REPUBLIC OF FIJI ISLANDS

[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	Ministry of Fisheries and Forests	
Dog Control	-Department of Fisheries	
Fisheries	-Department of Forests	
Forests (including Pine Forests)		
Fruit Marketing and Export		
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 Act 		
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