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Fiji Trade and Investment Board (Amendment) Act 1999

FIJI ISLANDS

FIJI TRADE AND INVESTMENT BOARD (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1999

ACT NO. 19 OF 1999

I assent.

[L.S.]

K. K. T. MARA
President

[20.9.99]

AN ACT

TO AMEND THE FIJI TRADE AND INVESTMENT BOARD ACT

ENACTED by the Parliament of the Fiji Islands-

Short title and commencement.

1.-(1) This Act may be cited as the Fiji Trade and Investment Board (Amendment) Act 1999.

(2) In this Act " principal Act" means the Fiji Trade and Investment Board Act (Cap. 221).

Short title amended

2. The short title of the principal Act is amended by-

(a) deleting "Board" and substituting "Bureau"; and

(b) adding "Islands" after "Fiji".

Long title amended

3. The long title of the principal Act is amended by-

(a) deleting "Board" and substituting "Bureau"; and

(b) adding "Islands" after "Fiji".

Substituting "Bureau" for "Board"

4. The principal Act is amended by deleting "Board" (wherever occurring) and substituting "Bureau" in subsections (1), (2), (3), (5), (6), (7), (8), (9), (10), (11) and (12) of section 4; subsections (1) and (2) of section 5; subsections (1), (2), (3) and (4) of section
6; subsections (1) and (2) of section 7; subsections (1), (2), (3) and (4) of section 8. subsections (1) and (2) of section 9; section 10; subsections (1), (2), (3), (4) and (5) of section 11; subsections (1) and (2) of section 12; section 13 subsections (1) and (2) of section 14; sections 15, 16 and 17; subsections (1) and (2) of section 18; subsections (1), (2) and (3) of section 19; subsections (1)(a) and (1)(b) of section 20; and section 21,

Related legislation

5. References in any other written law to the "Fiji Trade and Investment Board Act" or to the "Fiji Trade and Investment Board" are amended by-

(a) deleting "Board" and substituting "Bureau"; and

(b) adding "Islands" after "Fiji".

Transitional

6. The Schedule applies to the transfer of property from the Fiji Trade and Investment Board to the Fiji Islands Trade and Investment Bureau and to the other matters contained in it.

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SCHEDULE
(Section 6)

TRANSFER OF PROPERTY RIGHTS AND LIABILITIES TO THE FIJI ISLANDS TRADE AND INVESTMENT BUREAU

1. In this Schedule-

"Bureau" means the Fiji Islands Trade and Investment Bureau established by this Act;

"Board" means the Fiji Trade and Investment Board established by the principal Act.

2. All real and personal property which immediately before the commencement of this Act was vested in or belonged to the Board is vested in the Bureau without conveyance, transfer or assignment and, subject to this Act, will be held by the Bureau for the same purposes as it was held by the Board immediately before commencement.

3. The person responsible for the keeping of any register, on the written request of the Bureau, and on payment of the appropriate fee, must make entries in the register and on any outstanding documents of title and generally do all things necessary to give effect to this Schedule.

4. All rights, obligations and liabilities which immediately before the commencement of this Act were vested in or imposed on the Board are the rights, obligations and liabilities of the Bureau.

5. All references to the Board in any Act, regulation, order or other written law or in any agreement, instrument, application, notice or other document, are, unless the context otherwise requires, to be read as references to the Bureau.

Passed by the House of Representatives this 27th day of August 1999.

Passed by the Senate this 13th day of September 1999.

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