Gazette March 31, 2023 Part A VOL. CLVIII No. 32

VOL. CLVIII No. 32

Part A

BRIDGETOWN, BARBADOS, 31ST MARCH, 2023

Contents

Resolution  No. 8/2023 for the sum of $28,100,000 ……………..2, 3 Resolution  No. 9/2023 for  the sum  of   $16,900,000 ……………4,  5 Resolution  No. 10/2023 that Parliament approve the payment

of an increased Cost of Living Allowance 6

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1. 2023 No. 15: Miscellaneous Controls (Control of Prices) (General) (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations, 2023.

   Resolution No. 8/2023 Ref. No.: M.P. 5001 Vol. 80

   HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY

   
   

   RESOLVED that the sum of TWENTY-EIGHT MILLION, ONE HUNDRED

   THOUSAND DOLLARS be granted from the Consolidated Fund and be placed at the disposal of the Government to supplement the Estimates 2022— 2023 as shown in the Supplementary Estimates No. 8, 2022—2023 which form the Schedule to this Resolution.

   2023-03-31.

   
   

   1. HOLDER Speaker.

      
      

      SCHEDULE

      Supplementary Estimates 2022 – 2023 No. 8

      
      

      HEAD	Code Number	Provision in Approved Estimates 2022 – 2023	Provision in Supplementary Esti- mates Nos. 1— 7	Supplementary Provision Required
      		Other Expenditure	Other Expenditure	Other Expenditure
      HEAD 27 – MINISTRY OF TOURISM AND INTER- NATIONAL TRANSPORT Program 332: Development of Tourism Potential Subprogram 0353: Barbados Tourism Marketing Inc. Account Code: 316 – Grants to Public Institutions HEAD 31 – MINISTRY OF INDUSTRY, INNOVATION, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY Program 460: Investment, Industrial and Export Development Subprogram 0462: Barbados Investment and Development Corporation Account Code: 316 – Grants to Public Institutions HEAD 86 – MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND WELLNESS Program 361: Hospital Services Subprogram 0375: Queen Elizabeth Hospital Account Code: 416 – Grants to Public Institutions	273320353	$	$	$
      				5,000,000
      	314600462
      		5,352,253		2,000,000
      	863610375
      			3,300,000	5,500,000

      
      

      SCHEDULE – Cont’d

      Supplementary Estimates 2022 – 2023 No. 8 – Cont’d

      
      

      HEAD	Code Number	Provision in Approved Estimates 2022 – 2023	Provision in Supplementary Esti- mates Nos. 1— 7	Supplementary Provision Required
      		Other Expenditure	Other Expenditure	Other Expenditure
      HEAD 91 – MINISTRY OF YOUTH, SPORTS AND COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT Program 425: Promotion of Sporting Achievement & Fitness Subprogram 0432: National Sports Council Account Code: 316 – Grants to Public Institutions Account Code: 416 – Grants to Public Institutions HEAD 93 – MINISTRY OF HOUSING, LANDS AND MAINTENANCE Program 520: Housing Program Subprogram 0533: National Housing Corporation Account Code: 316 – Grants to Public Institutions	914250432	$	$	$
      		13,256,466		3,000,000
      		2,300,000		9,600,000
      	935200533
      			4,527,753	3,000,000

      Resolution No. 9/2023 Ref. No.: M.P. 5001 Vol. 80

      
      

      HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY

      
      

      RESOLVED that the sum of SIXTEEN MILLION, NINE HUNDRED

      THOUSAND DOLLARS be granted from the Consolidated Fund and be placed at the disposal of the Government to supplement the Estimates 2022—2023 as shown in the Supplementary Estimates No. 9, 2022—2023 which form the Schedule to this Resolution.

      2023-03-31.

      
      

      1. HOLDER Speaker.

SCHEDULE

Supplementary Estimates 2022 – 2023 No. 9

SCHEDULE – Cont’d

Supplementary Estimates 2022 – 2023 No. 9 – Cont’d

Resolution No. 10/2023 Ref. No.: M.P. 0001/5T1 PARLIAMENT

RESOLVED that Parliament approve the payment of an increased Cost of Living Allowance at the rate of 2% per annum to government pensioners with effect from 1st April, 2023 subject to the conditions set out in the Schedule hereto.

RESOLVED that an additional Cost of Living Allowance of $5.00 per month be granted to those pensioners who retired prior to 1st April, 1976.

RESOLVED that Her Excellency the President be asked to assent and take the necessary steps to give effect to this Resolution.

APPROVED by the House of Assembly this 31st day of March, 2023.

A. HOLDER Speaker.

APPROVED by the Senate this 31st day of March, 2023.

1. FARLEY President.

   
   

   I  assent

2. MASON

President of Barbados 2023-03-31.

SCHEDULE

Terms and Conditions for Grant of Cost of Living Allowance

An increase of 2% per annum of the cumulative sum of pension and Cost of Living Allowance as at 31st March, 2023 or $20 per month whichever is greater, is payable as a Cost of Living Allowance to all government pensioners.

Effective 1st April, 2023 an additional sum of $5.00 per month is payable to each government pensioner who retired prior to 1st April, 1976.

The increased Cost of Living Allowance, which takes effect from 1st April, 2023 does not apply to a person whose pension is computed on the revised salaries or wages that take effect from 1st April, 2023, unless the computation of pension on the revised salary or wage, results in an increase of less than $20.00 a month, in which case, the amount by which the increase is less than

$20.00 shall be payable as a Cost of Living Allowance.

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Printed and Published by

the Barbados Government Printing Department

31st March, 2023

S.I. 2023 No. 15

Miscellaneous Controls Act CAP. 329

MISCELLANEOUS CONTROLS (CONTROL OF PRICES) (GENERAL) (AMENDMENT) (NO. 3) REGULATIONS, 2023

The Minister, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 3 of the

Miscellaneous Controls Act, makes the following Regulations:

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Miscellaneous Controls

   (Control of Prices) (General) (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations, 2023.

   
   

2. The Schedule to the Miscellaneous Controls (Control of Prices)

(General) Regulations, 2015 (S.I. 2015 No. 76) is amended by deleting the following items:

“Diesel Fuel” “Gasolene” “Kerosene”

“Liquefied Petroleum Gas”

appearing in the first column of the Schedule under the Article "PETROLEUM PRODUCTS" and all the words appearing opposite thereto in the columns marked "WHOLESALE PRICE" and "RETAIL PRICE" and substituting therefor the items set out in the Schedule to these Regulations, together with the wholesale and retail prices set out in respect of those items.

3.

2023.

These Regulations shall come into operation on the 1st day of April,

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SCHEDULE

(Regulation 2)

Made by the Minister this 30th day of March, 2023.

L. CUMMINS

Minister responsible for Energy and Business