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'''Q1: Does the "appointment" correspond to the date of the announcement of the appointment, or when the Minister or deputy head starts in his or her new role?'''
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The appointment corresponds to the date the Minister or deputy head starts in his or her new role.
Sections 74(a) and 88(a) of the ATIA require the proactive publication of briefing materials prepared for the Minister or deputy head, within 120 days after their appointment.
The purpose of these provisions is to make publicly available the briefing materials used to enable the Minister or Deputy Minister to assume their new responsibilities. The date on which they assume those responsibilities is the appointment date.
For example, on March 1st 2018 the Prime Minister announces the appointment of J. Doe as Deputy Minister effective June 15, 2018. In this case, the briefing material prepared for the Deputy Minister would be required to be proactively published within 120 days after June 15, 2018.<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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