Part VI Proclaimed on 20 November 2000. Remainder of Act Proclaimed on 31 January 2001. (Legal Notice 285 of 2000)
Bills
5th Session of the 5th Republican Parliament
The Equal Opportunity (No.2) Bill, 1999
An Act to prohibit certain kinds of discrimination, to promote equality of opportunity between persons of different status, to establish an Equal Opportunity Commission and an Equal Opportunity Tribunal and for matters connected therewith
Introduced By:
Basdeo Panday
Bill No:
House of Representatives Bill 39 of 1999
Introduced In:
Introduced On:
10-Dec-1999
Published In Gazette On
10-Dec-1999, Vol.39 No.121
Status
President of the Republic - Proclamation
Progress
10 Dec 1999
House of Representatives
1 speakersShow Speakers
1.Hon. Basdeo Panday, MP [Couva North] [Prime Minister]
19 May 2000
2nd Reading of the Bill
4 speakersShow Speakers
1.Hon. Basdeo Panday, MP [Couva North] [Prime Minister]
2.Mrs. Camille Robinson-Regis, MP [Arouca South] [Opposition Member]
3.Hon. Mervyn Assam, MP [St. Joseph] [Minister of Trade and Industry and Consumer Affairs]
4.Mr. Barendra Sinanan, MP [San Fernando West] [Opposition Member]
2 Jun 2000
2nd Reading of the Bill
3 speakersShow Speakers
1.Hon. Ramesh Lawrence Maharaj, SC, MP [Couva South] [Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs]
2.Mr. Colm Imbert, MP [Diego Martin East] [Opposition Member]
3.Hon. Basdeo Panday, MP [Couva North] [Prime Minister]
2 Jun 2000
Committee Stage
amendments made in the House of Representatives on 2 June 2000.
2 Jun 2000
3rd Reading and Passage of the Bill
1 speakersShow Speakers
1.Hon. Basdeo Panday, MP [Couva North] [Prime Minister]
6 Jun 2000
Senate
1 speakersShow Speakers
1.Hon. Ramesh Lawrence Maharaj, SC, MP [Couva South] [Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs]
28 Sep 2000
21 speakersShow Speakers
1.Hon. Ramesh Lawrence Maharaj, SC, MP [Couva South] [Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs]
2.Sen. Joan Yuille-Williams [Opposition Senator]
3.Sen. Martin Daly [Independent Senator]
4.Sen. the Hon. Dr. Daphne Phillips-Gaskin [Minister of Culture and Gender Affairs]
5.Sen. Dr. Kenneth Ramchand [Independent Senator]
6.Sen. Rev. Daniel Teelucksingh [Independent Senator]
7.Sen. Dr. Anna Mahase [Government Senator (Temporary)]
8.Sen. Laila Sultan-Khan Valere [Independent Senator (Temporary)]
9.Sen. Muhummad Shabazz [Opposition Senator]
10.Sen. Rev. Barbara Gray-Burke [Government Senator]
11.Sen. Prof. Julian Kenny [Independent Senator]
12.Sen. Vincent Cabrera [Government Senator (Temporary)]
13.Sen. Dr. Eastlyn McKenzie [Independent Senator]
14.Sen. the Hon. Lindsay Gillette [Minister in the Office of the Prime Minister]
15.Sen. Philip Marshall [Independent Senator]
16.Sen. Dr. George Dhanny [Government Senator (Temporary)]
17.Sen. Dr. Eric St. Cyr [Independent Senator]
18.Sen. Diana Mahabir-Wyatt [Independent Senator]
19.Sen. Kelvin Ramnath [Government Senator (Temporary)]
20.Sen. Nafeesa Mohammed [Opposition Senator]
21.Hon. Ramesh Lawrence Maharaj, SC, MP [Couva South] [Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs]
28 Sep 2000
29 Sep 2000
3rd Reading and Passage of the Bill
1 speakersShow Speakers
1.Hon. Ramesh Lawrence Maharaj, SC, MP [Couva South] [Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs]
2 Oct 2000
House of Representatives
Senate Amendments
7 speakersShow Speakers
1.Hon. Ramesh Lawrence Maharaj, SC, MP [Couva South] [Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs]
2.Mr. Colm Imbert, MP [Diego Martin East] [Opposition Member]
3. Dr. Keith Rowley, MP [Diego Martin West] [Opposition Member]
4.Hon. Dr. Morgan Job, MP [Tobago East] [Minister of Tobago Affairs and Minister in the Ministry of Finance, Planning and Development]
5.Mr. Fitzgerald Hinds, MP [Laventille East/Morvant] [Opposition Member]
6.Mr. Kenneth Valley, MP [Diego Martin Central] [Opposition Chief Whip]
7.Hon. Ramesh Lawrence Maharaj, SC, MP [Couva South] [Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs]
20 Oct 2000
President of the Republic
20 Nov 2000
Part VI Proclaimed (Legal Notice 285 of 2000)
31 Jan 2001
Legal Notice 285 of 2000.