North American Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act

Marginal note:Secretary

• 15 (1) There shall be a Secretary of the Canadian Section of the Secretariat to be appointed in accordance with the Public Service Employment Act.

• Marginal note:Duties

  (2) The Secretary is responsible for fulfilling the mandate of the Section. In doing so, the Secretary shall

  • (a) provide assistance to the Free Trade Commission;

  • (b) provide administrative assistance to panels and committees established under Chapter Nineteen of the Agreement and panels established under Chapter Twenty of the Agreement;

  • (c) support — as the Free Trade Commission may direct — the work of other committees and groups established under the Agreement;

  • (d) otherwise facilitate — as the Free Trade Commission may direct — the operation of the Agreement; and

  • (e) supervise and direct the work of the Section.