British Virgin Islands Ports Authority (Amendment) Act, 2016

1 No. of 2017 VIRGIN ISLANDS BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS PORTS AUTHORITY (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2017 ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS Section 1. Short title. 2. General amendments. 3. Section 3 amended. 4. First Schedule amended. 2 No. of 2017 British Virgin Islands Ports Virgin Authority (Amendment) Act, 2017 Islands I Assent Governor , 2017 VIRGIN ISLANDS No. of 2017 A Bill for An Act to amend the British Virgin Islands Ports Authority Act, 1990 (No.12 of 1990). [Gazetted , 2017] ENACTED by the Legislature of the Virgin Islands as follows: 1. This Act may be cited as the British Virgin Islands Ports Authority (Amendment) Act, 2016. 2. The British Virgin Islands Ports Authority Act, 1990 (referred to in this Act as “the principal Act”) is amended by replacing the following references wherever they occur: (a) the words “Legislative Council” with the words “House of Assembly”; (b) the words “Governor in Council” with the word “Cabinet”. 3. Section 3 of the principal Act is amended by inserting after subsection (3) the following new subsection: “(4) The Minister may, by Order, amend the First Schedule.”. 4. The First Schedule to the principal Act is amended by replacing paragraph 1(1)(c) with the following: Short title. General amendments. Section 3 amended. First Schedule amended. 3 “(c) four ex offcio members as follows: (i) the Permanent Secretary or his nominee; (ii) the Managing Director or his nominee; (iii) the Financial Secretary or his nominee; and (iv) the Director of the Tourist Board or his nominee.”. Passed by the House of Assembly this day of , 2017. Speaker. Clerk of the House of Assembly. 4 OBJECTS AND REASONS This Bill seeks to amend the British Virgin Islands Ports Authority Act, 1990 (No.12 of 1990) (referred to hereinafter as “the principal Act”). Clause 1 sets out the short title. Clause 2 would amend the principal Act generally by replacing the words “Legislative Council” wherever they occur in the Act with the words “House of Assembly” and the words “Governor in Council” with the word “Cabinet”. Clause 3 would amend section 3 to provide for the Minister to amend the First Schedule by Order. Clause 4 would amend the First Schedule to the principal Act by increasing the number of ex officio members serving on the Board. In addition, it would provide for the Permanent Secretary to nominate a representative to act on his or her behalf. Minister for Communications and Works.