REPUBLIC OF FIJI ISLANDS

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[LEGAL NOTICE NO. 1]

GOVERNMENT OF FIJI
(EXECUTIVE AUTHORITY OF FIJI DECREE 2009, Decree No. 2)

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Ministerial Assignment

To: Commodore Josaia Voreqe Bainimarama

IN exercise of the powers vested in me as President and Commander in Chief of the Republic of the Fiji Military Forces by the Executive Authority of Fiji Decree 2009, (Decree No.2), I hereby appoint you Prime Minister of Fiji and Minister for Finance, National Planning, the Public Service, People's Charter for Change and Progress, Information, Sugar Industry, Foreign Affairs, International Cooperation, and Civil Aviation, with effect from the 11th day of April 2009 and assign to you the responsibility for the conduct of the following Government business and departments and for the following written laws (subject to the provisions of any other laws)—

Business	Departments
	
(a) Ofﬁce of the Prime Minister	Office of the President and Vice President	
Coats of Arms of Fiji		
Commissions of Inquiry 	Office of the Prime Minister	
Constitution and Parliament	-Cabinet Office	
Honours and Awards 	- Human Rights Commission*	
Human Rights	-Office of Ombudsman*	
Other minority groups (e.g. Kioa island, Melanesian Community)	Office of Secretary General to Parliament	
Promissory Oaths	-Parliamentary Emolument Commission*	
Rabi Island Affairs		
Rotuma and Rotuman Lands
		
(b) Finance 	Ministry of Finance	
Accountancy Profession	- Budget Division	
Banking and Currency	- Ex- Servicemen's After Care Fund	
Bills of Exchange	- Financial Asset Management Division	
Capital Markets Development	- Internal Audit Division	
Development Finance	- Pensions	
Exchange Control	 - Treasury	
Insurance		
International Finance	Government Printing	
Money lending	Government Supplies	
Pensions and Superannuation	Information, Technology & Computing Service	
Public Finance	Office Accommodation Unit	
Stamp Duties	Office of the Auditor General*	
Taxation	Prices and Income Board	
Unit Trusts 	Public Trustee Office*	
Wreck and Salvage
		
(c) National Planning	National Planning Office	
Census and Statistics
	- Bureau of Statistics	
(d) Public Service	Public Service Commission	
	- Higher Salaries Commission	
	- Public Service Appeal Board	
	Constitutional Offices Commission*	
	Discipline Services Commission*	
	Judicial Service Commission*
	
(e) Charter Implementation 	Department of People's Charter for Change	
National Reconciliation	- National Reconciliation
	
(f) Information	Department of Information	
Broadcasting and Print Media	- Film and Television Unit	
Defamation	- National Archives	
Media Relations		
Preservation and Repository of Current and Historical Documents		
Preservation of Books		
Radio and Television
		
(g) Sugar Industry	Ministry of Sugar	
Sugar Reform
		
(h) Foreign Affairs, International Cooperation and Civil Aviation	Ministry of Foreign Affairs, International Cooperation and Civil Aviation	
Aid and Training	Department of Civil Aviation	
Civil Aviation		
Development Assistance		
Diplomatic Relations		
External Trade		
Extradition	[Note: * Indicates the responsibility and is subject to any provisions as to independence of office]
	
(i) Responsibility for all written laws regulating the business of (a), (b), (c), (d), (e) (f), (g) and (h), above including in particular, the following Acts and the subsidiary legislation made thereunder—
		
Ofﬁce of the Prime Minister		
Banaban Lands Act (Cap. 124)		
Banaban Settlement Act (Cap. 123)		
Coat of Arms of Fiji (Restriction of Use) Act (Cap. 245)		
Commissions of Inquiry Act (Cap. 47)		
Constitutional Documents (Deed of Cessions) (Cap. 1)	 	
Emergency Powers Act 1998	 	
Honours and Awards Act 1995	 	
Human Rights Commission Act 1999	 	
Ombudsman Act 1998	 	
Personal Accident Compensation for Members of Parliament Act 1997		
Parliamentary Powers and Privileges Act (Cap. 5)		
Parliamentary Retirement Allowances Decree 1989		
Prescription of Salaries Act (Cap. 2)
		
Marine Spaces (exclusive economic zone)		
Treaties and Conventions		
President's Pensions Act 1994		
Prime Ministers Pensions Act 1994		
Promissory Oaths Act (Cap. 76)		
Rotuma Act (Cap. 122)		
Rotuma Lands Act (Cap. 138)		
Titles of Ofﬁce Act (Cap. 75)		
		
Finance		
Airport Departure Tax Act 1986		
Appropriation Acts and Promulgations		
Audit Act (Cap. 70)		
Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Act (Ord. 28/70)		
Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Decree 1991		
ANZ Banking Group (Bank of Hawaii) Act 2001		
Banking Act 1995		
Bills of Exchange Act (Cap. 227)		
Capital Markets Development Authority Act 1996		
Colonial Fiji Life Act 1999		
Counter-Inﬂation Act (Cap. 73)		
Customs Act 1986		
Customs Tariff Act 1986		
Estate and Gift Duties Act (Cap. 203)		
Exchange Control Act (Cap. 211)		
Excise Act 1986		
Fiji Development Bank Act (Cap. 214)		
Fiji Institute of Accountants Act (Cap. 259)		
Fiji National Provident Fund Act (Cap. 219)		
Fiji Revenue and Customs Authority Act 1998		
Fiji Servicemen's After-Care Fund Act (Cap. 84)		
Financial Management Act 2004		
Gambling Turnover Tax Decree 1991		
Gold Dealers Act (Cap. 216)		
Hotel Turnover Tax Act 2006		
Income Tax Act (Cap. 201)		
Insurance Act 1998		
Insurance Law Reform Act 1996		
International Finance Corporation Act (Cap. 11 A)		
International Financial Organisations Act (Cap. 11)		
Investment in Fiji Government Securities Act (Cap. 222)		
Land Sales Act (Cap. 137)		
Loan Guarantee Acts and Decrees		
Marine Insurance Act (Cap. 218)		
Moneylenders Act (Cap. 234)		
Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency Decree 1989		
National Bank of Fiji Restructuring Act 1996		
Pensions Act 1983		
Pensions and Gratuities (Disciplined Services) Act (Cap. 78)		
Pensions (Royal Fiji Military Forces) (Active Operations) Act 1980		
Pensions (War Service) Act (Cap. 79)		
Reserve Bank of Fiji Act (Cap. 210)		
Stamp Duties Act (Cap. 205)		
Turnover Tax (Misc. Services) Act (Cap. 202A)		
Unit Trusts Act (Cap. 228)		
Value Added Tax Decree 1991		
Widows and Orphans Pensions Act (Cap. 80)		
		
National Planning		
Statistics Act (Cap.71)		
Census Act (Cap.72)		
		
Public Service		
Higher Salaries Commission Act (Cap 2A)		
Public Service Act 1999		
		
Department of Information		
Advertisement of Regulation Act (Cap 127)		
Broadcasting Commissions Act (Cap 105)		
Defamation Act (Cap 34)		
Newspaper Registration Act		
Press Correction Act (Cap 107)		
Public Records Act (Cap 108)		
		
Sugar Industry		
Attachment of Sugar Cane Debts Act (Cap 31)		
Loans (Cane Crop Rehabilitation Scheme) Act 1983		
Sugar Cane Growers Fund Authority Act (Cap 207)		
Sugar Industry Act (Cap 206)		
Sugar Research Institute of Fiji Act 2005		
		
Foreign Affairs, International Cooperation and Civil Aviation		
Civil Aviation (Security) Act 1994		
Civil Aviation Act (Cap 174)		
Civil Aviation Authority of Fiji Act (Cap 174A)		
Civil Aviation Reform Act 1999		
Consular Conventions (Administration of Estates) Act (Cap 63)		
Consular Privileges and Immunities Act (Cap 9)		
Diplomatic Privileges and Immunities Act (Cap 8)		
Extradition Act 2003		
Marine Spaces Act (Cap 158A)		
Special Missions Privileges and Immunities Act (Cap 10)		
Tokyo Convention (Certification of Countries) Order 1969		
Tokyo Convention Act 1976 (Overseas Territories) Order 1998		

DATED at Suva this 12th day of April 2009.

RATU J. I. ULUIVUDA
President and Commander in Chief 
of the Republic of the Fiji Military Forces

[LEGAL NOTICE NO. 2]

GOVERNMENT OF FIJI
(EXECUTIVE AUTHORITY OF FIJI DECREE 2009, Decree No. 2)

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Ministerial Assignment

To: Mr Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum

IN exercise of the powers vested in me as President and Commander in Chief of the Republic of the Fiji Military Forces by the Executive Authority of Fiji Decree 2009, (Decree No.2), I hereby appoint you the Attorney-General and Minister for Justice, Anti-Corruption, Public Enterprises, Industry, Tourism, Trade, and Communications with effect from the 11th day of April 2009 and assign to you the responsibility for the conduct of the following Government business and departments and for the following written laws (subject to the provisions of any other laws)—

Business	Departments
	
(a) Ofﬁce of the Attorney General	Office of the Attorney –General
	
Cinematographic Films	- Office of the Solicitor General
(Attorney-General's Chambers)	
Civil litigation and Legal Advisory Services	- Central Liquor Board	
Copyright	- Cinematograph Censorship Board	
Disposal of Uncollected Goods	- Commission on the Prerogative of Mercy	
Gaming	- Copyright Tribunal	
Hotel and Guest House Licensing	- Divisional Liquor Tribunals	
Law Reform	- Hotels Licensing Board	
Law Revision	- Board of Legal Education	
Legal Aid	- Costs Review Committee	
Legal Profession	- Fiji Law Reform Commission	
Legislative Drafting	- Fiji Legal Aid Commission	
Liquor Licensing	- Law Revision Project
	
(b) Ministry of Justice	Ministry of Justice
	
Administration of Justice (Civil Law and Bankruptcy	- Judicial Department*	
Births, Deaths and Marriages	- Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions*	
Charitable Trusts	- Prisons and Corrections Department	
Judiciary	- Office of the Administrator – General	
Legitimacy and Legitimation	- Office of the Commissioner of Stamp Duties	
National Prosecutions Services	- Office of the Registrar of Titles	
Partnerships and Companies		
Patents, Trade Marks and Designs	- Office of the Registrar-General (including the following Offices-Companies, Patents, Trade Marks and Designs, Official Reviewer).	
Prisons and Corrections Service		
Procedure & Criminal Law and procedure)	Office of the Supervisor of Elections	
Property Law and Conveyancing		
Registration of Bills of Sale	- Constituency Boundaries Commission*	
Registration of Business Names	-Electoral Commission*	
Registration of Clubs		
Registration of Credit Unions and Friendly Societies	Electoral Reform Unit	
Registration of Crop Liens		
Registration of Newspapers	Department of Public Enterprises	
Registration of Religious and Charitable Bodies		
Stamp Duties Administration		
Trusts and Trustee		
Unit Titles
		
(c) Anti-Corruption 	Office of the Fiji Independent Commission on Anti-Corruption*
	
(d) Electoral Reform 	
	
Conduct of Elections	Office of the Supervisor of Elections*	
Review of Electoral Boundaries	
	
(e) Public Enterprises 		
Monitoring of Public Enterprises	Ministry of Public Enterprises	
Public Private Partnership Projects		
Public Trustee
		
(f) Business Development		
Commerce		
Consumer Affairs		
Co-operatives		
Fair Trading		
Film and Audio Visual Industry		
Information, Communication and Technology		
Investment		
Manufacturing		
National and Trade Measurement		
Postal Services		
Real estates		
Sea Carriage of Goods		
Second Hand Dealers		
Standards and Quality Assurance		
Telecommunications		
Television and Voice Broadcasting		
Tourism Promotion and Incentives
		
(g) Responsibility for all written laws regulating the business of (a), (b), (c), (d), and (e), and (f) above and including in particular, the following Acts and the subsidiary legislation made thereunder—
		
Ofﬁce of the Attorney-General		
Arbitration Act (Cap. 38)		
Cinematographic Films Act		
Copyright Act 1999		
Disposal of Uncollected Goods Act (Cap. 233)		
Fiji Law Reform Commission Act (Cap. 26)		
Financial Transaction Reporting Act 2004		
Gaming Act (Cap. 273)		
Hotels & Guest Houses Act (Cap. 195)		
Interpretation Act (Cap. 7)		
Legal Aid Act 1996		
Legal Practitioners Act 1997		
Limitation Act (Cap. 35)		
Liquor Act 2006		
Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters Act 1997		
Proceeds of Crime Act 1997		
Oaths Act (Cap.42)		
Orders in Council Act (Cap. 25)		
Revised Edition of Laws Act (Cap. 6)		
State Proceedings Act (Cap. 24)		
Statutory Declarations Act (Cap. 43)		
Trust Accounts Act 1996
		
Ministry of Justice		
Admiralty Jurisdiction (Fiji) Order in Council 1962		
Bail Act 2002		
Bankers Books Evidence Act (Cap. 45)		
Bankruptcy Act (Cap. 48)		
Bills of Sale Act (Cap. 225)		
Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act (Cap. 49)		
British and Colonial Probates Act (Cap. 62)		
Charitable Trusts Act (Cap. 67)		
Civil Evidence Act 2002	 	
Companies Act (Cap. 247)	 	
Compensation to Relatives Act (Cap. 29)	 	
Court of Appeal Act (Cap. 12)	 	
Credit Unions Act (Cap. 25)	 	
Criminal Procedure Code (Cap. 21)	 	
Crop Liens Act (Cap. 226)		
Debtors Act (Cap. 32)		
Distress for Rent Act (Cap. 36)		
Electable Offences Decree 1988		
Evidence Act (Cap. 41)		
Family Law Act 2003	 	
Foreign Judgments (Reciprocal Enforcement) Act (Cap. 40)	 	
Friendly Societies Act (Cap. 253)		
High Court Act (Cap. 13)		
Illicit Drugs Control Act 2004		
Inheritance (Family Provisions) Act 2004		
Inquests Act (Cap. 46)		
Judgesʼ Remuneration and Emoluments Act (Cap. 16)		
Judicial Tribunals (Prescribed Countries) Promulgation	 	
Land Transfer Act (Cap.131)		
Law Reform (Contributory Negligence and Tortfeasors) Act (Cap. 30)		
Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions)	 	
(Death and Interests) Act (Cap. 27)		
Law Reform (Personal Injuries) Act (Cap. 28)		
Legitimacy Act (Cap.57)		
Magistrates' Courts Act (Cap.14)		
Marriage Act		
Married Women's Property Act (Cap. 37)		
Minor Offences Act (Cap. 18)		
Newspaper Registration Act (Cap. 106)		
Occupier's Liability Act (Cap. 33)		
Partnership Act (Cap. 248)		
Patents Act (Cap. 239)		
Penal Code (Cap. 17)		
Prisons Act (Cap. 86)		
Prisons and Corrections Act 2006		
Property Law Act (Cap. 130)		
Public Documents Act (Cap. 44)		
Reciprocal Enforcement of Judgments Act(Cap. 39)		
Registration Act (Cap. 224)		
Registration of Business Names Act(Cap. 249)		
Registration of Clubs Act (Cap. 194)		
Religious Bodies Registration Act (Cap. 68)		
Small Claims Tribunal Decree 1991		
Succession, Probate and Administration Act (Cap. 60)		
Supreme Court Act 1998		
Trade Marks Act (Cap. 240)		
Trustee Act (Cap. 65)		
Trustee Corporations Act (Cap. 6)		
Unit Titles Act (Cap. 274)		
United Kingdom Designs (Protection) Act(Cap. 242)		
Wills Act (Cap. 59)
		
Anti-Corruption		
Fiji Independent Commission Against		
Corruption Promulgation		
Prevention of Bribery Promulgation 
		
Ofﬁce of the Supervisor of Elections		
Electoral Act 1998
		
Ministry of Public Enterprises		
Fiji Mahogany Act 2003		
Fiji Public Trustee Corporation Act 2006		
Public Enterprise Act 1996		
Public Private Partnership Act 2006
		
Business Development		
Commerce Act 1998		
Consumer Council of Fiji Act (Cap. 235)		
Consumer Credit Act 1999		
Co-operatives Act 1996		
Dumping and Countervailing Duties Act 1998		
Fair Trading Decree 1992		
Fiji Audio Visual Commission Act 2002		
Fiji Islands Trades and Investment Bureau Act (Cap.221)		
Foreign Investment Act 1999		
Indemnity, Guarantee and Bailment Act(Cap. 232)		
Industry Emblem Act (Cap. 246)		
Merchandise Marks Act (Cap. 241)		
National and Trade Measurement Decree 1989		
Post and Telecommunications Decree 1989		
Real Estates Agents Act 2006		
Sale of Goods Act (Cap. 230)		
Sea Carriage of Goods Act (Cap. 231)		
Second-Hand Dealers Act (Cap. 238)		
Small and Micro Enterprise Development Act 2002		
Tax Free Zones Decree 1991	 	
Telecommunications Act (Cap. 173)	 	
Telecommunications Promulgation		
Television Decree 1992		
Trade Standards and Quality Control Decree 1992		
Fiji Islands Visitor Bureau Act 2004		
Hotels Aid Act (Cap. 215)		

DATED at Suva this 12th day of April 2009.

RATU J. ULUIVUDA
President and Commander in Chief
of the Republic of the Fiji Military Forces

[LEGAL NOTICE NO. 3]

GOVERNMENT OF FIJI
(EXECUTIVE AUTHORITY OF FIJI DECREE 2009, Decree No. 2)

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Ministerial Assignment

To: Ratu Epeli Nailatikau
 
IN exercise of the powers vested in me as President and Commander in Chief of the Republic of the Fiji Military Forces by the Executive Authority of Fiji Decree 2009, (Decree No.2), I hereby appoint you the Minister for Indigenous and Multi-Ethnic Affairs, and Provincial Development, with effect from the 11th day of April 2009 and assign to you the responsibility for the conduct of the following Government business and departments and for the following written laws (subject to the provisions of any other laws)—

Business
	Departments	
(a) Indigenous and Multi-Ethnic Affairs	Ministry of Indigenous and Multi-Ethnic Affairs, and Provincial Development 
	
Disputes Resolution		
Education and Training	Ministry of Indigenous and Multi-Ethnic Affairs
	
Fijian Affairs	-Fijian Affairs Board	
Fijian Fishing Rights	-Fijian Development Fund Board	
Native Lands	-Great Council of Chiefs	
Multi Ethnic Affairs (other than Fijian Affairs)	-Native Fisheries Commission	
National Advisory Council	-Native Lands Appeals Tribunal	
	-Native Lands Commission
	
	Department of Multi-Ethnic Affairs
	
(b) Provincial Development	Ministry of Provincial Development	
Auxiliary Functions of Government under relevant Legislation in Divisions and Districts	 	
District Advisory Councils		
District Development Committees		
Divisional Administration		
Divisional Development Committees		
Provincial Development
		
Responsibility for all written laws regulating the business of (a) and (b), above including in particular, the following Acts and the subsidiary legislation made thereunder
		
Ministry of Indigenous and Multi-Ethnic Affairs	 	
Fijian Affairs Act (Cap. 120)		
Fijian Development Fund Act (Cap. 121)		
Fijians Trust Fund Act 2004		
Native Lands Act (Cap. 133)		
Native Lands Trust Act (Cap. 134)		
Social Justice Act 2001		

DATED at Suva this 12th day of April 2009.

RATU J. I. ULUIVUDA
President and Commander in Chief 
of the Republic of the Fiji Military Forces

[LEGAL NOTICE NO. 4]

GOVERNMENT OF FIJI
(EXECUTIVE AUTHORITY OF FIJI DECREE 2009, Decree No. 2)

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Ministerial Assignment

To: Ratu Epeli Ganilau

IN exercise of the powers vested in me as President and Commander in Chief of the Republic of the Fiji Military Forces by the Executive Authority of Fiji Decree 2009, (Decree No.2), I hereby appoint you the Minister for Defence, National Security and Immigration with effect from the 11th day of April 2009 and assign to you the responsibility for the conduct of the following Government business and departments and for the following written laws (subject to the provisions of any other laws)—

Business	Departments
	
(a) Defence, National Security, Immigration and Veteran Affairs	Ministry of Defence, National Security and Immigration
	
Emergency Services Relief and Rehabilitation	Department of National Security 	
Works relating to Natural Disasters	-Natural Disaster Management Ofﬁce	
National Day Celebrations
		
(b) Responsibility for all written laws
regulating the business of (a) above including in particular, the following Acts and the subsidiary legislation made thereunder-
		
Natural Disaster Management Act 1998		

DATED at Suva this 12th day of April 2009.

RATU J. I. ULUIVUDA
President and Commander in Chief 
of the Republic of the Fiji Military Forces

[LEGAL NOTICE NO. 5]

GOVERNMENT OF FIJI
(EXECUTIVE AUTHORITY OF FIJI DECREE 2009, Decree No. 2)

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Ministerial Assignment

To: Mr Joketani Cokanasiga
 
IN exercise of the powers vested in me as President and Commander in Chief of the Republic of the Fiji Military Forces by the Executive Authority of Fiji Decree 2009, (Decree No.2), I hereby appoint you the Minister for Primary Industries, with effect from the 11th day of April 2009 and assign to you the responsibility for the conduct of the following Government business and departments and for the following written laws (subject to the provisions of any other laws)—

Business	Departments
	
(a) Primary Industries	Ministry of Primary Industries and Sugar
	
Agriculture		
Agricultural Holding	Ministry of Agriculture	
ALTA	- Fiji College of Agriculture	
Citrus Industry	- Land Conservation Board	
Cocoa	- Land Resources Planning and Development	
Coconut Industry	-Office of the Agricultural Tribunal	
Control and Protection of Animals,		
Dairy Industry		
Dog Control		
Fisheries	Ministry of Fisheries and Forests	
Forests (including Pine Forests)	-Department of Fisheries	
Fruit Marketing and Export	- Department of Forests	
Ginger Industry		
Land Development, Conservation and Utilisation		
Livestock and Wildlife		
Meat, Poultry and Livestock Industry Rice Industry		
Plant Protection		
Stock Improvements		
Veterinary Service
		
(b) Responsibility for all written laws regulating the business of (a) above including in particular, the following Acts and subsidiary legislation made thereunder—
		
Agricultural Landlord and Tenant Act (Cap. 270)		
Agricultural Marketing Authority Act 2004		
Banana Export and Marketing Act (Cap. 155)		
Biosecurity Promulgation 2008		
Birds and Game Protection Act (Cap. 170)		
Brands Act (Cap. 163)		
Coconut Industry Development Authority Act 1998		
Cooperative Dairy Companies Act (Cap. 119)		
Copra Industry Loans Act (Cap 153)		
Dairies Act (Cap. 118)		
Dogs Act (Cap. 168)		
Drainage Act (Cap. 143)		
Fencing Act (Cap. 167)		
Fiji Pine Decree 1990		
Fisheries Act (Cap. 158)		
Forest Decree 1992		
Forestry Act (Cap. 150)		
Fruit Export and Marketing Act (Cap. 154)		
Ginger Council of Fiji Act 1996		
Goat (Ear marks) Act (Cap. 164)		
Irrigation (Cap. 144)		
Land Conservation and Improvement Act (Cap. 141)		
Land Development Act (Cap. 142)		
Meat industry Act (Cap. 237)		
Pesticides Act (Cap. 157)		
Pound Act (Cap. 165)		
Protections of Animal Act (Cap. 169)		
Rewa Rice Limited Decree 1991		
Stock Improvement Act (Cap. 162)		
Trespass of Animal Act (Cap. 166)		
Veterinary Surgeons Act (Cap. 257)		

DATED at Suva this 12th day of April 2009.

RATU J. I. ULUIVUDA
President and Commander in Chief 
of the Republic of the Fiji Military Forces

[LEGAL NOTICE NO. 6]

GOVERNMENT OF FIJI
(EXECUTIVE AUTHORITY OF FIJI DECREE 2009, Decree No. 2)

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Ministerial Assignment

To: Mr Netani Sukanaivalu

IN exercise of the powers vested in me as President and Commander in Chief of the Republic of the Fiji Military Forces by the Executive Authority of Fiji Decree 2009, (Decree No.2), I hereby appoint you the Minister for Lands and Mineral Resources, with effect from the 11th day of April 2009 and assign to you the responsibility for the conduct of the following Government business and departments and for the following written laws (subject to the provisions of any other laws)—

Business
	Departments	
(a) Continental Shelf	Ministry of Lands and Mineral Resources	
Explosives		
Fiji Land Information System	Department of Lands and Surveys	
Foreshore	Department of Mineral Resources	
Geology		
Ground water		
Mapping		
Mining		
Petroleum Exploration and Exploitation		
Quarries		
Registration of Surveyors		
Registration of Valuers		
Rivers and Streams		
Seismology		
State Acquisition of Lands		
State Lands		
Survey of Lands
		
(b) Responsibility for all written laws regulating the business of (a) above including in particular, the following Acts and the subsidiary legislation made thereunder-
		
Continental Shelf Act (Cap. 149)		
Explosives Act (Cap 189)		
Mining Act (Cap 146)		
Petroleum (Exploration and Exploitation) Act (Cap. 148)		
Quarries Act (Cap. 147)		
Rivers and Streams Act (Cap 136)		
State Acquisition of Lands Act (Cap 135)		
State Lands Act (Cap 132)		
Surveyors Act (Cap 260) 		
Valuers Registration Act 1986		

DATED at Suva this 12th day of April 2009.

RATU J. I. ULUIVUDA
President and Commander in Chief 
of the Republic of the Fiji Military Forces

[LEGAL NOTICE NO. 7]

GOVERNMENT OF FIJI
(EXECUTIVE AUTHORITY OF FIJI DECREE 2009, Decree No. 2)

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Ministerial Assignment

To: Dr Jiko Luveni
 
IN exercise of the powers vested in me as President and Commander in Chief of the Republic of the Fiji Military Forces by the Executive Authority of Fiji Decree 2009, (Decree No.2), I hereby appoint you the Minister for Social Welfare, Women and Poverty Alleviation, with effect from the 11th day of April 2009 and assign to you the responsibility for the conduct of the following Government business and departments and for the following written laws (subject to the provisions of any other laws)—

Business
	Departments	
(a) Social Welfare, Women and Poverty Monitoring	Ministry of Social Welfare, Women and Poverty Alleviation 
	
Adoption of Infants	-Department of Social Welfare	
Care and Protection of Juveniles	-Department of Women	
Community Corrections	-Poverty Alleviation Unit	
Disabled Persons		
Fair Rents		
Family Welfare and Assistance		
Marriage Guidance		
National Women's Plan of Action		
Poverty Alleviation		
Probation of Offenders		
Women and Gender Development
		
(b) Responsibility for all written laws regulating the business of (a) above including in particular, the subsidiary legislation made thereunder—
		
Social Welfare, Women and Poverty Alleviation		
Adoption of Infants Act (Cap.58)		
Community Work Act 1994		
Fair Rents Act (Cap.269)		
Fiji National Council for Disabled Persons Act 1994		
Juveniles Act (Cap.56)		
Probation of Offenders Act (Cap. 22)		

DATED at Suva this 12th day of April 2009.

RATU J. I. ULUIVUDA
President and Commander in Chief 
of the Republic of the Fiji Military Forces

[LEGAL NOTICE NO. 8]

GOVERNMENT OF FIJI
(EXECUTIVE AUTHORITY OF FIJI DECREE 2009, Decree No.2)

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Ministerial Assignment

To: Mr Filipe Bole
 
IN exercise of the powers vested in me as President and Commander in Chief of the Republic of the Fiji Military Forces by the Executive Authority of Fiji Decree 2009, (Decree No.2), I hereby appoint you the Minister for Education, National Heritage, Culture and Arts, Youth and Sports, Labour, Industrial Relations, Employment, Local Government, Urban Development and Housing, with effect from the 11th day of April 2009 and assign to you the responsibility for the conduct of the following Government business and departments and for the following written laws (subject to the provisions of any other laws)—

Business	Departments
	
(a) Education 
Libraries (other than Archives) Technological advancement with Science and technology 
transfer Substance Abuse
	Ministry of Education, National Heritage, Culture and Arts	
(b) Fijian Culture	Department of National Heritage, Culture and Arts	
	- Fiji Arts Council	
	- Fiji Museum 	
	- National Trusts of Fiji
	
(c) Youth and Sports	Ministry of Youths and Sports	
National Youth Service		
Sports Development
		
(d) Labour, Industrial Relations and Employment	Ministry of Labour, Industrial Relations and Employment,	
Employment Conditions	- Employment Relations Advisory Board	
Factories	- National Occupational Health and Safety Service	
Health and Safety at Work	- Registrar of Trade Unions	
Hours of Employment	- Registrar of Industrial Associations	
Public Holidays	- Permanent Arbitrator	
Trade Union and Trade Disputes	- Tripartite Forum	
Wages Councils	- Workers' Compensation Service	
Workmen's Compensation		
Employment Promotion Activities		
National Training		
Non-Formal Education		
Productivity Promotion
		
(e) Local Government, Urban Development and Housing	Ministry of Local Government, Urban Development and Housing	
Business Licensing		
Fire Services		
Local Government	Department of Local Government	
Markets	Department of Town and Country Planning	
Subdivision of Land	Department of Housing and Squatter Settlement	
Town and Country Planning		
Urban Development		
Housing including Squatter Resettlement
(other than housing provided for in conjunction with provision for disaster relief rehabilitation)
		
(f) Responsibility for all written laws regulating the business of (a), (b), (c), (d) and (e) above including in particular, the following Acts and the subsidiary legislation made thereunder—
		
Education		
Education Act (Cap 262)		
Examinations Act (Cap 262A)		
Fiji Institute of Technology Decree		
Fiji Institute of Technology Act 2006		
Libraries (Deposit of Books) Act (Cap. 109)		
Substance Abuse Advisory Council Act 1998		
University of the South Paciﬁc Act (Cap. 266)
		
National Heritage, Culture and Arts		
Fiji Museum Act (Cap. 236)		
National Trust of Fiji Act (Cap. 265)		
Preservation of Objects or Archaeological and Palaeontological Interest Act (Cap. 264)
		
Labour, Industrial Relations and Employment		
Daylight Saving Act 1998		
Employment Act (Cap. 92)		
Employment Relations Promulgation 2007		
Factories Act (Cap. 99)		
Health and Safety at Work Act 1996		
Industrial Associations Act (Cap. 95)		
Public Holidays Act (Cap. 101)		
Shop (Regulation of Hours and Employment) Act (Cap. 100)		
Trade Disputes Act (Cap. 97)		
Trade Unions (Recognition) Act 1998		
Trade Unions Act (Cap.96)		
Wages Council Act (Cap. 98)		
Workmen's Compensation Act (Cap. 94)		
Training and Productivity Authority of Fiji Act (Cap. 93)
		
Local Government, Urban Development and Housing		
Business Licensing Act (Cap. 204)		
Housing Act (Cap. 267)		
Housing Authority (Loans to Cane Growers) Act 1972		
Local Government Act (Cap. 125)		
Markets Act (Cap. 126)		
National Fire Service Act 1994		
Ministry of Education, National Heritage, 		
Subdivision of Land Act (Cap. 140)		
Town Planning Act (Cap. 139)		

DATED at Suva this 12th day of April 2009.

RATU J. I. ULUIVUDA
President and Commander in Chief 
of the Republic of the Fiji Military Forces

[LEGAL NOTICE NO. 9]

GOVERNMENT OF FIJI
(EXECUTIVE AUTHORITY OF FIJI DECREE 2009, Decree No. 2)

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Ministerial Assignment
 
To: Captain (N) Timoci Lesi Natuva
 
IN exercise of the powers vested in me as President and Commander in Chief of the Republic of the Fiji Military Forces by the Executive Authority of Fiji Decree 2009, (Decree No.2), I hereby appoint you the Minister for Works, Transport and Public Utilities, with effect from the 11th day of April 2009 and assign to you the responsibility for the conduct of the following Government business and departments and for the following written laws (subject to the provisions of any other laws)—

Business	Departments
	
(a) Works	Ministry of Works, Transport and Public Utilities	
Infrastructure		
Railway Services	Department of Transport	
Registration of Architects and Engineers	Divisional Engineers	
Roads, Buildings,	Fiji Islands Maritime Safety Administration	
	Government Shipping Services	
	Meteorological Services	
	Public Works Department	
	Department of Water & Sewerage	
	Department of Energy
	
(b) Transport		
Land Transport		
Ports and Harbours		
Railway Services		
Marine Services		
Road Safety		
Meteorology		
Shipbuilding		
Shipping Services		
Transport Planning
		
(c) Public Utilities (Water and Energy)		
Biofuel Policy Development		
Conservation of Fuel	 	
Development of Energy Resources	 	
Electricity Supply [other than rural electriﬁcation]		
Energy Development Policy		
Fuel and Power Energy Measures		
Hydrology		
Rural Electriﬁcation	 	
Water and Sewerage	 	
Water Rates
	 	
(d) Responsibility for all written laws regulating the business of (a, (b) and (c) above, including in particular, the following Acts and the subsidiary legislation made thereunder—
	 	
Works and Transport		
Architects Act (Cap. 258)		
Bicycles Act (Cap. 178)		
Collision Regulations (Ships and Sea Planes of Water) and signals of Distress (Ships) Order, 1965		
Engineers Registration Act (Cap. 261)		
Land Transport Act 1998		
Marine Act 1986		
Motor Vehicles (Third Party Insurance Act) (Cap. 177)		
National Road Safety Council Act 1994		
Petroleum Act (Cap 190)		
Railways Act (Cap. 179)		
Roads Act (Cap. 175)		
Sea Ports Management Act 2005		
Wreck and Salvage Act (Cap. 198)
		
Public Utilities
		
Electricity Act (Cap. 180)		
Sewerage Act (Cap. 128)		
Water Supply Act (Cap. 144)		
Water Authority of Fiji Promulgation	 	
Fiji National Petroleum Company Limited Decree 1991	 	
Fuel and Power Emergency Act (Cap. 191)		

DATED at Suva this 12th day of April 2009.

RATU J. I. ULUIVUDA
President and Commander in Chief 
of the Republic of the Fiji Military Forces

[LEGAL NOTICE NO. 10]

GOVERNMENT OF FIJI
(EXECUTIVE AUTHORITY OF FIJI DECREE 2009, Decree No. 2)

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Ministerial Assignment

To: Dr Neil Sharma
 
IN exercise of the powers vested in me as President and Commander in Chief of the Republic of the Fiji Military Forces by the Executive Authority of Fiji Decree 2009, (Decree No.2), I hereby appoint you the Minister for Health, with effect from the 11th day of April 2009 and assign to you the responsibility for the conduct of the following Government business and departments and for the following written laws (subject to the provisions of any other laws)—

Business	Departments
	
(a) Health 	Ministry of Health 
	
Clinical Medical Services		
Health Promotion		
Medical Equipment and Supplies Services	- Divisional Hospitals	
Pharmaceutical, Drugs and Medicine Services	- Fiji School of Nursing	
Preventative Health Programme and Services	- Government Pharmacy	
Primary Health Care Services	- Health Centres and Nursing Stations	
Professional Staff Development and Management	- National Centre for Communicable Disease Control	
	-National Centre for Health Promotion	
	- National Referral Hospitals
(St. Giles & Twomey Hospitals)	
	- Sub Divisional Hospitals
	
(b) Responsibility for all written laws regulating the business of (a) above including in particular, the subsidiary legislation made thereunder—
		
Animals (Control of Experiments) Act (Cap. 161)		
Burial and Cremation Act (Cap. 117)		
Illicit Drugs Control Act No.9 of 2004		
Fiji School of Medicine Act 1997		
Food Safety Act 2003		
Part 10 of Health and Safety at Work Act 1996		
Medical and Dental Practitioner Act (Cap.225)		
Medical Assistant Act (Cap. 225A)		
Mental Treatment Act (Cap. 113)		
Methylated Spirits Act (Cap. 193)		
Nurses, Midwives and Nurse Practitioners Act (Cap. 256)		
Pharmacy and Poisons Act (Cap. 115)		
Private Hospitals Act (Cap. 256A)		
Public Health Act (Cap. 111)		
Public Hospitals and Dispensaries Act (Cap. 110)		
Pure Food Act (Cap. 116)		
Quarantine Act (Cap. 112)		
Tobacco Control Act 1998		

DATED at Suva this 12th day of April 2009.

RATU J. I. ULUIVUDA
President and Commander in Chief 
of the Republic of the Fiji Military Forces

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