REPUBLIC OF FIJI ISLANDS

[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	
Civil litigation and Legal Advisory Services	(Attorney-General's Chambers)	
Copyright	-Central Liquor Board 	
Disposal of Uncollected Goods	-Cinematograph Censorship Board	
Gaming	-Commission on the Prerogative of Mercy	
Hotel and Guest House Licensing 	-Copyright Tribunal	
Law Reform	-Divisional Liquor Tribunals	
Law Revision	-Hotels Licensing Board	
Legal Aid	-Board of Legal Education	
Legal Profession	-Costs Review Committee	
Legislative Drafting	-Fiji Law Reform Commission	
Liquor Licensing	-Fiji Legal Aid Commission	
	-Law Revision Project	

(b) Ministry of Justice	
Ministry of Justice	

Administration of Justice (Civil Law and	
-Judicial Department*	
Bankruptcy	-Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions*	
Births, Deaths and Marriages	-Prisons and Corrections Department	
Charitable Trusts	-Office of the Administrator-General	
Judiciary	-Office of the Commissioner of Stamp Duties	
Legitimacy and Legitimation	-Office of the Registrar of Titles	
National Prosecutions Services	-Office of the Registrar-General (including the 	
Partnerships and Companies	following Offices- Companies, Patents, 	
Patents, Trade Marks and Designs	Trade Marks and Designs, Official Receiver)	
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	
Department of Industry	
Consumer Affairs 	- Small Business Advisory Unit	
Co-operatives	- National Microﬁnance Unit	
Fair Trading	- Fair Trading and Consumer Affairs	
Film and Audio Visual Industry	- Government Handicraft Centre	
Information, Communication and Technology		
Investment	Department of Cooperatives 	
Manufacturing	Department of Tourism 	
National and Trade Measurement	Department of Communications	
Postal Services	Department of Trade	
Real estates		
Sea Carriage of Goods		
Second Hand Dealers	[Note: * indicates the responsibility and is subject to any provisions as to independence of office]	
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)		
Judges 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. I. ULUIVUDA
President and Commander in Chief 
of the Republic of the Fiji Military Forces