We did consider amendments to different pieces of legislation, but because this is a new concept and the amount of amendments that would have been needed to be able to clearly articulate the policy, we thought that process would have been t…

I do not think that this piece of legislation creates any legislative precedent. A one-off piece of legislation or doing something for the first time doesn't necessarily in itself establish precedent. You would have to develop a pattern of …

Not necessarily. If an investor comes forward and they would like to use this as a guide, they could ask. You have to follow the various procedures already established by government in order for anything to happen. You could use it as a gui…

The simple answer to your question is yes, berth slips will be treated as property. If you go into the legislation itself under Section 1, under the definition of property you would see where berth slips is included and also section 1/3. It…

The simple answer to your question is yes, berth slips will be treated as property. If you go into the legislation itself under Section 1, under the definition of property, you will see where berth slips are included, and also section 1/3. …

Customs procedures are governed by the Customs Act and immigration procedures are governed by the Immigration Act. Under each framework, there are already built-in procedures to determine how each subject will be treated. In relation to the…

There were a lot of considerations and debate in determining the name of this legislation. We settled on the Port Nimara Berth Slips Act as opposed to a more general name for marketing purposes. We have to put this in the context of what is…

It doesn't necessarily suggest that. Remember, this is the first marina. If we have another request to develop a marina, the Minister and the Permanent Secretary would have to meet to determine how to deal with that request. There are no ha…

Ultimately, we need to develop general marina legislation. Over time, we hope to complete that process so different investors would fall under such legislation, but that doesn't mean we can't also follow this approach. You cannot prejudge w…

Exactly.

No, I said exactly and I'm sorry, Madam Speaker.

Road South, Member for Road South, nothing is wrong with crafting legislation to suit another investor. We are all concerned about giving Anguilla that competitive advantage. We want to do the best for developing Anguilla at that point in t…