Bill 23 - An Act to Amend the Members’ Conflict of Interest Act

BILL 23

An Act to Amend the Members’ Conflict of Interest Act

Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, enacts as follows:

1 Section 12 of the Members’ Conflict of Interest Act, chapter M-7.01 of the Acts of New Brunswick, 1999, is amended

(a) by renumbering the section as subsection 12(1);

(b) in subsection (1) by repealing paragraph (a);

12(2) Except as otherwise provided in section 14, nothing in this Act applies to a member of the Assembly by reason of the member receiving a salary, financial assistance or other benefit from a registered political party or a registered district association of which he or she is a member.

2 Section 14 of the Act is amended

(a) by adding after subsection (2) the following:

Payments from political party or district association

14(2.1) A member of the Executive Council shall not accept a salary, financial assistance or other benefit from a registered political party or a registered district association.

14(2.2) Notwithstanding subsection (2.1), a member of the Executive Council may be reimbursed by a registered political party or a registered district association for reasonable expenses incurred by the member on behalf of the registered political party or registered district association.

(b) in subsection (4) by striking out “subsection (1)” and substituting “subsections (1) and (2.1)”.

3 Paragraph 18(4)(b) of the Act is amended by striking out “of which he or she is a member”.