Publications

Complete sets of the revised laws of Trinidad and Tobago were presented to the President of the Senate and Speaker of the House by the Minister of Legal Affairs on July 27, 2007.

Bills

5th Session of the 8th Parliament

The Equal Opportunity Bill, 2007

An Act to prohibit certain kinds of discrimination, to promote equality of opportunity between persons of different status, to establish an Equality Opportunity Tribunal and for other related matters

The Bill seeks to prohibit certain kinds of discrimination, to promote equality of opportunity between persons of different sex, colour, race, origin, including geographical origin, religion, marital status or ability and to establish an Equal Opportunity Commission and an Equal Opportunity Tribunal.

The Act, for which this is the Bill, would be inconsistent with sections 4 and 5 of the Constitution and, therefore, is required to be passed by a special majority of three-fifths of the members of each House.

Related: The Equal Opportunity (Amendment) Bill, 1999, which led to the Equal Opportunity Act, 2000

The Bill was sent to a Joint Select Committee of Parliament. The Bill lapsed upon the dissolution of the 8th Parliament on 28 September 2007

Bill No.: House of Representatives Bill 1 of 2007
Introduced in: House of Representatives
Introduced by: Senator the Honourable John Jeremie [Attorney General]
Introduced on: 19-Jan-2007
Published in Gazette on:
Progress:
House of Representatives
19-Jan-2007 1st Reading PDF icon (160.3 kb) | Hansard PDF icon (459.0 kb)
Sen. the Hon. John Jeremie, SC [Attorney General]
21-Mar-2007 2nd Reading | Hansard PDF icon (230.6 kb)
Hon. Fitzgerald Hinds, MP [Laventille East/Morvant] [Minister of State in the Ministry of National Security and in the Ministry of Trade and Industry]
Hon. Kamla Persad-Bissessar, MP [Siparia] [Leader of the Opposition]
Mr. Winston Dookeran, MP [St. Augustine] [Opposition Member (COP)]
Hon. Kenneth Valley, MP [Diego Martin Central] [Minister of Trade and Industry and Minister in the Ministry of Finance]
20-Apr-2007 2nd Reading | Hansard PDF icon (947.6 kb)
Hon. Kenneth Valley, MP [Diego Martin Central] [Minister of Trade and Industry and Minister in the Ministry of Finance]
Dr. Roodal Moonilal, MP [Oropouche] [Opposition Member]
Dr. Fuad Khan, MP [Barataria/San Juan] [Opposition Member]
Hon. Pennelope Beckles, MP [Arima] [Minister of Public Utilities and the Environment]
Dr. Adesh Nanan, MP [Tabaquite] [Opposition Member]
Ms. Gillian Lucky, MP [Pointe-a-Pierre] [Opposition Member (COP)]
Mr. Chandresh Sharma, MP [Fyzabad] [Opposition Member]
25-Apr-2007 2nd Reading | Hansard PDF icon (372.2 kb)
Mr. Chandresh Sharma, MP [Fyzabad] [Opposition Member]
Mr. Ganga Singh, MP [Caroni East] [Opposition Member (COP)]
Hon. Eudine Job-Davis, MP [Tobago East] [Minister of State in the Ministry of Community Development, Culture and Gender Affairs]
Mr. Harry Partap, MP [Nariva] [Opposition Member]
Mr. Manohar Ramsaran, MP [Chaguanas] [Opposition Member (COP)]
Hon. Colm Imbert, MP [Diego Martin East] [Minister of Works and Transport]
21-May-2007 2nd Reading | Hansard PDF icon (569.5 kb)
Mr. Kelvin Ramnath, MP [Couva South] [Opposition Member]
Hon. Dr. Keith Rowley, MP [Diego Martin West] [Minister of Housing]
Mr. Subhas Panday, MP [Princes Town] [Opposition Member]
Mr. Nizam Baksh, MP [Naparima] [Opposition Member]
Hon. Fitzgerald Hinds, MP [Laventille East/Morvant] [Minister of State in the Ministry of National Security and in the Ministry of Trade and Industry]
21-May-2007 Referred to Committee | Hansard PDF icon (569.5 kb)
28-Sep-2007 Bill Lapsed
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