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'''Q3: What is required to be published if the Minister or deputy head requests that material be added to their briefing package after it was provided by the institution?'''
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It is understood that, in the course of briefing a new Minister or deputy head, new materials might be subsequently requested by the Minister or deputy head after they become more familiar with the files. However, this additional material would not be subject to the proactive publication requirement.
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'''Q4: Do transition binders for new Parliamentary Secretaries need to be proactively published?'''
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No. Sections 74(a) and 88(a) of the ATIA introduce requirements for the proactive publication of the package of briefing materials prepared for a new Minister or deputy head. These requirements do not apply to Parliamentary Secretaries.<blockquote>Briefing materials
74 A minister shall cause to be published in electronic form
(a) within 120 days after the appointment of the minister, the package of briefing materials that is prepared for the minister by a government institution for the purpose of enabling the minister to assume the powers, duties and functions of his or her office;
Briefing materials
88 The head of a government entity shall cause to be published in electronic form
(a) within 120 days after the appointment of a deputy head or a person to a position of an equivalent rank, the package of briefing materials that is prepared for the deputy head or the person for the purpose of enabling him or her to assume the powers, duties and functions of his or her office;</blockquote></div>
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