PAPUA NEW GUINEA

EMPLOYMENT OF NON-CITIZENS (AMENDMENT) ACT 2019

No. 23 of 2019
Certified on: 07 MAY 2020

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTION. 
Exemption (Amendment of Section 51).

AN ACT
entitled
Employment of Non-Citizens (Amendment) Act 2019,
Being an Act to amend the Employment of Non-Citizens Act 2007 to provide for expanded powers of the Minister to exempt holders of, applicants for, or particular classes of holders of or applicants for, identified visa entry permit categories,
MADE by the National Parliament to come into operation in accordance with a notice in the National Gazette, by the Head of State, acting with, and in accordance with, the advice of the Minister.
EXEMPTION (AMENDMENT OF SECTION 51).
Section 51 of the Principal Act is amended by repealing Subsection (1) and replacing it with the following new subsection: 
	(1) The Minister, acting on the advice of the Secretary, may, by notice published in the National Gazette, exempt – 
	(a) an employee, or class of employees; or
	(b) a self-employed non-citizen, or class of self-employed non-citizens; or
	(c) an employer, or class of employers, from or any of the provisions of this Act; or
	(d) a holder of, an applicant for, or particular classes of holders or applicants for visa or entry permit categories identified in the notice. 

I hereby certify that the above is a fair print of the Employment of Non-Citizens (Amendment) Act 2019, which has been made by the National Parliament.
Acting Clerk of the National Parliament.
07 MAY 2020
I hereby certify that the Employment of Non-Citizens (Amendment) Act 2019, was made by the National Parliament on 5 December 2019.
Speaker of the National Parliament.
07 MAY 2020