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Turks and Caicos: post-cabinet meeting statement 23 July 2019
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 (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- approved the appointment of Wendy Robinson-Saunders as Secretary for the Adoption Committee and rescinded the current appointment of Sakera Cook as Secretary for the fiscal year 2019/2020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 Darren Hall, 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.