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24 of 1979 ORDER Made Under THE PUBLIC CORPORATIONS ACT (Cap.

19:05) IN EXERCISE OF THE POWERS CONFERRED UPON ME BY SECTION 46 OF' THE PUBLIC CORPORATIONS FOLLOWING ORDER:- ACT, I HEREBY MAKE THE l. This Order may be cited as the Guyana Tourist Workers Recreational Facilities Development and c1tauon Board Order 1979.

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In this Order - Interpreta­ tion.


"Board" means the Guyana Tourist and Workers Development Board estab­ Facilities Recreational lished by clause 3; "tourist fac:lity" includes guest house, a hotel, amuse­ ment park and any other kind of recreational f acility for the enjoyment or amenity and periods of leisure.

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(1) There is hereby established :;,'!�� Guyana be known as the Guyana Tourist Tnur1st and F "l"t· D l t B d Workers aCI 1 Ies eve opmen Oaf , Rt',crca1t i ona 1 .F',.1c1Uties Development BCJ·i;·,t J.-.

: ] pub!lc er,:-- a public corporation and Workers Recreational to beit1g (2) The Board sh«ll consist not more than nine as may be appointed of such number of members, by the Minister.
for the transaction of business (3)Five members of the Board shall constitute a quorum of the Board.

at any meeting fuJl,..;t;(JllS (1J \he nn:ird.

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(1) It shall be the function of the Board - (a)to establish and maintain tourist .s in facilitit: Guyana for the benefit of woikers and other persons; (b)to encourage their holidays persons res:dent in Guyana to spend and periods of leisure in Gnyan:1.
(c)to encourage persons resident outside Guyana to visit Guyana and to spend their holidays in Guvana; (d)to ensure the balanced, systematic nt of the tourist industry and rati,mal in Guyana; developme and (e)to encourage the use of tourist faciLties by work- ers and other persons.
the Board shall, (2)Without prejudice in particular, to the generality have power - of parag rc:q:b (1), (a)to collaborate with trade unions, any other p2rson, of carrying purpose organisation out the functions of the Board; employers and or body for the {b) to adopt such measures and publicise as they may deem fit to facilities in the tourist advertise Guyana; (c)to provide lating advisory and informatio of tourism; to the development n services re­ 2 (d)to promote and undertake of making improvements research in the tourist for the purpose industry; whether by any person (e)to defray, incurred on, at the request the Board may carry on; e expenditur wholly or partly, in carrying which or organisation any activity of the Board, (f)to prepare with clause schemes and projects 5; in accordance (g)to organ:se and administer programmes for train­ ing in hotel management to the tourist industry; and other skills relevant (h)for the purpose carry on any activity of discharging Guyana; outside and their functions, to (i)to implement the development Regina Tourism the ''Anna Si:hedule 1978, entered ment Bank and Guyana.
1 of the Loan Agreement of 12th April, into between the Caribbean Develop­ known as project, in descri':.led Project", for Schem� s for 5.

(1) The Board shall have power to prepare • es,abllsh, the , m the ment of es will )��!�i�i as may be spec:fied of the Board, which, in the opinion out of such proJects schemes .

the carrymg being projects schemes, establish tourist industry tourist facilities in Guyana.
the development rf the and promote (2)A scheme under paragraph to any person to be g':ven (1) may provide for by way of a grant financial assistance or loan or by a combination for the purpos2 may impos-?

cond'tions assistance.

for the repayment of c::irryin� of both of those forms of assistanc'� out any such project, and the Board such tenns and conditions as they think fit.
including to the Board of any such financial (3)Any scheme prepared under paragraph (1) shall be who may approve of it, with or without submitted modification.

to the Minister (4)A scheme which has been approved by the Minister mJ\ be varied or revoked by a <:ti hsequent scheme.

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Section 15 of the Act except subsections (1) and (6) ' shall not apply to the Board.

r.f Exclusion tile appl,ca- 1 un ,,r ;iro-thereof, Vi'.,1nns t!JP Public C,i�e'-'· .\cl.

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�Lt1ns 19:05 Made this 22nd day of March, 1979.

L.F. S. Burnham.

Prime Minister.

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM (This note is not part of the Order) This Order establishes Development and Workers Board as a public corporation the Guyana Tourist under the Public Recreational Facilities Corporation Act (Cap.

19:05).

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