Bills
- A proposed law
- To become law, a Bill must pass three readings and committee study and receive royal assent
- Bills include entirely new law or amends to an existing one
Committees
- Committees are a group composed of Members of the Legislative Assembly who are appointed and authorized by the Legislative Assembly to investigate and report on specific issues of importance to a province or territory's citizens
Gazettes
- A gazette is a province's official government newspaper, published twice a month
- Provides news on Regulations, various government notices, and private sector public notices required by Stature to be published
Hansard
- official, verbatim record of parliamentary debates and proceedings
- Hansard is the name of the British family originally responsible for publishing the proceedings of the House of Commons in the United Kingdom
- Most Commonwealth jurisdictions produce a Hansard
Journals
- Journals consist of all the Votes and Proceedings of a session and is the permanent official record of the proceedings of the Legislative Assembly
- The Journals are published following the prorogation of a session or the dissolution of a Legislature
Orders in Council and Ministerial Order
- Orders in Council are official documents implementing Government decisions concerned with the day-to-day operation of the province
- The Resumes are reports of the decisions of the Lieutenant Governor in Council and Ministers
- Include the Order in Council identifying number; the originating Ministry; the name of the Act which provides the authority for the Order; and a resume of the subject matter
- Resumes are issued for informational purposes only
Regulations
- Laws made under the authority of an act
- Also known as orders, rules or bylaws
Sessional papers
- Any document, whether it be a report, letter, information package, or Required Tabling that a Member files with the Assembly
Statute
- A statute (or law or Act) is a Bill that's passed three readings and committee study, and has received royal assent
Votes and Proceedings
- The official record of the Assembly's daily business, similar to minutes; they are the record of what was done rather than what was said
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