REPUBLIC OF FIJI

[LEGAL NOTICE No. 32]

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

Ministerial Assignment

To: Mr Filipe Bole
Minister for Education, National Heritage,
Culture and Arts, Youth and Sports,
Labour, Industrial Relations,
Employment, Local Government, Urban
Development, Housing and Environment

IN exercise of the powers vested in me as President of the Republic of Fiji and Commander in Chief of the Republic of the Fiji Military Forces by the Executive Authority of Fiji Decree 2009, (Decree No. 2), I had appointed you as 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 specified in Legal Notice No. 8 dated the 12th 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.

NOW THEREFORE, in exercise of the powers vested in me as the President of the Republic of Fiji 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 revoke with effect from the 17th day of April, 2009 all assignments and responsibilities conferred upon you, and with effect from the same day assign to you in your current capacity as the Minister for Education, National Heritage, Culture and Arts, Youth and Sports, Labour, Industrial Relations, Employment, Local Government, Urban Development, Housing and Environment, 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	
	
Education	
Ministry of Education, National Heritage, Culture and Arts	
(a)	Libraries (other than Archives) Technological advancement with Science and technology transfer Substance Abuse		

(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 Youth 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	-Tripartie Forum	
	Wages Councils	-Workers' Compensation Service	
	Workmen's Compensation		
	Employment Promotion Activities		
	National Training		
	Non-Formal Education		
	Productivity Promotion		

(e)	
Local Government, Urban Development, Housing and Environment	
Ministry of Local Government, Urban Development, Housing and Environment	
	Business Licensing	Department of Environment	
	Conservation of Environment	Department of Local Government	
	Fair Rents	Department of Town and Country Planning	
	Fire Services	Department of Housing and Squatter Settlement	
	Local Government		
	Markets		
	Subdivision of Land		
	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, Housing and Environment		
	Business Licensing Act (Cap. 204) 		
	Endangered and Protected Species Act 2002 		
	Environment Management Act 2005		
	Fair Rents Act (Cap. 269) 		
	Housing Act (Cap. 267) 		
	Housing Authority (Loans to Cane Growers) Act 1972 		
	Litter Decree 1991		
	Local Government Act (Cap. 125) 		
	Markets Act (Cap. 126)		
	National Fire Service Act 1994 		
	Ozone Depleting Substance Act 1998 		
	Subdivision of Land Act (Cap. 140) 		
	Town Planning Act (Cap. 139)		

DATED at Suva this 11th day of May 2009.

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