“His Excellency the Governor, Peter Beckingham, chaired the 28th meeting of the Cabinet on Wednesday, 4 November 2015, held at the Hilly Ewing Building in Providenciales. The Hon. Deputy Governor, Anya Williams assumed the chair when HE the Governor left the meeting on other business outside of the Islands.
All Ministers were present except the Hon. Premier Dr. Rufus Ewing.
At this meeting Cabinet, advised His Excellency the Governor to:
• approve the 4th Supplementary Appropriation 2015/16 and for same to be submitted to the UK for formal approval following which the said document should be submitted to the House of Assembly for debate and passage;
• give approval for the drafting of a Bill for the Refinancing Loan Bill by the Attorney General’s Chambers for submission to the next meeting of the House of Assembly for debate and passage;
• give approval for the drafting of a Bill to amend section 3(4)(7) of the Ports Authority Ordinance to provide for a wider pool from which the selection of a secretary to the Board may be made and for submission to the next meeting of the House of Assembly for debate and passage;
• approve the Trafficking in Persons (Prevention) Bill 2015 for the purpose of implementing the UN Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, especially Women and Children and to also address issues raised by the CFATF assessors during their last assessment of the Islands legislative framework. It approved for the Bill to be submitted to the next meeting of the House of Assembly for debate and passage;
• approve terms for renewal of the lease agreement for the Judicial Services and relative Departments (The Court House), Grand Turk, and for those premises to be used for the purpose of carrying out the business of government;
• approve the grant of the terms of a Development Order between the Government and the Tucker Hill Development/Ocean and Beach Resort;
• require certain additional information on the matters relating to the TCI Toscana, Ltd./Vista Development Limited Development Agreement;
• require certain additional information on the matters relating to the North Creek Port Authority;
• note the briefing from Mr. Ian Jones a UK Consultant on the assessment of the Ministry of Border Control training needs and the work permit process which identified various issues which needed to be addressed to assist the department with providing timely and efficient services to the general public; and
• note an update from the PS/Ministry of Border Control regarding the position regarding the issuance of emergency passports. It is expected that the Overseas Territories group will raise this matter at the upcoming Joint Ministerial Conference.
Further information on these matters will be provided by Ministers in due course.