MINISTER of Foreign Affairs, Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett yesterday tabled a Bill intended to amend the Caribbean Community (Free Entry of Skilled Nationals) Act.
The Bill includes two amendments: the first makes a provision for a person, who is issued with a certificate from a qualifying State, to make an application to the minister to have that certificate certified; and the second to give the spouse of a person who holds a Schedule Two certificate, which was issued by a qualifying State and verified by the minister the right to engage in gainful employment or other occupation. The second amendment further provides for a person who holds a certificate, issued by a qualifying State, and who is granted permission to enter and remain in Guyana for six months the right to engage in gainful employment or other occupation for the duration of that permission.
Also tabled by Attorney General Anil Nandlall was the Motor Vehicles and Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill 2014.
The Bill is intended to amend the Motor Vehicles and Road Traffic Act with seven changes that address issues ranging from the definition of owner to the creation of an offence where the registered owner of a motor vehicle that has been lost or stolen fails to make a report thereof to a police station within seven days from the loss or theft.
Both Bills are expected to be debated at a later sitting of the National Assembly.
Written By Vanessa Narine