Executive Authority of Fiji Decree 2009 - Ministerial Assignment

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

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

Fiji Subsidiary Legislation

Executive Authority of Fiji Decree 2009 - Ministerial Assignment - LN 92, 2009