FIJI ISLANDS

[LEGAL NOTICE NO. 83]

FIJI NATIONAL PROVIDENT FUND
(CAP. 219)
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Fiji National Provident Fund
(Amendment) Regulation 2009

IN exercise of the powers conferred upon me by Section 63 of the Act, the Fiji National Provident Fund Board has made the following Regulations —

Citation
1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Fiji National Provident Fund (Amendment) Regulation of 2009.

(2) In this Regulation the Fiji National Provident Fund Regulations shall be referred to as "the principle Regulation".

Interpretation
2. Section 2 of the principal Regulation is amended by inserting the definition —

"cultivators" means farm hands, labourers and all other farmers excluding sugar cane growers

"growers" means sugar cane growers as defined in the Sugar Industry Act (Cap. 206)

Schedule Amended
3. The Schedule to the principal Regulations is amended by inserting the following proviso after paragraph (4) —

"Notwithstanding paragraphs (3) and (4) of these Schedule, cultivators and growers are exempted from fulfilling those requirements under paragraphs (3) and (4)."

Dated this 4th day of November 2009.

J. PRASAD
Chairman
Fiji National Provident Fund Board