REPUBLIC OF FIJI

[LEGAL NOTICE No. 92]

GOVERNMENT OF FIJI
(EXECUTIVE AUTHORITY OF FIJI DECREE 2009, Decree No.92)
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Ministerial Assignment

To: 	Commodore Josaia Voreqe Bainimarama
Prime Minister, Minister for Finance, National Planning, Public Service, People's Charter for Change and Progress, Information, Sugar Industry, Indigenous and Multi Ethnic Affairs and Provincial Development.

WHEREAS His Excellency Josefa Iloilovatu Uluivuda, in exercise of the powers vested in him 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), had appointed you as 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 assigned to you the responsibility for the conduct of the Government business and departments and the written laws specified in Legal Notice No, 1 of 2009;

AND WHEREAS His Excellency Josefa Iloilovatu Uluivuda, in exercise of the powers above recited, revoked with effect from the 17th day of April 2009 all the assignments of responsibilities conferred upon you as aforesaid, and with effect from the same day appointed you as the Prime Minister and Minister for Finance, National Planning, Public Service, People's Charter for Change and Progress, Information, Sugar Industry, Foreign Affairs, International Cooperation, Civil Aviation, Indigenous and Multi-Ethnic Affairs and Provincial Development and assigned to you the responsibility for the conduct of the Government business and departments and the written laws specified in Legal Notice No. 29 of 2009;

AND WHEREAS I, in exercise of the powers vested in me as Vice-President of the Republic of Fiji by the Office of the Vice-President and Succession Decree 2009 (Decree No. 8) and by the Executive Authority of Fiji Decree 2009 (Decree No. 2), revoked with effect from the 3rd of August 2009 all the assignments of responsibilities conferred upon you as aforesaid, and with effect from the same day appointed you as the Prime Minister and Minister for Finance, National Planning, Public Service, People's Charter for Change and Progress, Information, Sugar Industry, Indigenous and Multi-Ethnic Affairs and Provincial Development, and assigned to you the responsibility for the conduct of the Government business and departments and the written laws specified in Legal Notice No. 68 of 2009;

NOW THEREFORE, in exercise of the powers vested in me as President of the Republic of Fiji and Commander in Chief of the Republic of Fiji Military Forces by the Executive Authority of Fiji (amendment) Decree 2009 (Decree No. 28), I hereby revoke with effect from the 30th day of October 2009 all assignments of responsibilities previously conferred upon you, and with effect from the same day assign to you in your current capacity as the Prime Minister and Minister for Finance, National Planning, Public Service, People's Charter for Change and Progress, Information, Sugar Industry, Indigenous and Multi-Ethnic Affairs and Provincial Development the responsibility for the conduct of the following Government business and departments and 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	Office of the Prime Minister	
	Commissions of Inquiry	-Cabinet Office	
	Constitution and Parliament	-Human Rights Commission*	
	Honours and Awards	-Office of Ombudsman*	
	Human Rights	Office of the Prime Minister	
	Other minority groups (eg Kioa island, Melanesian Community)	Office of the Secretary General to Parliament	
	Promissory Oaths	-Parliamentary Emolument Commission* 	
	Rabi Island Affairs
		
(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 and Stationery Department	
	Moneylending	Government Procurement Office	
	Pensions and Superannuation	Information, Technology & Computing Service	
	Public Finance	Office Accommodation Unit	
	Stamp Duties	Office of the Auditor General*	
	Taxation		
	Unit Trusts		
	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	Strategic Framework for Change 	
	National Reconciliation	Coordinating Office	
		-National Reconciliation
	
(f)	Information	Ministry of Information	
	Broadcasting and Print Media	- Film and Television Unit	
	Defamation	- National Archives	
	Libraries	- Information Services Unit	
	Media Relations	- Library Services	
	Preservation and Repository of Current and Historical Documents		
	Preservation of Books		
	Radio and Television
		
(g)	Sugar Industry	Ministry of Sugar	
	Sugar Reform	Sugar Unit
	
(h)	Indigenous Affairs	Ministry of Indigenous Affairs	
	Disputes Resolution	- Fijian Affairs Board	
	Education and Training	- Fijian Development Fund Board	
	Fijian Affairs	- Great Council of Chiefs	
	Fijian Fishing Rights	- Native Fisheries Commission	
	Native Lands	- Native Lands Appeals Tribunal	
		- Native Lands Commission
	
(i)	Provincial Development and Multi-Ethnic Affairs	Ministry of Provincial Development and Multi-Ethnic Affairs	
	Auxiliary Functions of Government under relevant Legislation in Divisions and Districts	

-Department of Multi-Ethnic Affairs	
	District Advisory Councils	-Natural Disaster Management Office	
	District Development Committees 		
	Divisional Administration		
	Divisional Development Committees	[Note: * indicates the responsibility and subject to any provisions as to independence of office]	
	Emergency Services Relief and Rehabilitation Works relating to Natural Disasters		
	Multi Ethnic Affairs (other than Fijian Affairs)		
	National Advisory Council		
	Provincial Development
		
(j)	Responsibility for all written laws regulating the business of (a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (f), (g), (h), and (i), 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 Act1999
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)
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. 11A)
International Financial Organization 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

Ministry of Information

Advertisement Regulation Act (Cap. 127)
Broadcasting Commissions Act (Cap 105)
Defamation Act (Cap 34)
Libraries (Deposit of Books) Act (Cap. 109)
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

Ministry of Indigenous 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

Ministry of Provincial Development and Multi-Ethnic Affairs

Natural Disaster Management Act 1998

[Legal Notice No. 4 dated 12th April 2009 is amended accordingly to reflect the transfer of the Natural Disaster Management Office].

DATED at Suva this 13th day of November 2009.

E. NAILATIKAU
President of the Republic of Fiji