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Creating Canada’s New National Museum of Immigration at Pier 21 Act (S.C. 2010, c. 7)

Assented to 2010-06-29

Marginal note:2008, c. 9, s. 3(1)

  • 3. (1) Subsection 23(1) of the Act is replaced by the following:

    Marginal note:Director

    • 23. (1) Subject to subsections (1.1) and (1.2), there shall be a Director of each museum who shall be appointed, with the approval of the Governor in Council, by the museum’s Board to hold office during pleasure for a term of not more than five years.

  • (2) Section 23 of the Act is amended by adding the following after subsection (1.1):

    • Marginal note:Director of the Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21

      (1.2) The Governor in Council shall, by order, on the recommendation of the Minister, appoint the first Director of the Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21 to hold office during pleasure for a term of not more than five years.

  • Marginal note:2008, c. 9, s. 3(2)

    (3) Subsection 23(5) of the Act is replaced by the following:

    • Marginal note:Remuneration

      (5) Subject to subsections (5.1) and (5.2), the Director shall be paid by the museum any remuneration that the Board, with the approval of the Governor in Council, may determine.

  • (4) Section 23 of the Act is amended by adding the following after subsection (5.1):

    • Marginal note:Remuneration — first Director of the Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21

      (5.2) The first Director of the Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21 shall be paid by that museum for the duration of his or her first term of office any remuneration that the Governor in Council may, by order, on the recommendation of the Minister, determine.

TRANSITIONAL PROVISION

Marginal note:Appropriation

4. Subject to approval by the Governor in Council of the corporate plan of the Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21, the Minister of Canadian Heritage may make payments out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund in an aggregate amount not exceeding $15 million to the museum for operating and capital expenditures that it incurs in the first 12 months after the coming into force of this Act. That amount may be modified by any appropriation Act.

CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS

Marginal note:R.S., c. A-1

Access to Information Act

Marginal note:2008, c. 9, s. 5

5. Paragraph 68(c) of the Access to Information Act is replaced by the following:

  • (c) material placed in the Library and Archives of Canada, the National Gallery of Canada, the Canadian Museum of Civilization, the Canadian Museum of Nature, the National Museum of Science and Technology, the Canadian Museum for Human Rights or the Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21 by or on behalf of persons or organizations other than government institutions.