Department of Employment and Social Development Act

Marginal note:No Minister of Labour

• 53 (1) If no Minister of Labour is appointed pursuant to subsection 18(1), wherever, in any contract, lease, licence or other document, a power, duty or function is vested in or may be exercised or performed by the Minister of Labour in relation to any matter to which the powers, duties and functions of the Minister of Human Resources and Skills Development extend by virtue of this Act, the power, duty or function is vested in or may be exercised or performed by the Minister of Human Resources and Skills Development, unless the Governor in Council by order designates another minister to exercise that power or perform that duty or function.

• Marginal note:No Deputy Minister of Labour

  (2) If no Deputy Minister of Labour is designated under subsection 4(3), wherever, under any Act of Parliament, any instrument made under an Act of Parliament or any contract, lease, licence or other document, a power, duty or function is vested in or may be exercised or performed by the Deputy Minister of Labour in relation to any matter to which the powers, duties and functions of the Minister of Human Resources and Skills Development extend by virtue of this Act, the power, duty or function is vested in or may be exercised or performed by the Deputy Minister of Human Resources and Skills Development, unless the Governor in Council by order designates another deputy minister to exercise that power or perform that duty or function.