Debate on the Criminal Justice (Suppression of Criminal Organisations) (Amendment) Act, 2021, commonly called the anti-gang legislation, began in the House of Representatives on Wednesday (May 26).
The legislation will provide an additional game-c
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The Faculty of Law at the Mona Campus of the University of the West Indies (UWI) has warned that despite being a new Bill, the National Identification and Registration Act (NIRA) (2020) still contains some of the privacy concerns that saw it being struck down in the Constitutional Court in April 2019.
At that time, the Full Court, comprising of Chief Justice Bryan Sykes and Justices Lisa Palmer and David Watts, sided with former People’s National Party General Secretary, Julian Robinson, that certain aspects of the controversial legislation breached the rights of Jamaicans to privacy as is guaranteed by the constitution.
The Ministry of Science, Energy and Technology is in the process of consultations for sign-off on the Net Billing Regulations.
This was disclosed by Portfolio Minister, Daryl Vaz, during his contribution to the 2021/2022 Sectoral Debate in the House of Representatives on May 18.
He also informed that the Ministry is preparing drafting instructions for legislative provisions for Power Wheeling.
“The delays encountered have more to do with the lack of technical capacity within the Ministry, but that is being addressed as a matter of priority. In fact, we expect significant capacity strengthening in the Energy Division starting in a matter of weeks,” Vaz said.
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