5th Session, 42nd Legislature

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Bill 20

THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST (MEMBERS AND MINISTERS) AMENDMENT ACT

(Assented to                                         )

HIS MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba, enacts as follows:

S.M. 2021, c. 23 (unproclaimed Act amended)

1   The Conflict of Interest (Members and Ministers) and Related Amendments Act, S.M. 2021, c. 23, is amended by this Act.

2   The following is added after subsection 7(6):

Disclosure of gifts or benefits

7(6.1)   The commissioner must make any statement filed under subsections (4) to (6) available to the public.

3   Clause 19(4)(i) is amended by striking out "subsection 10(4) or 12(2)" and substituting "subsection 10(4), 11(2) or 12(2)".

4   Subsection 24(1) is amended by renumbering clause (a) as clause (a.2) and adding the following before clause (a.2):

(a) the name of any member who fails to file a statement concerning a gift or personal benefit within the time specified in subsections 7(4) to (6);

(a.1) the name of any member who fails to file a statement containing the required information concerning their acceptance of travel on a non-commercial chartered or private aircraft within the time specified in subsection 8(4);

5   Subsection 43(2) is replaced with the following:

Exception

43(2)   Subsection (1) does not apply to a copy of a disclosure statement or other information that the commissioner is required to make available to the public under this Act.

6   Section 61 is repealed.

Coming into force

7   This Act comes into force on the day it receives royal assent.