BILL 54
An Act to Amend the Executive Council Act
Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, enacts as follows:
1 Section 5 of the Executive Council Act, chapter E-12 of the Revised Statutes, 1973, is amended
(a)  in subsection (1) by striking out “twenty thousand dollars” and substituting “$52,614”;
(b)  in subsection (2) by striking out “thirty thousand dollars” and substituting “$79,000”.
2 Section 6 of the Act is amended by striking out “fifteen thousand dollars” and substituting “$39,500”.
3 Subsection 6.1(2) of the Act is amended in the portion preceding paragraph (a) by striking out “January 1, 2002” and substituting “January 1, 2009”.
4 This Act shall be deemed to have come into force on April 1, 2008.
EXPLANATORY NOTES
Section 1
(a)  The existing provision is as follows:
5(1) The Minister of Finance shall pay an annual salary of twenty thousand dollars in monthly instalments to each Minister appointed under section 2, each member of the Executive Council prescribed duties under subsection 3(1) and each member of the Executive Council to, in or on whom a right, power, duty, function, responsibility or authority is transferred, vested or imposed under subsection 3(2).
(b)  The existing provision is as follows:
5(2) The Minister of Finance shall pay to the Premier an annual salary of thirty thousand dollars in monthly instalments and an allowance of twenty-five hundred dollars annually for expenses incidental to the discharge of his duties as Premier.
Section 2
The existing provision is as follows:
6 Each member of the Executive Council not in receipt of a salary under section 5 shall be paid by the Minister of Finance an annual salary of fifteen thousand dollars in monthly instalments.
Section 3
Consequential amendment.
Section 4
Commencement provision.