Powers of the Board
5(1)The Board shall act as a committee of the Executive Council on all matters relating to the following:
(a)
financial management, including
(i)
estimates, expenditures and accounts,
(ii)
fees or charges for the provision of services or the use of facilities, rentals, licences, leases, revenues from the disposition of property, fines and interest charges, and
(iii)
procedures by which departments manage, record and account for revenues received or receivable from any source;
(b)
the review, monitoring and adjustment as necessary of the annual expenditure plans, programs and results of the various departments;
(c)
administrative policy in the public service;
(d)
the organization of the public service or any portion of it, and the determination and control of establishments in the public service;
(e)
personnel management in the public service, including staffing and appointments, and the determination of terms and conditions of employment of persons employed in the public service;
(f)
any other matters that may be referred to it by the Lieutenant-Governor in Council or on which the Board considers it necessary to act under powers conferred by this or any other Act.
(a)
prescribe the manner and form in which the accounts of the Province and the departments are to be kept;
(b)
direct any person receiving, managing or disbursing public funds to keep those books, records and accounts that the Board directs; and
(c)
direct the coordination of administrative functions and services among and within departments.
5(3)Despite any other Act, the Board may prescribe the duties of the officers and clerks in the departments with respect to accounting procedures and financial commitments.
5(4)The Lieutenant-Governor in Council may amend or revoke any action of the Board.
R.S.1973, c.F-11, s.5; 1975, c.22, s.2; 1984, c.44, s.4; 2012, c.39, s.67