This Bill seeks to provide for the establishment of the Trinidad and Tobago Revenue Authority to replace the Board of Inland Revenue and Customs and Excise Division. The Bill as introduced requires a special (three-fifths) majority for passage and will come into effect by Proclamation.
Bills
3rd Session of the 9th Republican Parliament
The Trinidad and Tobago Revenue Authority Bill, 2010
An Act to establish the Trinidad and Tobago Revenue Authority and for related matters
Introduced By:
Karen Nunez-Tesheira
Bill No:
House of Representatives Bill 8 of 2010
Introduced In:
Introduced On:
29-Jan-2010
Status
Senate - Bill Lapsed
Progress
29 Jan 2010
House of Representatives
1 speakersShow Speakers
1.Hon. Karen Nunez-Tesheira, MP [D’Abadie/O’Meara] [Minister of Finance]
10 Feb 2010
2nd Reading of the Bill
8 speakersShow Speakers
1.Hon. Karen Nunez-Tesheira, MP [D’Abadie/O’Meara] [Minister of Finance]
2. Dr. Roodal Moonilal, MP [Oropouche East] [Opposition Member]
3.Hon. Rennie Dumas, MP [Tobago East] [Minister of Labour and Small and Micro-Enterprise Development]
4.Mr. Harry Partap, MP [Cumuto/Manzanilla] [Opposition Member]
5. Dr. Keith Rowley, MP [Diego Martin West] [Government Member]
6. Dr. Tim Gopeesingh, MP [Caroni East] [Opposition Member]
7.Hon. Joseph Ross, MP [Barataria/San Juan] [Minister of Tourism]
8.Mr. Chandresh Sharma, MP [Fyzabad] [Opposition Member]
19 Feb 2010
2nd Reading of the Bill
10 speakersShow Speakers
1.Hon. Kennedy Swaratsingh, MP [St. Joseph] [Minister of Public Administration]
2.Mr. Subhas Panday, MP [Princes Town North] [Opposition Member]
3.Hon. Marlene McDonald, MP [Port-of-Spain South] [Minister of Community Development, Culture and Gender Affairs]
4.Mr. Jack Warner, MP [Chaguanas West] [Opposition Chief Whip]
5.Hon. Patrick Manning, MP [San Fernando East] [Prime Minister]
6.Mr. Ramesh Lawrence Maharaj, SC, MP [Tabaquite] [Opposition Member]
7.Sen. the Hon. John Jeremie, SC [Attorney General]
8.Mrs. Kamla Persad-Bissessar, SC, MP [Siparia] [Opposition Member]
9.Hon. Colm Imbert, MP [Diego Martin North/East] [Minister of Works and Transport]
10.Hon. Karen Nunez-Tesheira, MP [D’Abadie/O’Meara] [Minister of Finance]
19 Feb 2010
amendments made in the House of Representatives
19 Feb 2010
3rd Reading and Passage of the Bill
Division taken: 26 for, 5 against
1 speakersShow Speakers
1.Hon. Karen Nunez-Tesheira, MP [D’Abadie/O’Meara] [Minister of Finance]
23 Feb 2010
Senate
Bill incorporating House Amendments
1 speakersShow Speakers
1.Sen. the Hon. Mariano Browne [Minister of Trade and Industry and Minister in the Ministry of Finance]
7 Apr 2010
8 speakersShow Speakers
1.Hon. Karen Nunez-Tesheira, MP [D’Abadie/O’Meara] [Minister of Finance]
3.Sen. Subhas Ramkhelawan [Independent Senator]
4.Sen. Mervyn Assam [Opposition Senator]
5.Sen. Annette Nicholson-Alfred [Independent Senator]
6.Sen. Wade Mark [Opposition Senator]
7.Sen. Helen Drayton [Independent Senator]
8.Sen. the Hon. Mariano Browne [Minister of Trade and Industry and Minister in the Ministry of Finance]
8 Apr 2010
11 speakersShow Speakers
1.Sen. Dr. Ramesh Deosaran [Independent Senator]
2.Sen. the Hon. Conrad Enill [Minister of Energy and Energy Industries]
3.Sen. Verna St. Rose Greaves [Opposition Senator]
4.Sen. Corinne Baptiste-McKnight [Independent Senator]
5.Sen. Lyndira Oudit [Opposition Senator]
6.Sen. Dana Seetahal, SC [Independent Senator]
7.Sen. Dr. Surujrattan Rambachan [Opposition Senator]
8.Sen. Michael Annisette [Independent Senator]
9.Sen. Gail Merhair [Independent Senator]
10.Sen. Dr. Rolph Balgobin [Independent Senator (Temporary)]
11.Hon. Karen Nunez-Tesheira, MP [D’Abadie/O’Meara] [Minister of Finance]
8 Apr 2010