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No. 56 4Th May, 2011 Nauru ------G.N.No REPUBLIC OF NAURU GOVERNMENT GAZETTE PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No. 56 4th May, 2011 Nauru -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- G.N.No. 273/ 2011 PUBLIC SERVICE ACT 1998 SECTION 10 CREATION OF NEW POSITIONS PURSUANT TO the powers in that vested in me, under Section 10, subsection (1) clause (a) of the Public Service Act 1998, I, Marcus Stephen, President and Minister responsible for the Public Service, DO HEREBY, with immediate effect, create the following new positions:- NAURU POLICE FORCE DESIGNATION OF OFFICE SALARY SCALE Auto Mechanic $4, 666pa (2.2) Caretaker/ Cleaner $3, 915pa (1.1) DATED this 29th day of April, 2011. MARCUS STEPHEN PRESIDENT AND MINISTER RESPONSIBLE FOR PUBLIC SERVICE. G.N.No. 274/ 2011 ADMINISTRATIVE ARRANGEMENTS ACT 2011 COMMENCEMENT NOTICE I, Hon Marcus Stephen, MP, President, under section 2 of the Administrative Arrangements Act 2011, give notice that the Act will commence on Monday 9 May 2011. MARCUS STEPHEN, MP PRESIDENT _________________________________________________________________________________________ -2- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No. 56 4th May, 2011 Nauru -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- G.N.No. 275/ 2011 CONSTITUTION OF NAURU VARIATION OF ASSIGNMENT OF GOVERNMENT BUSINESS I, Hon Marcus Stephen, MP, President, under Article 23 of the Constitution, vary the Assignment of Responsibilities for the Business of Government dated 1 November 2010 and published in Gazette No. 144 on 1 November 2010 by omitting the following words: “- Registry of Births, Deaths & Marriages”. Dated this 4th day of May, 2011 MARCUS STEPHEN, MP PRESIDENT _________________________________________________________________________________________ -3- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No. 56 4th May, 2011 Nauru -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- G.N.No. 276/ 2011 ADMINISTRATIVE ARRANGEMENTS ACT 2011 ADMINISTRATIVE ARRANGEMENTS ORDER No. 1 of 2011 I, Marcus Stephen, President of the Republic, under section 4(1) of the Administrative Arrangements Act 2011, make the following Administrative Arrangements Order with effect from 9 May 2011: 1. Each Minister specified in column 1 of the Schedule to this order is responsible for the administration of the written law, or part of the written law, specified opposite in column 3 of the Schedule. 2. Each department, or part of a department, specified in column 2 of the Schedule, is responsible to the Minister specified opposite in column 1 for the administration of the law, or part of the written law, specified opposite in column 3. MARCUS STEPHEN, MP PRESIDENT Schedule – Responsibility for the administration of legislation Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Minister responsible Department/part of department Written law/part of written law Minister for Commerce, Industry and Department of Commerce, Industry and Commerce (Trade Descriptions) Act 1905 Environment („Minister for CIE‟) Environment („Department of CIE‟) Minister for CIE Department of CIE Mercantile Act 1912 Minister for CIE Department of CIE Meteorology Act 1906 Minister for CIE Department of CIE Metric Conversion Act 1973 Minister for CIE Department of CIE Nauru Rehabilitation Corporation Act 1997 Minister for CIE Department of CIE Nauru Standard Time Act 1978 Minister for CIE Department of CIE Nauru Trustee Corporation Act 1972 Minister for CIE Department of CIE RONPHOS Act 2005 -4- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No. 56 4th May, 2011 Nauru -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- G.N.No. 276/ 2011 (Cont‟d) Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Minister responsible Department/part of department Written law/part of written law Minister for CIE Department of CIE Sale of Second-hand Motor Vehicles Act 1973 Minister for CIE Department of CIE Wild Birds Protection Act 1937 Minister for CIE Department of CIE Workers (Contracts of Service) Act 1922 Minister for CIE Department of CIE Workers‟ Compensation Act 1956 Minister for Education Department of Education Education Act 2011 Minister for Finance and Sustainable Department of Finance Accommodation Registration Act 2006 Development („Minister for Finance‟) Minister for Finance Department of Finance Bank of Nauru Act 1976 Minister for Finance Department of Finance Banking Act 1975 Minister for Finance Statistics Division, Department of Finance Census Act 1973 Minister for Finance Department of Finance Currency Act 1976 Minister for Finance Department of Finance Government Loans Act 1972 Minister for Finance Department of Finance Parliamentary Pension Act 2008 Minister for Finance Department of Finance Parliamentary Salaries and Allowances Act 2008 Minister for Finance Department of Finance Payments Directorate Act 2008 Minister for Finance Department of Finance Prices Regulation Act 2008 Minister for Finance Department of Finance Provident Fund Act 1938 -5- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No. 56 4th May, 2011 Nauru -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- G.N.No. 276/ 2011 (Cont‟d) Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Minister responsible Department/part of department Written law/part of written law Minister for Finance Department of Finance Public Finance (Control and Management) Act 1997 Minister for Finance Department of Finance Public Investments Act 1978 Minister for Finance Statistics Division, Department of Finance Statistics Act 1992 Minister for Finance Department of Finance Superannuation Act 1966 Minister for Finance Department of Finance Telecommuncations Service Tax Act 2009 Minister for Finance Department of Finance Treasury Fund Investment Act 1971 Minister for Finance Department of Finance Treasury Fund Protection Act 2004 Minister for Fisheries - Fisheries Act 1997 Minister for Fisheries - Nauru Fisheries and Marine Resources Authority Act 1997 Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade Consular Privileges and Immunities Act 1976 Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade Diplomatic Privileges and Immunities Act 1976 Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade Sea Boundaries Act 1997 Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade Special Missions, Privileges and Immunities Act 1976 Minister for Health Department of Health Cemeteries Act 1922 Minister for Health Department of Health Food Safety Act 2005 Minister for Health Department of Health Health Practitioners Act 1999 -6- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No. 56 4th May, 2011 Nauru -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- G.N.No. 276/ 2011 (Cont‟d) Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Minister responsible Department/part of department Written law/part of written law Minister for Health Department of Health Litter Prohibition Act 1983 Minister for Health Department of Health Mentally-disordered Persons Act 1963, Parts I, II and IV Minister for Health Department of Health Notification of Infectious and Contagious Diseases Ordinance 1923 Minister for Health Department of Health Public Health Ordinance 1925 Minister for Health Department of Health Quarantine Act 1908 Minister for Health Department of Health Sanitary Inspectors Ordinance 1921 Minister for Health Department of Health Tobacco Control Act 2009 Minister for Health Department of Health Tuberculosis Ordinance 1967 Minister for Home Affairs Lands and Survey, Department of Home Aerodrome (Acquisition of Land) Act 1952 Affairs Minister for Home Affairs Culture Division, Department of Home Antiquities Act 1935 Affairs Minister for Home Affairs Lands and Survey, Department of Home Land (Declaration of Ownership) Ordinance 1962 Affairs Minister for Home Affairs Lands and Survey, Department of Home Lands Act 1976 Affairs Minister for Home Affairs Lands and Survey, Department of Home Lands (Validating) Ordinance 1951 Affairs -7- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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