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The Select Committee on Workers’ Compensation, a nine-member all-party committee, was struck by Resolution 844 on June 22, 1998, during the First Session of the 57th General Assembly.
Resolution 844 states:
Be it resolved that:
a. this House declare that a Select Committee on Workers'
Compensation be established;
b. this House declare that the select committee be chaired
by the
member for Lunenburg and be composed of such members as
the striking committee shall determine, an equal number of
whom
shall be members of the Government Party, an equal
number of
whom shall be members of the Official Opposition
and an equal
number of whom shall be members of the Third
Recognized Party in
the House, including the Chair;
c. the mandate of the select committee is to review changes
to the
Workers' Compensation Act and, in particular, to review
recommendations of the Auditor General with respect to his
audit
of the Workers' Compensation Board, Workers'
Advisors Program
and Workers' Compensation Appeals
Tribunal;
d. if this House is not sitting when an interim or final
report is
completed by the select committee, the select
committee shall
table the report with the Clerk of the House;
and
e. the House declares, pursuant to Section 36 of the House
of
Assembly Act, that the select committee shall not be
dissolved
by prorogation of the House and the select committee
is
authorized to continue its inquiry after the House is prorogued;
and
f. all the powers and privileges of the House of Assembly
Act
applicable to committees apply and are in full force and
effect
during the sittings of the select committee; and
g. the House requests the Legislature Internal Economy
Board,
on behalf of the select committee, to employ such members
and staff as may be necessary to enable the select committee
to
carry out its duties; and
h. the House requests the Legislature Internal Economy Board
to
provide the select committee, its members and staff, with
such
facilities and funds as are required to carry out its
functions as
provided for by Section 80 of the Public Service
Act.
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