His Excellency the Governor, Dr John Freeman, chaired the 26th meeting
of the Cabinet on Monday, 19 November 2018, at the Hon. Hilly Ewing Building on Providenciales.
All Ministers were present except the Minister of Education, Youth,
Culture and Library Services
At this meeting Cabinet:
· Agreed to the “Treatment of All-Inclusive Resorts”
paper to advance the Hotel, Restaurant and Tourism (Taxation) (Amnesty)
Bill 2018 to the House of Assembly.
· Received a paper presented by the Hon. Premier, as
Minister of Finance, on the draft consultancy report on the
redevelopment and modernization of South Dock, Providenciales. Cabinet
noted the recommendations of the Board of Directors of the TCI Ports
Authority in relation to the report;
· Approved the appointment of Mr. Ricardo D. Gardiner as
the Opposition’s appointed Member on the Local Government Review and
Modernization Committee;
· Approved the draft Home Owner’s Policy which includes
incentives to first time and existing homeowners to be implemented with
effect from 1 April 2019;
· Approved the appointment of the Commissioner of Labour as
the Registrar of Trade Unions in accordance with Section 5 of the Trade
Unions Ordinance;
· Agreed to the Jury (Amendment) Bill 2018 for advancement
to the House of Assembly.
· Received as up-date from the Hon. Premier on the TCI
National Disaster Recovery Task Force on the work of the Task Force;
· Advised His Excellency the Governor to agree to execute
the framework agreement on compensations for compulsory acquisition of
land by the Government.
· Noted the financial performance of the TCI Statutory
Bodies for the period April – June 2018 as reported by the Accountant
General in the 1st Quarter Financial Report 2018/19 submitted in
accordance with Section 148 (1) of the Public Finance Management
Regulations;
· Agreed for Invest TCI and Attorney General’s Chambers
to commence negotiations, on a conditional basis, between TCIG and
Windward Long Bay Ltd. on the proposed South Bank Resort and Marina
Project;
· Approved a draft TCIG Increment Policy paper governing
the implementation of increments for the TCI Public Service;
· Received an update from the Premier and the Ministry of
Finance on the critical work outstanding with regards to the EU Code of
Conduct Group: the COCG’s response to TCIG’s latest correspondence,
policy decisions made and the upcoming legislation to be presented to
Cabinet;
· Received an update from Her Excellency the Deputy Governor on
the visit of the EU Ambassador visit last week.
