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UPDATES TO BE INCLUDED IN THE REVISED EDITION OF THE LAWS OF FIJI October 7, 2020

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2020 UPDATES TO BE INCLUDED IN THE REVISED EDITION OF THE LAWS OF FIJI

Vol. Law Act/LN

No.

Amended Consequentially

amended

Repealed/ Revoked Commenced

3 Accident Compensation

Accident Compensation (Budget

Amendment) Act 2020

Act 24 of

2020

Accident

Compensation Act

2017

NA NA 1 Aug 2020

Accident Compensation (Levies)

(Amendment) Regulations 2020

LN 58 of

2020

Accident

Compensation

(Levies) Regulations

2017

NA NA 1 Aug 2020

4 Adoption

Adoption Act 2020 Act 37 of

2020

NA NA Adoption of Infants Act

1944

Has not

commenced

9 Airport Departure Tax

Airport Departure Tax (Budget

Amendment) Act 2020

Act 19 of

2020

Airport Departure Tax

Act 1986

NA NA 1 Aug 2020

Airport Departure Tax (Amendment)

Regulations 2020

LN 64 of

2020

Airport Departure Tax

Regulations 1986

NA NA 1 Aug 2020

5 Appropriation

COVID-19 Response Act 2020 * Act 1 of

2020

NA NA 2019-2020

Appropriation Act

2019

28 Mar 2020

2020-2021 Appropriation Act 2020 Act 12 of

2020

NA NA NA 1 Aug 2020

19 Birds and Game Protection

Birds and Game Protection

(Amendment of Schedule 3) Order

2020*

LN 44 of

2020

Birds and Game

Protection Act 1923

NA NA 8 May 2020

8 Business Licensing

Business Licensing (Repeal) Act 2020 Act 28 of NA Companies Act Business Licensing 1 Aug 2020



Vol. Law Act/LN

No.


amended


2020 2015

Land Transfer Act

1971

Liquor Act 2006

Medical and Dental

Practitioner Act

2010

Methylated Spirits

Act 1962

National Fire

Service Act 1994

Pharmacy

Profession Act

2011

Public Safety Act

1920

Tax Administration

Act 2009

Tobacco Control

Act 2010

Advertisement

Regulations 1962

Banaban (Copra)

Regulations 1958

Banaban (Copra

Cess) Regulations

1958

Employment

Relations

(Employment

Agencies)

Regulations 2008

Environment

Management

(Waste Disposal

and Recycling)

Act 1976 and any

subsidiary legislation

made thereunder

Shop (Regulation of

Hours) Act 2016



Vol. Law Act/LN

No.


amended


Regulations 2007

Financial

Transactions

Reporting

Regulations 2007

Labasa Town

(Noise Prevention

and Abatement)

By-laws 2002

Lami (Commercial

Vehicles Stand)

By-laws 1979

Lautoka

(Advertisement)

Regulations 1964

Lautoka

(Handicraft Market)

By-laws 1985

Lautoka City

(Noise Prevention

and Abatement)

By-laws 1995

Land Transport

(Vehicles

Registration and

Construction)

Regulations 2000

Land Transport

(Driver)

Regulations 2000

Market Regulations

1947

Nadi Town (Noise

Prevention and

Abatement) By-

laws 1997



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No.


amended


Nasinu Town

Council (Hawkers)

By-laws 2001

Nasinu Town

Council By-laws

2001

Nasinu Traffic

Regulations 2010

National Fire

Service (Fees and

Charges)

Regulations 2003

Navua Rural Local

Authority (Garbage

Removal and

Disposal) By-laws

2012

Rakiraki (Market)

By-laws 2011

Sigatoka (Market

and

Merchandising) By-

laws 1985

Suva (Market) By-

laws 1991

Tavua Town By-

laws 1993

Tobacco Control

Regulations 2012

Wages (Garment

Industry)

Regulations 2015

Wages

(Manufacturing

Industry)

Regulations 2015



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No.


amended


Wages (Printing

Trades)

Regulations 2015

Wages (Security

Services)

Regulations 2015

7 Charitable Trusts

Declaration of Charitable Purpose LN 78 of

2020

NA NA NA 1 Sep 2020

4 Citizenship of Fiji

Citizenship of Fiji (Amendment) Act

2020

Act 35 of

2020

Citizenship of Fiji Act

2009

NA NA Has not

commenced

7 Companies

Companies (Amendment) Act 2020 Act 33 of

2020

Companies Act 2015 Charitable Trusts Act

1945

NA 11 Sep 2020

(LN 80 of 2020)

5 Corrections Service

Fiji Corrections Service Commissioner’s

Order No. 028

LN 48 of

2020

NA NA NA 29 Apr 2011

Fiji Corrections Service Commissioner’s

Order No. 029

LN 49 of

2020

NA NA NA 1 Dec 2016

10 Customs

Customs (COVID-19 Response)

(Amendment) Act 2020*

Act 6 of

2020

Customs Act 1986 NA NA 1 Apr 2020

Customs (Budget Amendment) Act

2020

Act 20 of

2020

Customs Act 1986 NA NA 1 Aug 2020

Customs (Amendment) Regulations

2020

LN 55 of

2020

Customs Regulations

1986

NA NA 18 Jul 2020

Customs (Prohibited Imports and

Exports) (Amendment) Regulations

LN 70 of

2020

Customs (Prohibited

Imports and Exports)

NA NA 1 Aug 2020



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No.


amended


2020 Regulations 1986

10 Customs Tariff

Customs Tariff (COVID-19 Response)


Act 7 of

2020

Customs Tariff Act

1986

NA NA 1 May 2020 –

section 2(a)

only, remainder

27 Mar 2020

Customs Tariff (Budget Amendment)

Act 2020

Act 21 of

2020

Customs Tariff Act

1986

NA NA 18 Jul 2020

14 Employment Relations

Employment Relations (Amendment)

Act 2020*

Act 11 of

2020

Employment

Relations Act 2007

NA NA 29 May 2020

(LN 47 of 2020)

9 Environment and Climate Adaptation

Levy

Environment and Climate Adaptation

Levy (Budget Amendment) Act 2020

Act 18 of

2020

Environment and

Climate Adaptation

Levy Act 2015

NA NA 1 Aug 2020

10 Excise

Excise (Budget Amendment) Act 2020 Act 22 of

2020

Excise Act 1986 NA NA 18 Jul 2020

3 Fiji National Provident Fund

Fiji National Provident Fund (COVID-19

Response) (Amendment) Act 2020 *

Act 8 of

2020

Fiji National

Provident Fund Act

2011

NA NA 1 Apr 2020

Fiji National Provident Fund (Budget

Amendment) Act 2020

Act 27 of

2020

Fiji National

Provident Fund Act

2011

NA NA 1 Aug 2020 –

section 3 only,

remainder have

not commenced

Fiji National Provident Fund

(Amendment) Regulations 2020 *

LN 25 of

2020

Fiji National

Provident Fund

Regulations 2014

NA NA 1 Apr 2020



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No.


amended


13 Fiji National University Act 2009

Fiji National Training Levy (Amendment)

Order 2020

LN 51 of

2020

Fiji National Training

Levy Order 1988

NA NA 30 Jun 2020

3 Fijian Competition and Consumer

Commission

Fijian Competition and Consumer

Commission (Budget Amendment) Act

2020

Act 29 of

2020

Fijian Competition

and Consumer

Commission Act

2010

Customs Act 1986

Value Added Tax

Act 1991

Customs

(Infringement

Notices)

Regulations 2018

Tax Administration

(Infringement

Notices)

Regulations 2018

NA 1 Aug 2020


Commission (Price Control) (Petroleum

Prices) (No. 7) Order 2020

LN 60 of

2020

NA NA Fijian Competition and

Consumer

Commission (Price

Control) (Petroleum

Prices) (No. 6) Order

2020

1 Aug 2020




LN 77 of

2020


Consumer

Commission (Price

Control) (Petroleum


2020

1 Sep 2020




LN 89 of

2020


Consumer

Commission (Price

Control) (Petroleum


2020

1 Oct 2020



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No.


amended


5 Financial Management Act

Finance (Amendment) Instructions 2020 LN 56 of

2020

Finance Instructions

2010

NA NA 21 Jul 2020

Procurement (Amendment) Regulations

2020

LN 73 of

2020

Procurement

Regulations 2010

NA NA 6 Aug 2020

4 Immigration

Immigration (Amendment) Act 2020 Act 34 of

2020

Immigration Act 2003 NA NA Has not

commenced

9 Income Tax

Income Tax (COVID-19 Response)


Act 3 of

2020

Income Tax Act 2015 NA NA 1 Apr 2020

Income Tax (Budget Amendment) Act

2020

Act 14 of

2020

Income Tax Act 2015 NA NA 1 Aug 2020

Income Tax (Employment Incentives)

(Amendment) Regulations 2020*

LN 27 of

2020

Income Tax

(Employment

Incentives)

Regulations 2016

NA NA 1 Apr 2020

Income Tax (Hotel Investment

Incentives) (Amendment) Regulations

2020*

LN 28 of

2020

Income Tax (Hotel

Investment

Incentives)

Regulations 2016

NA NA 1 Apr 2020

Income Tax (Other Incentives)


LN 29 of

2020

Income Tax (Other

Incentives)

Regulations 2018

NA NA 1 Apr 2020

Income Tax (Depreciation Rates)


LN 30 of

2020

Income Tax

(Depreciation Rates)

Regulations 2016

NA NA 1 Apr 2020

Income Tax (Collection of Provisional

Tax) (Amendment) Regulations 2020*

LN 31 of

2020

Income Tax

(Collection of

Provisional Tax)

Regulations 2016

NA NA 1 Apr 2020

Income Tax (Allowances for LN 32 of Income Tax NA NA 1 Apr 2020



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No.


amended


Depreciation and Improvements)


2020 (Allowances for

Depreciation and

Improvements)

Regulations 2019

Income Tax (Exempt Income)


LN 61 of

2020

Income Tax (Exempt

Income) Regulations

2016

NA NA 1 Apr 2020 –

regulation 2(a)

only, remainder

1 Aug 2020

Income Tax (Rates of Tax and Levies)


LN 62 of

2020

Income Tax (Rates of

Tax and Levies)

Regulations 2016

NA NA 1 Aug 2020

Income Tax (Depreciation Rates)

(Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2020

LN 63 of

2020

Income Tax

(Depreciation Rates)

Regulations 2016

NA NA 1 Aug 2020

Income Tax (Hotel Investment

Incentives) (Amendment) (No. 2)

Regulations 2020

LN 66 of

2020

Income Tax (Hotel

Investment

Incentives)

Regulations 2016

NA NA 1 Apr 2020

Income Tax (Residential Housing

Development Package) (Amendment)

Regulations 2020

LN 67 of

2020

Income Tax

(Residential Housing

Development

Package)

Regulations 2016

NA NA 1 Aug 2020



LN 68 of

2020

Income Tax (Other

Incentives)

Regulations 2018

NA NA 1 Apr 2020 –

regulation 3 in

relation only to

FNPF employer

additional

contributions,

remainder 1 Aug

2020

Income Tax (Medical Investment

Incentives) (Amendment) Regulations

2020

LN 69 of

2020

Income Tax (Medical

Investment

Incentives)

Regulations 2016

NA NA 1 Aug 2020

Income Tax (Subdivision of Land LN 71 of NA NA NA 1 Aug 2020



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No.


amended


Incentives) Regulations 2020 2020

Income Tax (Government Building

Investment Incentives) Regulations

2020

LN 72 of

2020

NA NA NA 1 Aug 2020



LN 75 of

2020

Income Tax (Other

Incentives)

Regulations 2018

NA NA 20 Aug 2020

11 Local Government

Local Government (Budget

Amendment) Act 2020

Act 25 of

2020

Local Government

Act 1972

NA NA 1 Aug 2020

20 Legal Practitioners

Legal Practitioners (Amendment) Act

2020*

Act 10 of

2020

Legal Practitioners

Act 2009

NA NA 29 May 2020

(LN 46 of 2020)

17 Maritime Transport

Maritime Transport (Amendment) Act

2019*

Act 26 of

2019

Maritime Transport

Act 2013

NA NA 1 Mar 2020

(LN 13 of 2020)

18 Offshore Fisheries Management

Offshore Fisheries Management

(Amendment of Schedule 2A) Notice

LN 76 of

2020

Offshore Fisheries

Management

Regulations 2014

NA NA 1 Aug 2020

4 Passports

Passports (Amendment) Act 2020 Act 36 of

2020

Passports Act 2002 Biosecurity Act

2008

Citizenship of Fiji

Act 2009

Fiji Independent

Commission

Against Corruption

Act 2007

Fiji National

NA Has not

commenced



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No.


amended


Provident Fund Act

2011

Immigration Act

2003

Registration of

Skilled

Professionals Act

2016

Sea Ports

Management Act

2005

Security Industry

Act 2010

Tax Administration

Act 2009

Tertiary

Scholarship and

Loans Act 2014

Value Added Tax

Act 1991

Accident

Compensation

(Employment

Accidents)

Regulations 2018

Accident

Compensation

(School Accidents)

Regulations 2018

Customs

(Infringement

Notices)

Regulations 2018

Excise

(Infringement

Notices)



Vol. Law Act/LN

No.


amended


Regulations 2018

Fiji Revenue and

Customs Service

(Information

Sharing)

Regulations 2019

Immigration

Regulations 2007

Income Tax

(Exempt Income)

Regulations 2016

Land Transport

(Traffic

Infringement

Notice)

Regulations 2017

Ozone Depleting

Substances

Regulations 2010

Tax Administration

(Infringement

Notices)

Regulations 2018

20 Pharmacy Profession

Pharmacy Profession (Amendment) Act

2020

Act 31 of

2020

Pharmacy Profession

Act 2011

NA NA 8 Sep 2020

6 Public Enterprises

Designation of Public Enterprises* LN 43 of

2020

Schedule 1 to the

Public Enterprises

Act 2019

NA NA 3 Mar 2020

15 Public Health

Public Health (COVID-19 Response)

(Amendment) Act 2020 *

Act 9 of

2020

Public Health Act

1935

NA NA 29 Mar 2020

(LN 22 of 2020)



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No.


amended


Public Health (Amendment) (No. 2) Act

2020

Act 30 of

2020

Public Health Act

1935

NA NA 5 Oct 2020

(LN 90 of 2020)

Public Health (Infectious Diseases)

Regulations 2020

LN 26 of

2020

NA NA NA 30 Mar 2020

Public Health (Infectious Diseases)


LN 74 of

2020

Public Health

(Infectious Diseases)

Regulations 2020

NA NA 23 July 2020

12 Regulation of Building Permits

Regulation of Building Permits

Regulations 2020 *

LN 24 of

2020

NA NA NA 30 Mar 2020

3 Reserve Bank of Fiji

Reserve Bank of Fiji (Budget

Amendment) Act 2020

Act 23 of

2020

NA NA NA 1 Aug 2020

9 Service Turnover Tax

Service Turnover Tax (Repeal) Act

2020

Act 17 of

2020

NA Environment and

Climate Adaptation

Levy Act 2015

Fiji International

Event Act 2014

Fiji Revenue and

Customs Service

Act 1998

Tax Administration

Act 2009

Income Tax (Film-

making and Audio-

visual Incentives)

Regulations 2016

Tax Administration

(Electronic Fiscal

Device)

Regulations 2017

Service Turnover Tax

Act 2012

1 Aug 2020



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No.


amended


10 Stamp Duties

Stamp Duties (COVID-19 Response)


Act 5 of

2020

Stamp Duties Act

1920

NA NA 1 Apr 2020

Stamp Duties (Repeal) Act 2020 Act 16 of

2020

NA Bankruptcy Act

1944

Biosecurity Act

2008

Companies Act

2015

Consumer Credit

Act 1999

Diplomatic

Privileges and

Immunities Act

1971

Employment

Relations Act 2007

Fiji Development

Bank Act 1966

Fiji Revenue and

Customs Service

Act 1998

Fijian Competition

and Consumer

Commission Act

2010

Land Development

Act 1961

Land Sales Act

1974

Legal Practitioners

Act 2009

Maritime Safety

Authority of Fiji Act

2009

Mining Act 1965

Stamp Duties Act

1920 and any

subsidiary legislation

made thereunder

1 Aug 2020



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No.


amended


National Bank of

Fiji Restructuring

Act 1996

National Trust of

Fiji Act 1970

Personal Property

Securities Act 2017

Petroleum

(Exploration and

Exploitation) Act

1978

Posts and

Telecommunication

s Act 1989

Preservation of

Objects of

Archaeological and

Palaeontological

Interest Act 1940

Proceeds of Crime

Act 1997

Property Law Act

1971

Sugar Cane

Growers Fund Act

1984

Television Act

1992

Value Added Tax

1991

Water Authority of

Fiji Act 2007

Agricultural

Landlord and

Tenant (Tribunal

Procedure)



Vol. Law Act/LN

No.


amended


Regulations 1967

Bankruptcy (Fees)

Rules 1969

Companies

(Penalties)

Regulations 2015

Companies

Regulations 2015

Consumer Credit

Regulations 2009

Fiji Development

Bank (Forms)

Regulations 1967

High Court Rules

1988

Income Tax (Film-

making and Audio-

visual Incentives)

Regulations 2016

iTaukei Land Trust

(Leases and

Licences)

Regulations 1984

Legal Practitioners

(Non-Contentious

Business) Rules

2004

Mining Regulations

1966

Proceeds of Crime

(Management and

Disposal of

Property)

Regulations 2012

State Lands

(Leases and



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No.


amended


Licences)

Regulations 1980

Tax Administration

(Infringement

Notices)

Regulations 2018

9 Tax Administration

Tax Administration (COVID-19

Response) (Amendment) Act 2020*

Act 2 of

2020

Tax Administration

Act 2009

NA NA 1 Apr 2020

Tax Administration (Budget

Amendment) Act 2020

Act 13 of

2020

Tax Administration

Act 2009

NA NA 1 Aug 2020

Tax Administration (Electronic Fiscal

Device) (Amendment) Regulations

2020*

LN 33 of

2020

Tax Administration

(Electronic Fiscal

Device) Regulations

2017

NA NA 1 Apr 2020


Device) (Amendment) (No. 2)

Regulations 2020

LN 57 of

2020

Tax Administration

(Electronic Fiscal

Device) Regulations

2017

NA NA 1 Apr 2020


Device) (Amendment) (No. 3)

Regulations 2020

LN 65 of

2020

Tax Administration

(Electronic Fiscal

Device) Regulations

2017

NA NA 1 Aug 2020

9 Telecommunications

Telecommunications (Budget

Amendment) Act 2020

Act 26 of

2020

Telecommunications

Act 2008

NA NA 1 Aug 2020

Commencement Notice –

Telecommunications (Amendment) Act

2019

LN 59 of

2020

NA NA NA 13 Aug 2020

9 Television

Television (Amendment) Act 2020 Act 32 of

2020

Television Act 1992 Media Industry

Development Act

2010

NA 11 Sep 2020

(LN 79 of 2020)



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No.


amended


Television (Cross-

Carriage of

Designated

Events) Act 2014

9 Value Added Tax

Value Added Tax (COVID-19

Response) (Amendment) Act 2020*

Act 4 of

2020

Value Added Tax Act

1991

NA NA 1 Apr 2020

Value Added Tax (Budget Amendment)

Act 2020

Act 15 of

2020

Value Added Tax

1991

NA NA 1 Aug 2020

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