PROVINCE OF

ORDER OF THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL

Order in Council No. 512 , Approved and Ordered OCT - 1 2009

Lieutenant Governor

Executive Council Chambers, Victoria

On the recommendation of the undersigned, the Lieutenant Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, orders that (a) all previous appointments of acting ministers are rescinded, (b) a minister named in Column 3 of the attached Schedule (the "first acting minister") is appointed acting minister for the minister named opposite in Column 2 (the "primary minister") (i) when the primary minister is absent from the capital or is unable through illness to perform the duties of his or her office, or (ii) for a matter with respect to which the primary minister has a conflict of interest or an apparent conflict of interest, and (c) a minister named in Column 4 of the attached Schedule is appointed acting minister for the first acting minister named opposite in Column 3 in relation to the duties of that first acting minister under paragraph (b) (i) when the first acting minister is absent from the capital or is unable through illness to perform those duties, or (ii) those duties relate to a matter with respect to which the first acting minister has a conflict of interest or an apparent conflict of interest.

Pres xe Council

(This part is for administrative purposes only and is not p rt of the Orden)

Authority under which Order is made: Act and section:- Constitution Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 66, s. 11 Other (specify):- Members' Conflict of Interest Act, R.S.13,C, 1996, c. 287, s. 11; OIC 282/2009

September 25, 2009 0/770/2009/86 SCHEDULE ACTING MINISTERS

Column 2 Column 3 Column 1 Column 4 PORTFOLIO PRIMARY 1ST ACTING 2ND ACTING MINISTER MINISTER MINISTER Premier

Aboriginal Relations and Reconciliation George Abbott Advanced Education and Labour Market Development Margaret MacDiarmid

Agriculture and Lands Steve Thomson

Attorney General Mike de Jong Bill Bennett Children and Family Development Mary Polak and Minister Responsible for Child Care Citizens' Services and Minister Responsible for Multiculturalism and the Public Affairs Bureau

Community and Rural Development Bill Bennett Blair Lekstrom Pat Bell Education and Minister Responsible for Margaret Moira Stilwell Iain Black Early Learning and Literacy MacDiarmid

Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources Blair Lekstrom Steve Thomson

Environment Barry Penner Ben Stewart

Finance Colin Hansen Shirley Bond George Abbott Forests and Range and Minister Responsible for the Integrated Land Pat Bell Management Bureau

Health Services Kevin Falcon George Abbott Colin Hansen

Healthy Living and Sport Mary McNeil Mary Polak

Housing and Social Development Rich Coleman Murray Coell Margaret MacDiarmid

Labour Murray Coell Ida Chong Kash Heed

Public Safety and Solicitor General Kash Heed Mike de Jong Rich Coleman Small Business, Technology and lain Black Economic Development Ben Stewart Ida Chong

Tourism, Culture and the Arts Kevin Krueger Bill Bennett Mary McNeil

Transportation and Infrastructure Shirley Bond Kevin Falcon Barry Penner

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