REPUBLIC OF FIJI

[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, 	
Disputes Resolution	and Provincial Development 	
Education and Training		
Fijian Affairs	Ministry of Indigenous and Multi-Ethnic Affairs	
Fijian Fishing Rights	-Fijian Affairs Board	
Native Lands	-Fijian Development Fund Board	
Multi Ethnic Affairs (other than Fijian Affairs)	-Great Council of Chiefs	
National Advisory Council	-Native Fisheries Commission	
	-Native Lands Appeals Tribunal	
(b) Provincial Development 	-Native Lands Commission	
Auxiliary Functions of Government under 	Department of Multi-Ethnic Affairs	
relevant Legislation in Divisions and Districts	Ministry of Provincial Development 	
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