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Compensation Strikers (Amendment) Act 1999

REPUBLIC OF VANUATU


COMPENSATION STRIKERS (AMENDMENT) ACT NO. 3 1999


Arrangement of Sections


  1. Amendment of long title of the Act
  2. Amendment of section 1
  3. Amendment of section 4
  4. Insertion of new sections
  5. Repeal and substitution of section 11
  6. Commencement.

REPUBLIC OF VANUATU


Commencement 22/05/00


COMPENSATION STRIKERS (AMENDMENT) ACT NO. 3 1999


An Act to amend the Compensation Strikers Act No. 17 of 1996 (the “Principal Act”).


BE IT ENACTED by the President and Parliament as follows:


AMENDMENT OF LONG TITLE OF THE ACT


  1. The long title of the Principal Act is amended by deleting “ not exceeding 158, 700, 000 Vatu”.

AMENDMENT OF SECTION 1


  1. Section 1 of the Principal Act is amended by inserting “, or such higher amount as the Council of Ministers approves,” after “Vatu”.

AMENDMENT OF SECTION 4


3. Section 4 of the Principal Act is amended by:


(a) deleting “Any” from subsection (1) and substituting “Subject to section 4A, any”;

(b) by inserting after “permanent” in paragraph (4)(a) “, casual or part-time”.

INSERTION OF NEW SECTIONS


4. The following sections are inserted after section 4 of the Principal Act:


“CERTAIN PUBLIC SERVANTS NOT ENTITLED TO COMPENSATION


4A. (1) This section applies to a person who:


(a) was dismissed by the Public Service Commission from the Public Service on 14 March 1994 for taking part in the Public Servants Association Strike of 1993; and

(b) has been reappointed to the Public Service since that dismissal on new terms and conditions; and

(c) has continued to be employed as a member of the Public Service since that reappointment up to and including the date on which this section commences.

(2) A person to whom this section applies:

(ii) for the period between his or her dismissal and reappointment; and


(c) is subject to the following provisions:

“CUT OFF DATE FOR APPLICATIONS


4B. The Council of Ministers may specify a date by which all applications under this Act must be made. Any application made after the date specified by the Council of Ministers is null and void.”


REPEAL AND SUBSTITUTION OF SECTION 11


  1. Section 11 of the Principal Act is repealed and the following section is substituted:

“SECTION 54 OF PUBLIC FINANCE AND ECONOMIC MANAGEMENT ACT APPLIES


  1. Section 54 of the Public Finance and Economic Management Act No. 6 of 1998 applies to any moneys borrowed under this Act on or after the commencement of this section.”.

COMMENCEMENT


6. This Act commences on the day on which it is published in the Gazette.



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