His Excellency the Governor, Nigel Dakin, chaired the 18th meeting
of the Cabinet on Tuesday, 23 July 2019, at the Office of the
Premier, Grand Turk. All ministers were present with the exception
of the Hon. Minister for Home Affairs. At this meeting Cabinet:
approved the appointment of Mr Oliver Mills...Request free trial
His Excellency the Governor, Nigel Dakin, chaired the 18th
meeting of the Cabinet on Tuesday, 23 July 2019, at the
Office of the Premier, Grand Turk.
At this meeting Cabinet:
- approved the appointment of Mr Oliver Mills
(Chair), Ms Indira Higgs, Mr Samuel Handfield, Mr Sonny
Forbes and Ms Curly Hentuler as members of the National
Honours & Awards Committee for the period from 1
August 2019 to 31 July 2020
- approved policy to incentivise the removal of scrap
metal from TCI including waiver of fees
- approved the implementation of an Adopt A
Roundabout Programme
- noted an information paper on the Caribbean
Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility (CCRIF)
- approved planning application PR 13225 for the
rezoning of parcel 61112/180 from Low Density
Residential (R3) to Tourism Related Development in
order to construct a town house complex in
Providenciales
- approved the appointment of Wendy Robinson-Saunders
as Secretary for the Adoption Committee and rescinded
the current appointment of Sakera Cook as Secretary for
the fiscal year 2019/2020
- approved the appointment of Mr George Missick
(Chair), Dr , Dr Jameiko
Harvey, Dr Nadia Astwood, Mr Pierre Richardson and
the Attorney for the public service as members of the
Medicine and Dentistry Professions Council for
2019/2020
- approved the appointment of Ms Mikette Been
(Chair), Mrs Elaine Forbes, Ms Beatrice Burton, Mr
Pierre Richardson, Dr Derrick Aarons and the Attorney
for the public service as members of the Nursing and
Midwifery Professions Council for 2019/2020
- approved the appointment of Mr Shanwell Gardiner
(Chair), Dr Anna Parish (Deputy Chair), Ms Madeline
Mills, Mrs Carol Robinson, Mr Andre Morgan, Mr Pierre
Richardson, Dr Derrick Aarons and the Attorney for the
public service as members of the Allied Health
Professions and Pharmacy Professions Council for
2019/2020
- approved the appointment of Mr Noel Skippings
(Chair), Dr R. Dionne Lightbourne, Bishop Earle
Fulford, Mrs Mary Forbes, Mr Clarence Selver and Dr
Derrick Aarons as members of the Health Appeals
Tribunal for 2019/2020
- approved the Health Professions (Amendment) Bill
2018 to include indemnity provisions
- approved changes to the dates of the crawfish
season, extending the closed season to 15 August 2019
and bringing forwards the end of the fishing season to
1 March 2020
- approved the remuneration, allowances and expenses
provided for members of the Gaming Control Commission
which came into force on 1 May 2019
- noted recommendations by the Procurement Board on
the award of contracts for consultancy to oversee the
removal of a grounded vessel on Grand Turk (PN
005433/PN 005535); the supply of a variable speed
transfer pumps for fire hydrants on Grand Turk (PN
005511) and the supply of air conditioning units for
airports on Grand Turk and Providenciales (TR 19/06)
- approved the bringing into force on 1 August 2019
the Credit Union Ordinance, Regulations and Prudential
Standards
- approved amendments to a development proposal for
Wymara Development Ltd. and approved a revised
development agreement previously considered by Cabinet
on 13 September 2018
- noted a paper setting out the Legislative
Programme/Agenda of priorities within Government for
the period July to December 2019
- noted a paper on projects approved by the Ministry
of Finance post 2018 under the Small and Medium
Enterprises Development (Amendment) Ordinance 2018.
- noted a paper on the financial performance of the
TCI Government from the period January to March 2019
- noted a paper reporting the financial performance
of the Statutory Bodies of TCI Government for the third
quarter of 2018-19
- approved the change of date for the Notice of
Waiver of Warehouse Rents pursuant to Regulation 4 of
the Customs (Government Transit Shed and Queens
Warehouse Rent) (Amendment) Regulations 2016
- approved the funding of sub-projects under PN
005500 School Infrastructure Projects Phase 3, to be
allocated to individual projects without affecting the
appropriated amount allocated to the projects for FY
19/20
- approved part of the Chalk Sound Police Station as
a prison and the designation of police officers as
temporary prison officers as dictated by the
Commissioner of Police, subject to specific measures
being put in place
- approved a draft Electricity (Amendment) Bill 2019
intended to modernize targeted areas of the regulatory
framework of the energy sector and granted permission
for consultation with stakeholders to take place
- approved planning application SA 249, Parcel
10704/38 for the construction of a Chemical Storage
Building in South District, Salt Cay
- received an update from the Hon Attorney General on
the Caribbean Financial Action Task Force and its
impeding face to face meeting in August 2019
- were informed by the Hon Premier that a meeting of
the Caribbean Tax Administrators is being hosted by TCI
this week
- the Hon Premier expressed her thanks and that of
Cabinet for the Commissioner of Police’s work during
his tenure
Further information on these matters will be provided
by Ministers in due course.
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