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Management Development Centre
MANAGEMENT DEVELOPMENT CENTRE ACT

CHAPTER 85:51

LAWS OF TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO

Act
6 of 1973

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Index of Subsidiary Legislation
Page

Management Development Centre (Exemption from Taxes) Order
(GN 185/1974) … … … … … 23

Note on Staff Provisions (Page 11)
Under section 3(2) of the Statutory Authorities Act (Ch. 24:01), the Port Authority has
been declared a statutory authority subject to the provisions of that Act (see Ch. 24:01—
Subsidiary Legislation). So long as this declaration remains in force, the provisions of
this Act relating to staff must be read and construed accordingly.

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CHAPTER 85:51

MANAGEMENT DEVELOPMENT CENTRE ACT

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
SECTION

PRELIMINARY
1. Short title.
2. Interpretation.

PART I

ESTABLISHMENT, MANAGEMENT, POWERS AND
FUNCTIONS OF THE CENTRE

3. Establishment and incorporation of the Centre.
4. Management of the Centre.
5. Seal of the Centre and signature and service.
6. Procedure and meetings of the Board.
7. Appointment of Committees.
8. Power of Centre to delegate.
9. Functions of the Centre.

10. Powers of the Centre.
11. Declaration of interest of members.
12. Remuneration of members.
13. Board to comply with directions of Minister.

PART II

STAFF
14. Appointment of officers and employees.
15. Oath of office and of secrecy.
16. Establishment of Pension Scheme.
17. Content of Pension Scheme.
18. Transfer and secondment of officers.
19. Public officers and officers in the service of the Industrial Development

Corporation to exercise option.
20. Responsibility of officers.

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PART III

FINANCIAL PROVISIONS
21. Funds and resources of the Centre.
22. Power to borrow.
23. Power of Centre to borrow from Government.
24. Application of revenue.
25. Authorised investments.
26. Accounting of Centre.
27. Cash deposits and payments.
28. Rules.
29. Annual Report.

PART IV

GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS
30. Regulations.
31. Exemption from taxes.
32. Privileges and immunities.

FIRST SCHEDULE.
SECOND SCHEDULE.

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS—Continued
SECTION

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CHAPTER 85:51

MANAGEMENT DEVELOPMENT CENTRE ACT

An Act to provide for the establishment and administration of
the Management Development Centre and for matters
connected therewith.

[7TH MARCH 1973]

PRELIMINARY

1. This Act may be cited as the Management Development
Centre Act.

2. In this Act—
“Agreement” means the agreement concluded on 6th May 1963,

by the Government and the United Nations Development
Programme and referred to in the Preamble to the Plan
of Operation;

“Board” means the Board of Directors appointed under section 4;
“the Centre” means the Management Development Centre

established under section 3;
“Chairman” means a member appointed as such under section 4(2);
“Executing Agency” means the International Labour Organisation

acting as participating and executing agency for the United
Nations Development Programme;

“member” means a duly appointed member of the Board;
“Minister” means the Minister to whom responsibility for Industry

and Commerce is assigned;
“Plan of Operation” means the Plan of Operation signed between

the Government and the United Nations Development
Programme and the International Labour Organisation on
17th April 1972;

“Secretary” means the Secretary of the Centre;
“Special Fund” means the United Nations Development

Programme Special Fund referred to in the Plan of Operation;

6 of 1973.

Commencement.

Short title.

Interpretation.

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“Vice-Chairman” means a member appointed as such under
section 4(2).

PART I

ESTABLISHMENT, MANAGEMENT, POWERS AND
FUNCTIONS OF THE CENTRE

3. There is hereby established a body corporate known as
the Management Development Centre.

4. (1) The affairs of the Centre shall be managed by a Board
of Directors consisting of the following members appointed by
the President:

(a) an officer attached to the Ministry of Industry and
Commerce nominated by the Minister;

(b) an officer attached to the Ministry of Planning
and Development nominated by the Minister of
Planning and Development;

(c) two members, being persons nominated by the
organisation or other body of persons as in the
opinion of the Minister are most representative
of employers;

(d) two members, being persons nominated by the
organisation or other body of persons as in the
opinion of the Minister are most representative
of workers;

(e) a member representative of the Caribbean
Industrial Research Institute nominated by the
Minister after consultation with the Director of
that Institute;

(f) a member representative of the University of the West
Indies at St. Augustine nominated by the Minister
after consultation with the Pro-Vice-Chancellor;

(g) the Director of the Centre who shall however have
no voting rights.

(2) A Chairman and a Vice-Chairman shall be appointed
by the President from among the members of the Board.

Establishment
and
incorporation of
the Centre.

Management of
the Centre.

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(3) The appointment of a member shall, subject to
subsection (4), be for such period, as may be specified in the
instrument of appointment.

(4) A member may at any time resign his office by notice
in writing addressed to the Chairman, who shall forthwith cause it
to be forwarded to the Minister.

(5) The President may at any time revoke the appointment
of any member if he thinks it expedient to do so.

(6) The appointment of any person as a member and the
termination of office of any such member whether by death,
resignation, revocation, effluxion of time or otherwise, shall be
notified in the Gazette.

(7) Nothing in subsections (3), (4) and (5) shall apply to
the Director of the Centre.

5. (1) The Centre shall have a seal, which shall be kept in
the custody of the Director of the Centre or the Secretary as the
Board may determine, and may be affixed to instruments pursuant
to Standing Orders made under section 6(9) or to a resolution of
the Board and in the presence of the Chairman or the
Vice-Chairman, and of the Director of the Centre and the Secretary.

(2) The seal of the Centre shall be attested by the signature
of the Chairman, or the Vice-Chairman, and the Secretary.

(3) All documents, other than those required by law to
be under seal, made by, and all decisions of the Centre may be
signified under the hand of the Chairman, or the Vice-Chairman,
or the Secretary.

(4) Service upon the Centre of any notice, order or other
document shall be effected by delivering the same or by sending it
by registered post addressed to the Secretary at the office
of the Centre.

6. (1) The Board shall meet at such times as may be
necessary or expedient for the transaction of business, and at such
places and times and on such days as the Board may determine.

Seal of the
Centre and
signature and
service.

Procedure and
meetings of the
Board.

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(2) The Chairman may at any time call a special meeting
of the Board, and shall within seven days of the receipt of a
requisition in writing addressed to him by three or more members
representing at least three of the classes mentioned in section 4(1),
summon a special meeting of the Board to consider the matters
contained in the requisition.

(3) The Chairman, or in his absence, the Vice-Chairman,
shall preside at meetings of the Board and where both the Chairman
and the Vice-Chairman are for any reason unable to preside over a
meeting, the members present may appoint a member to preside
over that meeting.

(4) The Chairman, or in his absence, the Vice-Chairman,
or where both the Chairman and the Vice-Chairman are absent,
the member appointed to preside over the meeting in pursuance of
subsection (3), and three other members shall form a quorum.

(5) The decisions of the Board shall be by a majority of
votes of members present, and in addition to an original vote, in
any case in which the voting is equal, the Chairman or the Vice-
Chairman or the member appointed to preside over the meeting,
as the case may require, shall have a casting vote.

(6) Minutes in proper form of each meeting shall be kept
by the Secretary and shall be confirmed by the Chairman or the
Vice-Chairman or the member appointed to preside over the
meeting, as the case may require, at a subsequent meeting. Certified
copies of the minutes when so confirmed shall, within twenty-one
days thereof, be forwarded to the Minister.

(7) The Centre may co-opt any one or more persons to
attend any particular meeting of the Board for the purpose of
assisting or advising the Board, but no such co-opted person shall
have any right to vote.

(8) During the period of the United Nations support to
the Centre, that is to say, until 31st December 1973, the Project
Manager may attend the meetings of the Board in an advisory
capacity, but shall have no voting rights.

(9) Subject to this section, the Board may by Standing
Orders regulate its own proceedings and procedures.

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7. (1) The Centre may appoint committees to examine and
report to it on any matter whatsoever arising out of or connected
with any of its powers and duties under this Act.

(2) A committee appointed by the Centre shall consist of
at least one member together with such other persons, whether
members or not, whose assistance or advice the Centre may desire.

(3) Where persons, not being members, are appointed to
a committee under this section, the Board may by resolution declare
the remuneration and allowances payable to such persons.

(4) The Board may by resolution reject the report of any
such committee or adopt it either wholly or with such modifications,
additions or adaptations as the Board may think fit.

8. Subject to this Act and to the prior approval of the Minister,
the Centre may delegate to a member or a committee, power and
authority to carry out on its behalf such duties and functions and
to exercise such powers as the Board may determine, but any such
delegation shall be revocable at will and shall not preclude the
Board from acting from time to time as occasion requires.

9. The functions of the Centre are—
(a) to provide training in all aspects of management

in private and public enterprises;
(b) to provide advisory and consultancy services for private

and public enterprises and to develop within the
Centre a strong management consultancy capacity;

(c) to undertake research on the practical application
of modern management techniques under local
conditions and provide up-to-date documentation
on modern management practice;

(d) to develop within management at all levels and
in all sectors of the economy, a better
understanding of what productivity represents; the
essential role that management must play in
achieving productivity; and to directly assist
management in improving the productivity of
their specific enterprises; and

(e) generally to carry out the provisions of this Act.

Appointment of
Committees.

Power of Centre
to delegate.

Functions of the
Centre.

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10. The Centre shall have power for the purpose of the
discharge of its functions under section 9—

(a) to establish an appropriate scale of fees in respect
of training courses and consultancy work
undertaken for public and private enterprises, and
to reduce or waive the fees in any particular case,
as may be considered appropriate;

(b) to carry on all activities the carrying on of which
appears to be necessary, advantageous or
convenient for the proper discharge of its functions;

(c) to carry on any such activities in association with
other bodies or persons including Government
authorities or as managing agents for such
persons, bodies, and authorities;

(d) to do anything and to enter into any transaction
(whether or not involving expenditure, borrowing,
granting of loans or investment of money in
accordance with the provisions of this Act in that
behalf, the acquisition of any property or rights,
or the disposal of any property or rights) which
in the opinion of the Centre is calculated to
facilitate the proper discharge of its functions or
is incidental or conducive thereto.

11. (1) A member of the Board who is a member of a company
or other body or is a partner or is in the employment of a person or
a company or other body or is married to or who is or whose
husband or wife is a relative of a person who is interested in a
contract or proposed contract with the Centre that is the subject of
consideration by the Board at any meeting, shall disclose the fact
and shall not take part in the consideration of, or vote on any
questions relating to the contract or proposed contract.

(2) Any member who fails to comply with the provisions
of subsection (1) is liable on summary conviction to a fine of one
thousand dollars unless he proves that he did not know that the
contract or proposed contract with the Centre was the subject of
consideration at the meeting.

Powers of the
Centre.

Declaration of
interest of
members.

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12. There shall be paid to each member other than the Director
of the Centre in respect of his office, such remuneration as the
President may from time to time determine and to the holders of
the offices of Chairman and of Vice-Chairman such remuneration
in addition to any remuneration that he may receive in respect of
his office as a member as may be so determined.

13. In the exercise of the powers and duties conferred and
imposed on the Centre by this Act, the Board shall comply with
any special or general directions which may from time to time be
given to it by the Minister.

PART II

*STAFF

14. (1) The Centre may, subject to the approval of the
President, appoint on such terms and conditions as it thinks fit a
Director of the Centre, who shall be the chief executive officer of
the Centre, a Deputy Director of the Centre, a Secretary, and such
other officers and employees as may be necessary and proper for
the due and efficient performance by the Centre of its duties under
this Act.

(2) The Director of the Centre is responsible for carrying
out the decisions of the Board, and in the performance of his duties
he is subject to the control of the Board.

(3) The Director of the Centre shall report directly to
the Chairman.

(4) In the event of the absence or inability of the Director
of the Centre from whatever cause arising, the Deputy Director of
the Centre, has and may exercise all the powers and functions of
the Director of the Centre.

15. Every member of the staff of the Centre shall, before
entering upon his duties under this Act, take and subscribe the
oath or affirmation of office and of secrecy set out in the First
Schedule before a Justice of the Peace.

*See Note on page 2.

Remuneration of
members.

Board to comply
with directions
of Minister.

Appointment of
officers and
employees.

Oath of office
and of secrecy.

First Schedule.

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16. The Centre shall within a period of two years of its
establishment, by rules confirmed by the Minister, provide for the
establishment and maintenance of a Pension Scheme no less
favourable than that established by the Industrial Development
Corporation under the Industrial Development Corporation Act
for the benefit of the officers and employees of the Centre and
officers transferred to it on secondment.

17. Without prejudice to the generality of section 16, the
Pension Scheme may enable the Centre to—

(a) grant gratuities, pensions or superannuation
allowances, to, or to the widows, families or
dependants of, its employees;

(b) establish contributory and superannuation schemes,
and establish and contribute to superannuation
funds for the benefit of its employees;

(c) enter into and carry into effect agreements with
any insurance company or other association or
company for securing to any such employee,
widow, family or dependant such gratuities,
pensions or allowances as are by this section
authorised to be granted;

(d) give donations or subscriptions to charitable
institutions, sick funds, benevolent funds and
other objects calculated to benefit its employees.

18. (1) An officer in the public service may, with the approval
of the Minister, be transferred to the service of the Centre, and
upon the transfer shall become a member of the Pension Scheme
referred to in section 16, and, if the officer’s transfer becomes
effective before the establishment of that Scheme, he shall become
a member within one year of its establishment; and an officer in
the service of the Centre may be transferred to the public service.

(2) A transfer described in subsection (1) shall be on such
terms as may be acceptable to the President, the Centre and the
officer concerned and the pension or superannuation rights accruing
to the officer at the time of his transfer shall be preserved.

Establishment of
Pension
Scheme.

Ch. 85:50.

Content of
Pension
Scheme.

Transfer and
secondment of
officers.

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(3) Subject to subsection (4) the Minister, with the
approval of the appropriate Service Commission and the Centre,
may make appropriate arrangements for the transfer on secondment
of any officer in the public service to the service of the Centre or
from the service of the Centre to the public service.

(4) Where a transfer on secondment contemplated by
subsection (3) is effected, the President or the Centre, as the case may
require, shall make such arrangements as may be necessary to preserve
the rights of the officer so transferred to any pension, gratuity or other
allowance for which he would have been eligible had he remained in
the public service or in the service of the Centre, as the case may be.

(5) A period of transfer on secondment shall not in any
case exceed three years.

19. (1) Officers engaged in preforming functions in
connection with the business of the Centre, immediately before
the coming into operation of this Act shall—

(a) in the case of public officers on secondment to
the service of the Corporation, be given the option
of reverting to such office in the public service as
the appropriate Service Commission may
consider appropriate or of accepting appointments
in the service of the Centre; and

(b) in the case of officers in the service of the
Corporation, be given the option of continuing in
the service of the Corporation or of accepting
appointments in the service of the Centre.

(2) The option under this section shall be exercisable
within two years of the coming into operation of this Act.

(3) An officer who fails to exercise the option shall—
(a) in the case of a public officer on secondment to

the service of the Corporation, be deemed to have
elected to revert to the public service; and

(b) in the case of an officer in the service of the
Corporation be deemed to have elected to
continue in the service of the Corporation.

Public officers
and officers in
the service of
the Industrial
Development
Corporation to
exercise option.

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(4) An officer who elects to accept an appointment in the
service of the Centre shall—

(a) be regarded as transferred to the service of
the Centre;

(b) have preserved to him the superannuation rights
accruing at the time of his transfer to the
Centre; and

(c) within a year of the establishment of the Pension
Scheme under section 16, become a member of
that Scheme,

but all such rights shall be forfeited on dismissal by the Centre, in
such circumstances as they would have been forfeited on dismissal
from the public service or from the service of the Corporation, as
the case may be.

(5) A transfer under subsection (4) shall be on such terms
as may be acceptable to the President, the Centre and the officer
concerned and the pension or other superannuation rights accruing
to the officer at the time of his transfer shall be preserved, in the
manner provided by regulations made by the President in that behalf.

(6) In the case of an officer who has accepted an
appointment in the service of the Centre and who retires from or
dies in that service before the establishment of the Pension Scheme
under section 16, any superannuation rights accruing at the time of
his retirement or death may be paid to such person or his personal
representative in accordance with Regulations made by the Minister.

(7) In this section “the Corporation” means the Industrial
Development Corporation established under the Industrial
Development Corporation Act.

20. All officers charged with the receipt, accounting for and
disbursement of moneys, or with the custody or delivery of stores,
or other property belonging to the Centre are individually
responsible for the due and efficient discharge of their respective
duties, and for the exercise of proper supervision of the accounts
kept or controlled by them and of all the property entrusted to
their care, and for the due observance of all rules and regulations
and of all orders and instructions prescribed for their guidance.

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of officers.

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PART III

FINANCIAL PROVISIONS

21. The funds of the Centre shall consist of—
(a) such moneys as may from time to time be voted

by Parliament for the purposes of this Act;
(b) moneys paid to the Centre by way of fees for

training or consultancy activities, and from sale
of publications;

(c) all sums from time to time received by or falling
due to the Centre in respect of repayment of any
loan made by the Centre and the interest payable
in respect of any such loan;

(d) sums earned or arising from any property,
investments, mortgages or debentures acquired
by or vested in the Centre;

(e) sums borrowed by the Centre for the purpose of
meeting any of its obligations or discharging any
of its functions; and

(f) all other sums or property that may in any manner
become payable to or vested in the Centre in
respect of any matter incidental to its powers
and duties.

22. The Centre may, in such manner as is considered
appropriate but subject to the approval of the President, borrow
sums required for meeting any of its obligations or discharging
any of its functions.

23. (1) The Centre may, from time to time, borrow by way of
advances from the Government such sums as may be necessary for
carrying out its functions under the Act but the Minister shall cause
notice of any such advance to be given to the House of Representatives.

(2) For the purpose of making approved advances to the
Centre under this section, the Minister may authorise advances
out of the proceeds of any loan raised for the purpose or out of the
reserve funds, revenues or surplus balances of Trinidad and Tobago.

Funds and
resources of the
Centre.

Power to
borrow.

Power of Centre
to borrow from
Government.

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(3) Pending the raising of any such loan, the Minister
by warrant under his hand may authorise the Comptroller of
Accounts to make advances out of the Consolidated Fund to the
Centre in such sums and on such terms and conditions as the
Minister may think fit for the purposes authorised by this Act.

(4) The repayment of any such advances and the
payment of interest thereon shall be made by the Centre in like
manner and on like conditions as other borrowings by the Centre,
subject to any special terms and conditions which may be
imposed by the Minister.

(5) In this section and in sections 24 and 25 “the
Minister” means the Minister to whom responsibility for Finance
is assigned.

24. (1) The revenue of the Centre for any financial year
shall be applied in defraying the following charges:

(a) the remuneration, fees and allowances of the
members or of any committee of the Centre;

(b) the salaries, fees, remuneration, and gratuities
(including payments for the maintenance of the
Pension Scheme authorised by this Act) of the
officers and employees and technical and other
advisers of the Centre;

(c) working operations and establishment expenses
and expenditure on, or provision for, the
maintenance of the property of the Centre, and
the insurance of the same and the discharge of
the functions of the Centre properly chargeable
to revenue account;

(d) interest on any debenture and debenture stock
or other security issued, and on any loan raised
by the Centre;

(e) sums required to be transferred to a sinking fund
or otherwise set aside for the purpose of making
provision for the redemption of debentures or
debenture stock or other security or the payment
of other borrowed money;

Application of
revenue.

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(f) such sums as it may be deemed appropriate to set
aside in respect of depreciation on any property
of the Centre having regard to the amount set aside
out of the revenue under paragraph (e);

(g) any other expenditure authorised by the Board
and properly chargeable to revenue account.

(2) The balance of the revenue of the Centre shall be applied
to the creation of reserve funds to finance future development and
to such other purposes as the Minister may approve.

25. Funds of the Centre not immediately required to be
expended in the meeting of any obligations or the discharge of any
functions of the Centre may be invested from time to time in
securities approved by the Minister for investment by the Centre.

26. (1) All decisions, orders, rules and regulations relating to
the financial operations of the Centre and authorised by this Act
shall be made by resolutions of the Board at a meeting thereof and
shall be recorded in the minutes of the Centre.

(2) The Centre shall keep proper accounts and other
records, in respect of its operations, and the Board shall cause to
be prepared a statement in respect of each financial year.

(3) Notwithstanding section 31 of the Exchequer and Audit
Act the accounts of the Centre shall be audited by the Auditor General.

(4) The Board shall, before the commencement of each
financial year, submit to the Minister for his approval a copy of
the budget of the Centre relating to capital expenditure and the
financing thereof, and a copy of its income and expenditure budget,
in relation to such year. The Minister shall cause copies of the
budgets to be laid on the Table of each House.

(5) After the end of each financial year of the Centre, the
Board shall, as soon as the accounts of the Centre have been audited,
cause a copy of the statement of accounts to be transmitted to the
Minister together with a copy of any report made by the auditors
on that statement or on the accounts of the Centre. The Minister
shall cause a copy of every statement and report to be laid on the
Table of each House.

Authorised
investments.

Accounting of
Centre.

Ch. 69:01.

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27. (1) All moneys of the Centre accruing from its operations
under this Act shall be paid into the bank appointed by resolution of
the Board, and such moneys shall, as far as practicable be paid into
the bank from day to day, except such sums as the accounts officer of
the Centre may be authorised by rules made under section 28 to retain
in his hands to meet petty disbursements for immediate payments.

(2) All payments out of the funds of the Centre except petty
disbursements not exceeding such sums to be fixed by rules made under
section 28 shall be made by the accounts officer or on his behalf by any
other officer appointed by the Board, in accordance with the rules.

(3) Cheques against any banking account required to be kept
or withdrawals from any savings bank account shall be signed by the
accounts officer or on his behalf by an officer appointed by the Board and
countersigned by the Chairman, or any member of the Centre appointed
by resolution of the Board, for the purpose; and a copy of any such
resolution shall be certified by the Chairman and forwarded to the bank.

28. The Centre may by resolution of the Board, make rules in
respect of the following matters:

(a) the manner in which, and the officers by whom,
payments are to be approved;

(b) the bank or banks into which the moneys of the
Centre are to be paid, the title of any account with
any such bank, and the transfer of one fund from
one account to another;

(c) the appointment of a member or an officer of the
Centre to countersign cheques on behalf of the
Chairman or in the absence of the Chairman;

(d) the sum to be retained by the accounts officer to
meet petty disbursements and immediate payment
and the maximum sum that may be so disbursed
for any one payment;

(e) the method to be adopted in making payments
out of the funds of the Centre; and

(f) generally as to all matters necessary for the proper
keeping and control of the accounts and books
and the control of the finances of the Centre.

Cash deposits
and payments.

Rules.

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29. (1) The Director of the Centre shall as soon as practicable
after the end of each financial year of the Centre, make and transmit
to the Minister a report dealing generally with the activities of the
Centre during the preceding financial year and containing such
information relating to the operations and policy of the Centre as
the Minister may from time to time direct.

(2) The Minister shall cause a copy of every such report
to be laid on the Table of each House.

PART IV

GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS

30. The Centre may, with the approval of the Minister make
Regulations for the purpose of carrying this Act into effect, and
prescribing anything required by this Act to be prescribed or
permitted to be prescribed.

31. (1) Notwithstanding any rule of law to the contrary, the
President may by Order exempt the Centre in whole or in part
from the payment of any tax imposed by or under any written law.

(2) In this section “tax” includes assessments, fees,
charges, imposition and such other levies as form part or are
intended to form part of the general public funds.

32. During the period of the United Nations support to
the Centre—

(a) the facilities, privileges and immunities specified
in the Agreement shall be accorded to the personnel
of the United Nations Development Programme
and of the Executing Agency and of any other
United Nations organisation associated with the
project mentioned in the Plan of Operation;

(b) the facilities, privileges and immunities set out
in the Second Schedule shall be accorded to the
Executing Agency’s contractors and their
personnel, except citizens and residents of
Trinidad and Tobago (within the meaning of the
Immigration Act).

Annual report.

Regulations.

Exemption from
taxes.

Privileges and
immunities.

Second
Schedule.

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FIRST SCHEDULE

OATH OF OFFICE AND OF SECRECY
I, (A.B.) solemnly and sincerely swear that I will faithfully and honestly

fulfil the duties that devolve upon me by reason of my employment in the service
of the Management Development Centre and that I will not without due authority
in that behalf, in any manner whatsoever publish or communicate any facts or
information being facts or expressions of opinion based on such facts that come
to my knowledge by reason of such employment.

So help me God:

Signature ................................

Sworn before me at ....................., this ..................... day of
....................................... , 20 ......

......................................................
Justice of the Peace

AFFIRMATION OF OFFICE AND OF SECRECY

I, (A.B.) solemnly and sincerely affirm and declare that I will faithfully and
honestly fulfil the duties that devolve upon me by reason of my employment in
the service of the Management Development Centre and that I will not without
due authority in that behalf, in any manner whatsoever publish or communicate
any facts or information being facts or expressions of opinion based on such
facts that come to my knowledge by reason of such employment.

Signature .................................

Affirmed before me at .........................., this ............................. day of
............................, 20 ......

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SECOND SCHEDULE
PRIVILEGES AND IMMUNITIES

1. The Executing Agency’s contractors and their personnel, except citizens
and residents of Trinidad and Tobago (within the meaning of the Immigration
Act) employed locally shall have the right to the following:

(a) immunity from legal process in respect of all acts performed
by them in their official capacity in the execution of the project;

(b) immunity from national service obligations;
(c) immunity together with their spouses and relatives dependent

on them from immigration restrictions;
(d) the privilege of bringing into the country reasonable amounts

of foreign currency for the purposes of the project or for
personal use of such personnel, and of withdrawing any such
amounts brought into the country or, in accordance with the
relevant foreign exchange regulations, such amount as may
be earned therein by such personnel in the execution of the
project; and

(e) the same repatriation facilities for themselves and their spouses
and relatives dependent on them in the event of international
crises as diplomatic envoys.

2. All personnel of the Executing Agency’s contractors shall enjoy
inviolability for all papers and documents relating to the project.

3. The Government shall either exempt from, or bear the cost of, any
taxes, duties, fees or levies which it may impose on any foreign firm or
organisation which may be retained by the Executing Agency and on the foreign
personnel of any such firm or organisation in respect of—

(a) the salaries or wages earned by such personnel in the execution
of the project;

(b) any equipment, material and supplies brought into the country
for the purposes of the project or which, after having been
brought into the country, may be subsequently withdrawn
therefrom;

(c) any substantial quantities of equipment, materials and supplies
obtained locally for the execution of the project such as petrol
and spare parts for the operation and maintenance of equipment
mentioned under paragraph (b), with the provisions that the
types and approximate quantities to be exempted and relevant
procedures to be followed, shall be agreed upon with the
Government and, as appropriate, recorded in Appendix I of
the Plan of Operation; and

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(d) as in the case of concessions currently granted to the United
Nations experts, any property brought including one privately
owned automobile per employee, by the firm or organisation
or its personnel for their personal use or consumption or which,
after having been brought into the country may subsequently
be withdrawn therefrom upon departure of such personnel.

4. The privileges and immunities to which such firm or organisation
and its personnel may be entitled, referred to in paragraphs 3.28, 3.29 and
3.30 of the Plan of Operation agreed to by the Government and the United
Nations Development Programme may be waived by the Executing Agency,
where, in its opinion or in the opinion of the Special Fund, the immunity
would impede the course of justice and can be waived without prejudice to
the successful completion of the project or to the interest of the Special Fund
or the Executing Agency.

5. The Executing Agency shall provide the Government with the list of
personnel to whom the privileges and immunities enumerated above shall apply.

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SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION

MANAGEMENT DEVELOPMENT CENTRE
(EXEMPTION FROM TAXES) ORDER

made under section 31

1. This Order may be cited as the Management Development
Centre (Exemption from Taxes) Order.

2. The Management Development Centre is exempt in whole
from the payment of—

(a) purchase tax on the classes of goods specified in
the First Schedule; and

(b) import duties of Customs on the classes of goods
specified in the Second Schedule,

now or hereafter imposed by or under any written law.

FIRST SCHEDULE

Motor Vehicles,
Furniture and equipment.

SECOND SCHEDULE

All goods imported for the use of the Management Development Centre.

185/1974.

Citation.

Exemption.

First Schedule.

Second
Schedule.

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