Financial Administration Act — F-11 7
Responsibilities of Treasury Board 7 (1) The Treasury Board may act for the Queen’s Privy Council for Canada on all matters relating to (a) general administrative policy in the federal public administration; (b) the organization of the federal public administration or any portion thereof, and the determination and control of establishments therein; (c) financial management, including estimates, expenditures, financial commitments, accounts, fees or charges for the provision of services or the use of facilities, rentals, licences, leases, revenues from the disposition of property, and procedures by which departments manage, record and account for revenues received or receivable from any source whatever; (d) the review of annual and longer term expenditure plans and programs of departments, and the determination of priorities with respect thereto; (d.1) the management and development by departments of lands, other than Canada Lands as defined in subsection 24(1) of the Canada Lands Surveys Act ; (e) human resources management in the federal public administration, including the determination of the terms and conditions of employment of persons employed in it; (e.1) the terms and conditions of employment of persons appointed by the Governor in Council that have not been established under this or any other Act of Parliament or order in council or by any other means; and (e.2) internal audit in the federal public administration; (f) such other matters as may be referred to it by the Governor in Council. Authority under other Acts (2) The Treasury Board may exercise the powers, other than powers of appointment, of the Governor in Council under (a) the Public Service Superannuation Act ; (b) the Canadian Forces Superannuation Act ; (c) the Defence Services Pension Continuation Act , chapter D-3 of the Revised Statutes of Canada, 1970; (d) Parts I and II of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Superannuation Act ; (e) the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Pension Continuation Act , chapter R-10 of the Revised Statutes of Canada, 1970; and (f) such of the provisions of any other Act respecting any matter in relation to which the Treasury Board may act for the Queen’s Privy Council for Canada pursuant to subsection (1) as may be specified by the Governor in Council. Delegation (3) The Governor in Council may, by order, authorize the Treasury Board to exercise all or any of the powers of the Governor in Council under section 41 or subsection 122(1) or (6) and specify the circumstances in which those powers may be exercised. Services to departments, Crown corporations and other entities (4) The Treasury Board may, in carrying out its responsibilities under subsection (1), provide services to departments and Crown corporations. With the authorization of the Governor in Council, it may also provide these services to a provincial government, a municipality in Canada, a provincial or municipal public body or any other public body performing a function of government in Canada. Access to Information Act (5) For greater certainty, for the purposes of the Access to Information Act , the records of an entity to which the Treasury Board provides services under subsection (4) that are, on behalf of that entity, contained in or carried on the Treasury Board’s information technology systems are not under the control of the Treasury Board. Privacy Act (6) For greater certainty, for the purposes of the Privacy Act , personal information that is collected by an entity to which the Treasury Board provides services under subsection (4) and that is, on behalf of that entity, contained in or carried on the Treasury Board’s information technology systems is not under the control of the Treasury Board. R.S., 1985, c. F-11, s. 7; 1991, c. 24, ss. 2, 49(E); 1998, c. 14, s. 103(F); 2003, c. 22, ss. 6, 224(E); 2006, c. 9, s. 258 2022, c. 10, s. 255