The Antigua and Barbuda Labour Code (Amendment) (No. 2) Act, no. 26 of 2019

ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA THE ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA LABOUR CODE (AMENDMENT) (NO. 2) ACT 2019 No. 26 of 2019 [Published in the Official Gazette Vol. XXXIX No. 90 dated 31st December, 2019] Printed at the Government Printing Office, Antigua and Barbuda, by Noel F. Abraham, Acting Government Printer — By Authority, 2019. 300—12.19 [Price $2.60] The Antigua and Barbuda Labour Code 2 No. 26 of 2019. (Amendment)(No. 2) Act, 2019. No. 26 of 2019. 3 The Antigua and Barbuda Labour Code (Amendment) (No. 2) Act, 2019. ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA THE ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA LABOUR CODE (AMENDMENT) (NO. 2) ACT 2019 ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS Section 1. Short title 2. Interpretation 3. Amendment of Division C, section C7A – Contract workers 4. Insertion of Schedule to Division C The Antigua and Barbuda Labour Code 4 No. 26 of 2019. (Amendment)(No. 2) Act, 2019. [L.S.] I Assent, Rodney Williams, Governor-General. 27th December, 2019. ANTIGUA & BARBUDA THE ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA LABOUR CODE (AMENDMENT) (NO. 2) ACT 2019 No. 26 of 2019 AN ACT to amend the Antigua and Barbuda Labour Code, Cap. 27 and for other incidental and connected purposes. ENACTED by the Parliament of Antigua and Barbuda as follows – 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Antigua and Barbuda Labour Code (Amendment) (No. 2) Act, 2019. 2. Interpretation In this Act, “the Principal Act” means the Antigua and Barbuda Labour Code, Cap. 27. 3. Amendment of Division C – Section C7A - Contract Workers Division C of the Principal Act is amended in section C7A by inserting after subsection (5) the following new subsections — “(6) This section shall not apply to consultants, management personnel or members of any profession listed in the Schedule to Division C. (7) The Minister may by Order amend the Schedule to Division C.” No. 26 of 2019. 5 The Antigua and Barbuda Labour Code (Amendment) (No. 2) Act, 2019. 4. Insertion of Schedule to Division C The Principal Act is amended by inserting at the end of Division C the following Schedule – SCHEDULE Attorney- at-Law, Barrister or Solicitor Medical Practitioner including Surgeon and Anaesthesiologist Dental Practitioner Pharmacist Optometrist or Optician Veterinary Surgeon Accountant or Auditor Architect Land Surveyor Quantity Surveyor Civil Engineer Electrical Engineer Mechanical Engineer Structural Engineer Marine Engineer Computer or Network Engineer Insurance Adjuster or Assessor The Antigua and Barbuda Labour Code 6 No. 26 of 2019. (Amendment)(No. 2) Act, 2019. Passed by the House of Representatives on the 29th October, 2019. Passed by the Senate on the 12th November, 2019. Gerald Watt, Q.C., Speaker. Alincia Williams Grant, President. A. Peters, Clerk to the House of Representatives. (Ag.) A. Peters, Clerk to the Senate.(Ag.)