CABINET has considered and adopted its programme of legislative enactments to be presented to the National Assembly during the new parliamentary session beginning later this month.

This was disclosed by Head of the Presidential Secretariat (HPS), Dr Roger Luncheon at his weekly media briefing last Thursday at Office of the President, Shiv Chanderpaul, Georgetown.

He said emphasis will be on furthering the reforms in the financial sector, which would see the tabling of the Electronic Transactions Bill that is intended to lay the groundwork and establish the range of orthodoxies in using the Internet to conduct both Government and private business, as is being done with personal business and communication.

Other pieces of legislation include the Business Names Registration Amendment Bill, the Companies Amendment Bill and Regulations, the Deeds Registry Amendment Bill, the Official Gazette Bill, all intended to set the statutory framework for electronic filing and transactions in the registration and incorporation of businesses in Guyana.

The Consumer Protection Bill is also expected to be laid in the House and Luncheon said the justice sector is also highlighted in this legislative period, with two important laws, the Legal Practitioners Amendment Bill and the Juveniles Justice Bill.

In relation to national security and sovereignty, the Maritime Zone Bill, to replace the existing Boundaries Act and reflect Guyana’s gratification over those considerations that arose from the Tribunal Award concluded recently.

On the priority list, too, the HPS said, are the Access to Information Bill, as well as the Broadcast Bill, the Disability Bill, the Rice Factory Assessment Bill and the Livestock Development Authority Bill.

“These Bills on the priority list would be tabled and will join other Bills that have already been tabled and are being discussed at the level of the Select Committees in Parliament,” he explained.

Among those are the Sex Offences Bill, two children’s Bills – Custody, Maintenance, Guardianship and Contact and Childcare and Development Services – the remaining local government reform Bills, the Health Professionals Bill and the Leader of the Opposition Benefits Bill, Luncheon revealed.