name: Language Skills Act
unofficial_text: # Language Skills Act
  
  SC 2013, c 36
  
  An Act respecting language skills
  
  Assented to 2013-6-26
  
  Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows: 
  
  ## Short Title 
  
  ### Short title
  
  1 This act may be cited as the Language Skills Act.  
  
  ## Language Skills 
  
  ### Requirements
  
  2 Any person appointed to any of the following offices must, at the time of his or her appointment, be able to speak and understand clearly both official languages: 
  (a) the Auditor General of Canada, appointed pursuant to subsection 3(1) of the Auditor General Act ;  
  (b) the Chief Electoral Officer, appointed pursuant to subsection 13(1) of the Canada Elections Act ;  
  (c) the Commissioner of Official Languages for Canada, appointed pursuant to subsection 49(1) of the Official Languages Act ;  
  (d) the Privacy Commissioner, appointed pursuant to subsection 53(1) of the Privacy Act ;  
  (e) the Information Commissioner, appointed pursuant to subsection 54(1) of the Access to Information Act ;  
  (f) the Senate Ethics Officer, appointed pursuant to section 20.1 of the Parliament of Canada Act ;  
  (g) the Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner, appointed pursuant to subsection 81(1) of the Parliament of Canada Act ;  
  (h) the Commissioner of Lobbying, appointed pursuant to subsection 4.1(1) of the Lobbying Act ;  
  (i) the Public Sector Integrity Commissioner, appointed pursuant to subsection 39(1) of the Public Servants Disclosure Protection Act ;  
  (j) the President of the Public Service Commission, appointed pursuant to subsection 4(5) of the Public Service Employment Act ;  
  (k) the Parliamentary Budget Officer, appointed under subsection 79.1(1) of the Parliament of Canada Act. 