Updated Acts (use the table below as a description)
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An act to make further and better provisions for controlling the importation of animals, birds. Reptiles and insects, and for regulating the treatment and disposal of animals which are suffering or are suspected to be suffering from any disease, and for other matters related thereto or connected therewith |
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Ac act to authorize the imposition of anti-dumping duties and countervailing duties where goods have been dumped or subsidized; to provide for an Anti-Dumping Authority to investigate dumping or subsiding of goods; to repeal the Customs Duties (Dumping and Subsides) Act, Chapter 78.04; and for related purposes |
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An act to regulate and control beekeeping, the importation or exportation of bees, bee products and bee supplies, and to prevent the introduction and spread of diseases |
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An act to revise and amend the law relating to companies and to provide for related and consequential matters. This includes the construction and interpretation of the act, the formation and operation of companies, the protection of creditors, and related matters. |
Legal Notice #222 of 2022 – Waiver of penalties until April 14th, 2023
Legal Notice #221 of 2022 – Extension of time for registration of charges until April 14th, 2023 |
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An act to make provision with respect to the protection and safety of consumers and others; this also includes additional functions of director for protection of consumers; consumer safety; enforcement; and other related matters |
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An act to provide for the taxation of short term capital gains and to make better provisions for the taxation of company profits, and for matters incidental thereto or consequential thereon |
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An act relating to customs. It includes the duties of customs, special provisions of the common market, rebates, loading and exportation of goods, warehoused goods and deposited in a customs area, prevention of smuggling, costing trade, and other related matters |
Legal Notice #2 of 2023 – Waiver on customs taxes for CCTV Cameras
Legal Notice #66 of 2023 – Guidelines for the exportation of copper – expires on February 24th, 2024 |
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An act to provide for the administration of a system of exchange control and matters incidental thereto; this includes gold and foreign currencies; import and export restrictions; and other related matters |
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An act relating to excise duties |
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An act to provide for the establishment of a Fair Trading Commission, to promote and maintain fair competition in the economy, and for related matters.
This act was proclaimed in Parliament on February 10th, 2020.
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Act amended to enact Budget Measures announced in 2022/2023 fiscal package |
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Act amended to enact Budget Measures announced in 2022/2023 fiscal package |
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An act to provide for fiscal incentives to industry, in accordance with the Agreement on Harmonization of Fiscal Incentives to industry. This includes approved products and benefits, approved enterprises, importation of goods by approved enterprise, corporation tax provisions, and other related matters. |
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An act respecting food and drugs; prohibition against the sale of harmful, unfit, adulterated or unsanitary food, drugs, cosmetics and devices; maintenance of food, drug, cosmetic and device standard; prohibition against unsanitary conditions as regards to food, drug and cosmetics; the administration and enforcement, and other related matters |
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An act to make provisions for relief from Income Tax in aid of certain industries and the provision of workmen’s homes; this includes industrial buildings and structures; oil refineries – machinery and plant; mines, oil wells; submarine oil wells; production business on land; patents; and other related matters |
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An act to impose a tax upon incomes and to regulate the collection thereof; this includes the administration, charging provisions, the basis of assessment, computation of income, tax on distributions and other payments, repayment of tax, returns: by whom to be made, and other related matters |
Legal Notice #56 of 2023 – extension of prescribed period until March 17th, 2023 |
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An act to re-enact and revise the laws respecting Weights and Measures and to give effect to the International System of Units (SI Units). This includes units of measurement, use of units of measurements in connection with trade, representation units of measurement, measuring devices used for trade, register of public measuring devices, forgery, and other related matters |
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An act respecting minimum wages and terms and conditions of employment; this includes a fixed minimum wage; the appointment of the Minimum Wages Board, its composition, functions, term, meetings, staff, etc; effect of minimum wages offer, complaints by workers; and other related matters |
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An act to provide for raising revenue by the imposition of certain taxes, and for matters connected therewith |
Legal Notice #3 of 2023 - waiver of online purchase tax on CCTV cameras |
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An act related to the national system of insurance to protect the working class against loss of income relating to sickness or unemployment |
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Old Metal and Marine Stores Act (84.07)
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An act that governs the trade of scrap metal |
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An act to regulate the importation, exportation, storage, manufacture, sale, use and transportation of pesticides and toxic chemicals and to provide for the establishment of the Pesticides and Toxic Chemicals Control Board and for matters incidental thereto; this include the establishment of the board, functions, prohibitions, registrar of pesticides and toxic chemicals, designation of public officers as analysts, inspectors and medical examiners and appointment of other officers, and other related matters |
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An act to make better provision for the control of diseases and pests injurious to plants |
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Amendment: Property Tax Act of 2022 |
An act to make provision for the assessment, rating and taxation of land for matters incidental thereto |
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An act relating to the Manufacture, Removal, Warehousing and Sale of Sprits and Compounds of Spirits; this includes the licenses to distil sprits; regulations for distillers; dealers in stills; warehousing; removal and exportation of spirits; compounds, bay rum and perfumed spirts; medicinal spirits; vinegar; methylated spirits; and other related matters |
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An act to provide for the preparation and promotion of standards in relation to goods, services, processes and practices by the establishment and operation of a Bureau of Standards, to define the powers and functions of the Bureau of Standards and for matters incidental thereto |
Legal Notice #237 of 2022 – Standards declared by the T&T Bureau of Standards
Legal Notice #238 of 2022 – Revocation of Standards by the T&T Bureau of Standards |
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An act to transform the tax collection system to ensure more efficiency and transparency |
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This amended act provide for the designation, development, operation and management of Special Economic Zones, the establishment of the Special Economic Zones Authority and the repeal of the Free Zones Act, Chapter (81.07) |
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An act to prevent tobacco use by children; regulate tobacco use by individuals; enhance public awareness of the hazards of tobacco use and ensure that individuals are provided with information to make more fully informed decisions without using tobacco; protect individuals from exposure to tobacco smoke; prohibit and restrict promotional practices; prevent smuggling of tobacco; provide for regulation of tobacco products to mitigate against the harmful effects of tobacco; and provide for other related matters |
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An act to provide for the imposition and collection of a value added tax, to abolish taxes in goods and other impositions, and for related purposes |
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National Statistical Institute of Trinidad and Tobago Bill. No 16 of 2018 |
An act to repeal and replace the Statistics Act, Chapter 19:02, establish a National Statistical Institute of Trinidad and Tobago and for related matters |
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Public Procurement and Disposal of Public Property Bill. No 27 of 2020
Amended: Act No. 27 of 2020
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An act to provide for public procurement, and for the retention and disposal of public property, in accordance with the principles of good governance, namely accountability, transparency, integrity and value for money, the establishment of the Office of the Procurement Regulation, the repeal of the Central Tenders Board Act, Chapter 79:91 and related matters |
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An act to repeal and replace the Trade Marks Act, Chapter 82:81 and to provide for the law relating to trademarks and related matters |