108. The Office shall, by regulation, determine the moneys that may be received from the Assembly, for research and support purposes, by the political parties represented in the Assembly following the last general election and by independent Members, and the terms and conditions of payment thereof.
The Member who is the leader of the Government party and the Member who is the leader of the Official Opposition party may transfer the moneys required for the remuneration of the regular personnel hired to assist the party for research and support purposes to the budget granted, under subparagraph 3 of the first paragraph of section 104, to the offices referred to in section 124.1. The personnel hired to assist the party for such purposes forms part of the personnel of the offices so designated in the same manner as the other members of the personnel of those offices.
In the case of another party to which the first paragraph applies, the Member who is the leader of that party or the authorized Member may transfer the moneys required for the remuneration of the regular personnel hired to assist the party for research and support purposes to the budget granted to the Member under subparagraph 3 of the first paragraph of section 104. The personnel hired to assist the party for such purposes forms part of the personnel of that Member in the same manner as the other members of his personnel.
Independent Members may transfer the moneys required for the remuneration of regular personnel hired to assist them for research and support purposes to the budget granted to them under subparagraph 3 of the first paragraph of section 104. The personnel hired to assist independent Members for such purposes forms part of their personnel in the same manner as the other members of their personnel.
1982, c. 62, s. 108; 1985, c. 19, s. 2; 1986, c. 3, s. 3; 1989, c. 22, s. 4; 1994, c. 39, s. 1; 1999, c. 3, s. 5; 2012, c. 24, s. 1.