Tourism Authority (Amendment) Act (No. 4 of 2015)

ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA TOURISM AUTHORITY (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2015 No. 4 of 2015 [ Published in the Official Gazette Vol. XXXV No. 23 dated 16th April, 2015. J Printed at the Government Printing Office, Antigua and Barbuda, by Ralph George, Government Printer — By Authority, 2015. 600-4.15 [ Price $2.60 Tourism Authority (Amendment) Act, 2015 2 No. 4 of 2015 No. 4 of 2015 Tourism Authority(Amendment) Act, 2015 TOURISM AUTHORITY(AMENDMENT) ACT, 2015 ARRANGEMENT Sections 1. Short title. 2. Interpretation 3. Repeal of section 17- Advisory Council 4. Amendment of First Schedule 5. Repeal of Second Schedule Tourism Authority (Amendment) Act, 2015 No. 4 of 2015 [ L.S.] I Assent, Rodney Williams, Governor-General. 8th April, 2015. ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA TOURISM AUTHORITY (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2015 No. 4 of 2015 AN ACT to amend the Tourism Authority Act, 2008 No. 6 of 2008. ENACTED by the Parliament of Antigua and Barbuda as follows 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Tourism Authority (Amendment) Act, 2015. 2.Interpretation In this Act, "principal Act" means the Tourism Authority Act, 2008 No. 6 of 2008. 3. Repeal of section 17-Advisory Council Section 17 of the principal Act is repealed. 4.Amendment of First Schedule The First SChedule to the principal Act is amended as follows (a) by the repeal of subparagraph (1) of paragraph 1 and the substitution of the following No. 4 of 2015 5 Tourism Authority (Amendment) Act, 2015 "(1) The Board shall comprise of the following— (a) a Chairman; (b) a Deputy Chairman; (c) the Financial Secretary; (d) a leading banking or fmancial professional; (e) a representative of the Antigua and Barbuda Cruise Association; (f) the Advisor to the Minister responsible for Tourism on Yachting and Sailing; (g) a representative of the Antigua and Barbuda Hotels and Tourism Association; (h) the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Tourism or the Director General of Tourism; and (i) the Chief Executive Officer of the Authority shall be in attendance at all meetings of the Board, but shall not have a vote. (b) by the insertion of the words (i) "(1)" before the first paragraph; and (ii) the insertion of the following new subparagraph "(2) the Board may, where the circumstances require, conduct its meeting through an electronic communication." 5. Repeal of Second Schedule The Second Schedule to the principal Act is repealed in its entirety. Tourism Authority (Amendment) Act, 2015 No. 4 of 2015 Passed by the House of Representatives on Passed by the Senate on the 10th day the 23rd day of February, 2015. of March, 2015. Gerald Watt, Q.C., Alincia Williams Grant, Speaker. President. Ramona Small, Ramona Small, Clerk to the House of Representatives. Clerk to the Senate.