketing Act , section 3 Natural Products Marketing Act, Egg Scheme, 2000 , subsection 4(4) Natural Products Marketing Act, Milk Scheme, 1998 , subsection 4(6) Natural Products Marketing Act, Newfoundland and Labrador Chicken Marketing Scheme , subsection 4(1.1) Nurses Act, paragraphs 6(1)(a) and 21(5)(e) Occupational Health and Safety Act , section 12 Occupational Therapists Act, 2005 , subsections 4(1) and 14(4) with respect to ministerial appointments Optometry Act, 2012 , subsections 9(1) and 27(4) with respect to ministerial appointments Order of Newfoundland and Labrador Act , paragraph 12(1)(c) Patient Safety Act , subparagraph 19(1)(b)( i ) Petroleum and Natural Gas Act, Royalty Regulations, 2003 , paragraph 81(6)(b) Pharmaceutical Services Act , section 42 Pharmaceutical Services Act, Pharmaceutical Services Regulations , paragraphs 8(2)(d) and (e) Pharmacy Act, 2024 subsection 9(1) and paragraph 35(4)(c) Physiotherapy Act, 2006 , subsections 5(1) and 16(4) with respect to ministerial appointments Private Training Institutions Act, Private Training Institutions Regulations, paragraphs 3.1(e) and (f) Professional Fish Harvesters Act, paragraphs 5(2)(f) and (h) and subsection 15(3) and section 20 with respect to the appointment of a person who is not a professional fish harvester Provincial Advisory Council Regulations , paragraph 4(1)(c) Provincial Court Act, 1991 , paragraphs 16(2)(b), 19(1)(c) and 20(1)(c) Provincial Health Authority Regulations , subsection 7(2) Psychologists Act, 2005 , subsections 4(1) and 15(4) with respect to ministerial appointments Public Libraries Act , paragraph 3(c) Regional Services Board Act, 2012 , subsection 6(2) Royal Newfoundland Constabulary Act, 1992 , subsection 29(1) Social Workers Act , subsection 12(1) and paragraph 24(4)(c) Student Financial Assistance Act, 2019 , Student Financial Assistance Administration Regulations , paragraphs 18(1)(b) and (e) Teachers Training Act , section 3 Urban and Rural Planning Act, 2000 , subsection 40(1) Veterinary Medical Act, 2004 , subsections 7(1) and 33(1) with respect to ministerial appointments Wilderness and Ecological Reserves Act , subsection 7(1) 2016 cI-2.1 s19 ; 35/16 s2; 44/16 s1; 15/17 s1; 2017 cP-3.01 s32 ; 35/17 s1; 2017 c15 s4 ; 76/17 s2 103/17 s2; 2018 c3 s4 ; 54/18 s2; 56/18 s2; 88/18 s2; 2018 cC-5.2 s28 ; 97/18 s2; 105/18 s2; 119/18 s2; 25/19 s2; 2019 c8 s30 ; 2019 cS-29.02 s31 ; 52/20 s1; 65/20 s1; 87/20 s2; 38/21 s2; 52/21 s1; 2021 c27 s29 ; 2021 cA-1.001 s36 ; 81/21 s2; 2022 c31 s13 ; 21/23 s1; 2022 c14 s39 ; 43/23 s2; 2024 cK-01 s9 ; 33/24 s2; 41/24 s2; 2024 cP-12.3 s79 ; 82/24 s2; 2024 c31 s20 ; 2024 c32 s108 ; 2024 c34 s8 ; 2024 cH-1.03 s34 ; 2024 cN-5.1 s70 ; 2025 c4 s249