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Purpo s e

This document sets out the operational and remora ti nag arrangements for the Executive Deputy in the Deputy Chief Ministers portfolio.

Backaround

The arrangements"- have regard in pa-Ttic•.ila_ to:

tae Chief Ministers comments in the Assembly on 14 December 1989, especially-the basic principles that:

- Ministers will be entirely responsible for all

matters in their portfolios;

- Ministers will be responsible in the Assembly for

all matters in respect to their portfolios;

- the Executive Deputys role is to provide an

additional source of advice and assistance to the

Minister in the exercise of his or her Ministerial

authority;

advice on the legal and statutory parameters of the Executive Deputys role, prepared by the Government Law Office;

the Chief Ministers recent letter outlining arrangements within his own portfolio.