Assignment of Responsibility to the Minister for Environment, Climate Change, Disaster Management and Meteorology

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Category: Legislative

Document Type: Law

Role: Main

This legal notice assigns to the Minister for Environment, Climate Change, Disaster Management and Meteorology the responsibility for administering the Ministry and its related government business, including environment, climate change, disaster management, and meteorology.

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Legal Notice No. 116]



                SOLOMON ISLANDS INDEPENDENCE ORDER 1978
                             (LN 43 of 1978)

           ASSIGNMENT OF RESPONSIBILITY TO THE MINISTER
      FOR ENVIRONMENT CLIMATE CHANGE, DISASTER MANAGEMENT
                       AND METEOROLOGY

IN exercise of the powers conferred by section 37 of the Constitution and in accordance with
the advice of the Prime Minister, I, SIR FRANK UTU OFAGIORO KABUl, Knight Grd
Cross of the Most Distinguish Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, Knight of Saint
Cross of the Order of Solomon Islands, Governor-General and Commander-in-Chief of Solomon
Islands, do assign to the person for the time being holding the office of -

               MINISTER FOR ENVIRONMENT, CLIMATE CHANGE,
                DISASTER MANAGEMENT AND METEOROLOGY

responsibility for the administration of the Ministry of Environment, Climate Change, Disaster
Management and Meteorology and for the conduct of the business of the Government of
Solomon Islands specified in the Schedule hereto -

                                        SCHEDULE

MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT,
CLIMATE CHANGE, DISASTER                        STATUTORY AUTHORITY
MANAGEMENT AND METEOROGOY

Environment and Conservation                    Environment Advisory Committee
National Parks and Wildlife                     Protected Areas Advisory Committee
Ecological Studies                              National Disaster Management Council
Meteorological Services
National Disaster Management



                   Dated at Honiara this twentieth day of November, 2011.



                           SIR FRANK UTU OFAGIORO KABUl
                                   Governor-General


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