23rd POST CABINET MEETING STATEMENT

All Ministers were present.

At this meeting Cabinet:

• Provided His Excellency the Governor with September’s TCIG Financial Report. It was agreed that further information on the budgetary position for the rest of the current Financial Year would be provided in the week of 23 October;

• Advised His Excellency the Governor to approve reduced provision from the National Forfeiture Fund for the hosting in the Islands of Pre-Assessment training in October and Financial Action Task Force Standards training in November by the Caribbean Financial Action Task Force;

• Advised His Excellency the Governor to approve the tabling of a Bill recognising the offices of the Supreme Court Registry in both Grand Turk and Providenciales;

• Advised His Excellency the Governor to approve the tendering of Crown Land Parcel 60603/18;

• Advised His Excellency the Governor to approve the regularisation of fees for services being rendered by the Survey and Mapping Department to the general public;

• Advised His Excellency the Governor to approve extended repayment terms for salary advances paid to Public Officers under the Hurricane Irma Salary Advance scheme.  Details will be provided to the Public Service separately;

• Advised His Excellency the Governor to approve Planning Applications NC 1109 and SC 760;

• Received an information paper from the Hon. Attorney General on Crown Land Holding in TCI, as requested by the Premier;

• Received an update from the Hon. Deputy Governor, as requested by the Hon. Premier, on TCIG’s Annual Recruitment Plan for the Financial Year 2017/2018, including an update on critical current vacancies and efforts to fill them;

• Received a report from the Hon. Premier on the visit to TCI last week of the UK Recovery Advisory Team and on discussions held with them;
 
• Received a report from the Hon. Premier on a meeting she held with the Caribbean Representative of the UN Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean team;

 
• Received a report from the Hon. Minister of Tourism on the arrest of a vessel caught poaching in TCI waters.

 
• Received an update from the Hon. Deputy Premier on the two recent sloops intercepted and the repatriation process