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E. Grant Gibbons

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19 May 2017 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker . Mr. Speaker, I move that the Bill entitled the Mortgaging of Aircraft and Aircraft Engines Amendment Act 2017 be now read the second time.
19 May 2017 House of Assembly
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Yes, yes. The Ho nourable Member would know I am pretty religious in terms of giving him a copy of my brief. So — Bermuda House of Assembly The Speaker: Yes, right.
19 May 2017 House of Assembly
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Hopefully he has it now. Mr. Speaker and Honourable Member s, I am pleased to introduce the Bill entitled Mortgaging of Aircraft and Aircraft Engines Amendment Act 2017. The main purpose of this Bill, Mr. Speaker , is to amend the Mortgaging of Aircraft and Aircraft E ngines Act 1999 to remove the requirement that an aircraft or aircraft engine …
19 May 2017 House of Assembly
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Thank you. T hank you, Mr. Speaker. And I thank the Honourable Member for his support. The Honourable Member will be, perhaps, interested to know that the register now has some . . . close to 780 aircraft registered on it and it has been growing. I am told by the Director General , Mr. Dunstan, it has been growing …
19 May 2017 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Madam Chairman. I would like to move clauses 1 through 5, which is all of the clauses.
19 May 2017 House of Assembly
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Okay. Thank you, Madam Chairman. A s we have said, this Bill seeks to amend the Mortgaging of Aircraft and Aircraft Engines Act 1999 to remove the requirement that, to be made a security for a loan or other valuable consideration, or to be entered on the appropriate register, an aircraft or air-craft engine must be owned by, leased or …
19 May 2017 House of Assembly
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Yes, t hank you, Madam Chairman. I am happy to answer that. There are occ asions, and this may sound a little strange, where the aircraft engine that is being mortgaged is, let us say, a spare engine and is not actually on the aircraft itself. And the financing for it may be different than for the aircraft and the …
19 May 2017 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Madam Chairman. I move that clauses 1 through 5 be accepted as printed.
19 May 2017 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Madam Chairman. I move the preamble.
19 May 2017 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Madam Chairman. I move that the Bill be reported to the House as printed.
19 May 2017 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker . Mr. Speaker, I had not intended to speak because I thought a bit that the Attorney General on our side had done a very good job. But just listening to the political rhetoric I just heard from the Opposition Leader, I simply cannot let that stand. I think the reason that the Government is pr …
19 May 2017 House of Assembly
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Yes, there are amendments to clause 1.
19 May 2017 House of Assembly
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No, I think there is already a 6(2) there, so are you adding—
19 May 2017 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Madam Chairman. I do not want to confuse something which has already been amended and then some, but shouldn’t the Minister be able to make regulations that provide for the mandatory substance abuse education or treatment for any minor found in possession of any amount of cannabis, not just if it is at the eight grams or under?
19 May 2017 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I move that Standing Order 21 be suspended to enable me to move that the Bill entitled Mortgaging of Aircraft and Aircraft Engines Amendment Act 2017 be now read the third time by its title only.
19 May 2017 House of Assembly
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The Mortgaging of Aircraft and Aircraft Engines Amendment Act 2017. I now move that the Bill be passed. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
12 May 2017 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker, and good morning.
12 May 2017 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker, as you will be aware, every year the Bermuda Insurance I nstitute recognises those who have made a real contr ibution to the industry. And since the House last went down, there were three members who were recog-nised. The first was Rees [Chubb] Fletcher for a Lif etime Achievement Award. I think many Honourable Members will know Rees …
12 May 2017 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I am introducing the following Bill for its first reading so that it can be placed on the Order Paper 1626 12 May 2017 Official Hansard Report Bermuda House of Assembly for the next day of meeting: Electronic Communic ations Amendment (No.2) Act 2017.
12 May 2017 House of Assembly
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Yes. That is correct, Mr. Speaker . Mr. Speaker, under the provisions of Standing Order 48, I move to withdraw the Bill entitled the Electronic Communications Amendment Act 2017 that was tabled 8 March 2017.