REPUBLIC OF FIJI OFFICE OF THE SOLICITOR GENERAL LAWS OF FIJI 2012 GENERAL INDEX WRITTEN LAWS DATE REVISED: 27 JANUARY 2012 Prepared by the Legal Drafting Section of the Office of the Solicitor-General, Level 4, Suvavou House, Suva, Fiji, Tel: (679) 3309866 ext 562, Fax: (679) 3305421. IMPORTANT NOTE - THIS INDEX IS USED SOLEY TO SHOW CHRONOLOGY OF ACTS AND SUBSIDIARY LAWS AND, IN SOME CASES, DOES NOT INDICATE WHETHER THE ACT, DECREE OR SUBSIDIARY LAW HAS BEEN REPEALED OR SUBSEQUENTLY AMENDED BY ANOTHER ACT, DECREE OR SUBSIDIARY LAW. DISCLAIMER All due care is taken for the accuracy of information in this Index but the Office is not responsible for any error or omission in it. If you find any error or omission in this Index, please contact the Drafting Section. 2 ADMIRALTY JURISDICTION (FIJI) ORDER IN COUNCIL 1962 (SEE CAP. 13) ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE DECREE 2009 (Decree No. 9) Commencement Notice: 10/04/09 Administration of Justice (Amendment) Decree 2009 (Decree No. 10) Administration of Justice (Amendment) (No. 2) Decree 2009 (Decree No. 25) Administration of Justice (Amendment) (No. 3) (Decr ee No.14/10 ) ADOPTION OF INFANTS ACT (CAP. 58) Adoption of Infants (Magistrates’ Courts) Rules Adoption of Infants (Supreme Court) Rules ADVERTISEMENT REGULATION ACT (CAP. 127) Advertisement Regulations Lautoka (Advertisement) Regulations Suva (Advertisement) Regulations AGRICULTURAL LANDLORD AND TENANT ACT (CAP. 270) Declaration of Unimproved Capital Values Order Exemption) Regulations Tribunal Procedures Declaration of Unimproved Capital Values Order, 1987 - (L/N 67/87) Declaration of Unimproved Capital Values Order 1992 - (L/N 127/92) Alta (Declaration of Unimproved Capital Value)(Variation) Order 1996 - (L/N 26/96) Declaration of Unimproved Capital Values Order, 1997- L/N 105/97 Tribunal Procedures (Amendment) Regulations- L/N 62/98 Exemption (Amendment) Regulations 2004 – L/N 42/04 Agricultural Land (Declaration of Unimproved Capital Values) Order, 2011 - LN 14/12 AGRICULTURAL MARKETING AUTHORITY ACT 2004 Commencement Notice [27.9.04] – G/N 1637/04 AIRPORT DEPARTURE TAX ACT 1986 (NO. 5 of 1986) Amdt: 19/94, s70 of 16/99, 13/07; 37/2010 Commencement Notice [1.5.86] - (L/N 57/1986) Airport Departure Tax Regulations (L/N 56/1986) - s70 of Act 16/99 Airport Departure Tax (Amendment) Regulations 2007- L/N 55/07 Airport Tax (Revised Budget Amendment) Regulations 2010 – LN 84/10 Airport Departure (Amendment) Regulations – LN 136/10 Airport Departure tax (Amendment) Regulations – LN 53/2011 Airport Departure Tax (Amendment) Regulations 2012 – LN 7/2012 Airport Departure Tax (Amendment) Decree 2012 – Decree No. 12/2012 ALIENS ACT (CAP. 91) ALLIED HEALTH PRACTITIONERS DECREE 2011 (Decree No. 49 of 2011) Commencement Notice (1 s t April 2012) – LN 128/2011 ANIMALS (CONTAGIOUS DISEASE) ACT (CAP. 160) – Repealed by Biosecurity Promulgation 2008 Animals (Contagious Diseases)(American Foul Brood) Regulations Animals (Contagious Diseases) (Application to Bovine Animals) Regulations Animals (Contagious Diseases)(Application to Cats) Regulations Animals (Contagious Diseases)(Application to Dogs) Regulations Animals Animals (Contagious Diseases)(Application to Domesticated Poultry) Regulations Animals (Contagious Diseases)(Application to Honey Bees) Regulations Animals (Contagious Diseases)(Application to Horses) Regulations Animals (Contagious Diseases)(Application to Pigs) Regulations Animals (Contagious Diseases)(Application to Sheep) Regulations Animals (Contagious Diseases)(Bovine Brucellosis) Regulations Animals (Contagious Diseases)(Bovine Tuberculosis) Regulations Animals (Contagious Diseases)(Bovine Tuberculosis)(Eradication Areas) Order Animals (Contagious Diseases)(Cattle Tick) Regulations Animals (Contagious Diseases)(Inspection of Stock) Regulations Animals (Contagious Diseases)(Ringworm of Horses) Regulations Animals (Contagious Diseases)(Rotuma) Regulations Animals (Contagious Diseases) (Bovine Brucellosis)( Amendment) Regulations, 1991 - (L/N 30/91) Animals (Contagious Diseases) (Bovine Tiberculosis) (Amendment) Regulations, 1991 Animals Importation (Amendment) Regulations 1995 - (L/N 41/95) ANIMALS (CONTROL OF EXPERIMENTS) ACT (CAP. 161) Animals (Control Of Experiments)(Records And Returns) Regulations 3 ANIMALS IMPORTATION ACT (CAP. 159) Repealed by Biosecurity Promulgation 2008 Animals Importation Regulations Prohibited Imports Quarantine Grounds Animals Importation (Amendment) Regulations – L/N 33/ 06 ANTI-PERSONNEL MINES DECREE 2011(Decree No. 19 of 2011) APPROPRIATION ACTS 2010 Appropriation Decree 2009 2010 Appropriation (Amendment) Decree 2009 (Decree No. 30/2010) 2011 Appropriation Decree 2010 (Decree No/ 59/10) 2012 Appropriation Decree 2011 – Decree No. 50/2011 APPROPRIATION (PARLIAMENT) ACTS ARBITRATION ACT (CAP. 38) ARCHITECTS ACT (CAP. 258) ARMS AND AMMUNITION ACT 2003 Commencement Notice: LN 72/10 ATTACHMENT OF SUGAR-CANE DEBTS ACT (CAP. 31) AUDIT ACT (CAP. 70) Amdt: 7/98, 37/2000, 7/06 Commencement Notice [15.5.06] (Act No. 7/06) – L/N 32/06 Audit (Public Accounts Committee) Regulations 2007-L/N 48/07 AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND BANKING GROUP ACT (ORD. 28/70) AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND BANKING GROUP DECREE 1991 ANZ Bank (Transfer) Regulations 1992 - (L/N 14/92) AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND BANKING GROUP (BANK OF HAWAII) ACT NO. 9 OF 2001 Commencement Date [1.1.02] – G/N 1938/01 BAIL ACT NO. 26 OF 2002 Commencement Notice [1.2.03 ] – G/N 105/2003 BANABAN LANDS ACT (CAP 124) BANABAN SETTLEMENT ACT (CAP. 123) (Amdt: 8/96) Banaban (Copra) Regulations Banaban (Copra Cess) Regulations Banaban Council Regulations Banaban (Rabi Island Court) Regulations Rabi Island (Animals) Regulations Rabi Island (Buildings, Villages and Sanitation) Regulations Banaban (Cultivation and Burning of Land) Regulati ons Banaban (Infectious Disease) Regulations Rabi Island (Miscellaneous Offences) Regulations Rabi Island (Application) Order Banaban Council (Amendment) Regulation, 1996 - (L/N 1 12/96) BANANA EXPORT AND MARKETING ACT (CAP. 155) Banana Export and Marketing Regulations BANKERS BOOKS EVIDENCE ACT (CAP. 45) BANK OF SOUTH PACIFIC LIMITED (NATIONAL BANK OF FIJI LIMITED) DECREE 2011 - (Decree No. 04 of 2011) Notice of Effective Day – LN 20/2011 BANKING ACT 1995 Banking (Licence Fees) Regulations Banking (Pacific Finance Ltd) Order,1995 (L/N 49/95 Banking Act 1995 (Commencement Date - 1.6.95(L/N 50/95) Banking (Deletion of “Bank” Regulations, 1995(L.N 54 /95) Banking (Application Fees) Regulations, 1995(L/N 53/ 95) 4 Banking (Licence Fees) Regulations (L/N 56/95) Banking (Submission of Information) Regulations, 1995 (L/N 57/95) Banking (Amount of Nomination) Regulations, 1995(L/ N 58/95) Banking (Pacific Finance Ltd) Order, 1995(L/N 60/95) Banking (Credit Exposure) Order 1998 - Gazette Notice No. 634/98 Banking (Reporting of Credit Charge Exposure) Regulations - Gazette Notice No. 635/98 BANKRUPTCY ACT (CAP. 48) Amdt: 33/86 Bankruptcy (Amendment) Rules 1987 Bankruptcy (Fees) Rules Bankruptcy (Fees) (Amendment) Rules - L/N 15/87 Delegation of Jurisdiction) Order, 1987 (L/N 48/87) Bankruptcy (Delegation of Jurisdiction) Order 1994 - (L/N 65/94) BICYCLES ACT (CAP. 178) Bicycles Regulations BILLS OF EXCHANGE ACT (CAP. 227) BILLS OF SALE ACT (CAP. 225) BIRDS AND GAME PROTECTION ACT (CAP. 170) Amdt: 8/96) Amendment L/N 37/87 Duties Of Game Rangers Licence Fee Pigeons - Specification Of Number To Be Taken In On e D a y 1984 Season 1987 Season - L/N 38/87 Reserved Area Notice – Open Season for Killing or Taking Game (Pi geon Shooting Season) LN 33/2011 BIRTHS, DEATHS AND MARRIAGES REGISTRATION ACT (CAP. 49) Births, Deaths And Marriages Registration Regulations Births, Deaths And Marriages Registration (Amendment) Regulations 2000 - L/N 26/2000 Births, Deaths & Marriages Registration (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2008 – LN 102/08 Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration (Amendment) Regulations 2011 – LN 64/2011 BIOSECURITY PROMULGATIONS NO.28 OF 2008 Commenced from the date the President signed (17/12/2008) Emergency (Termites) Regulations LN 41/10 Extension of Declaration for Biosecurity Emergency Area of Green Iguana (Iguana iguana) – LN 94/10 Declaration for Biosecurity Emergency Area for Brucellosis Re-Emergence (Extension) – LN 124/10 Biosecurity (Fees and Charges) Regulations 2011 – LN 57/2011 BIOLOGICAL AND TOXIC WEAPONS DECREE 2011 (Decree No. 13/11) – Not yet commenced BOXING AND WRESTLING CONTESTS ACT (CAP. 272) Boxing Contest Regulations Wrestling Contest Regulations BOXING COMMISSION OF FIJI PROMULGATION 2008 – Commencement Notice (21 s t May 2008) – LN 123/2011 BRANDS ACT (CAP. 163) Application Of Section 16 Brands Regulations BRITISH AND COLONIAL PROBATES ACT (CAP. 62) BROADCASTING COMMISSION ACT (CAP. 105) Amdt: 15/87 BURIAL AND CREMATION ACT (CAP. 117) Burial Authorities Burial (Kalabo and Nasinu) Regulations Burial (Narikoso) Regulations Burial (Nasavusavu Cemetery) Regulations Burial (Raiwaqa) Regulations Burial (Raralevu and Tabale) Regulations Burial (Sigatoka) Regulations Burial (Suva Military Cemetery) Regulations Burial (Suva, Nasinu, Vatuwaqa, Levuka, Vaturekuka and Lautoka) Regulations Burial (Varavu) Regulations 5 Burial (Vuninokonoko) Regulations Cremation Regulations Crematorium - Vuda BUSINESS LICENSING ACT (CAP. 204 ) (Amdt: 26/97) Ba (Business Licence Fees) By-Laws - L/N 126/86 Businesses Requiring Licence Business Licence (Fees) Regulations Business Licence (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations - L/ N 6/87 Labasa (Business Licence Fees) By-Laws - L/N 127/86 Lami (Business Licence Fees) By-Laws - L/N 128/86 Lautoka