As enacted

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5. Replacement of sections 3, 4 and 5 of the principal enactment

Official English translation. Where it differs from the Sinhala or Tamil text, the Act itself says which text prevails.

Sections 3, 4 and 5 of the principal enactment are hereby repealed and the following sections substituted therefor:—

3. There shall be established an Inter-Ministerial Committee ( hereinafter referred to as the “Committee”) appointed by the Cabinet of Ministers which shall consist of—

(a)

the Minister in charge of the subject of Information and Communication

Technology or his nominee;

(b)

the Minister to whom the Information and Communication Technology

Agency is assigned or his nominee;

(c)

the Minister in charge of the subject of Education and Higher Education or Education or Higher Education, or his nominee or their nominees as the case may be ;

(d)

the Chairman of the Board of

Directors of the Information and

Communication Technology Agency

“Inter-Ministerial

Committee.

of Sri Lanka and one other member of the Board, nominated by the

Chairman; and

(e)

such other number of persons representing the fields of public administration and telecommunications, and such other category of stakeholders, as may be determined by the Cabinet of

Ministers.

of the

(1)

The Committee shall be charged with the task of advising the Government on the formulation of policies in relation to

Information and Communication Technology, which may be approved by the Cabinet of

Ministers under section 2.

(2)

The Committee shall meet at least once every year.

(3)

The procedure to be followed at the meetings of the Committee shall be prescribed.

the

Without prejudice to the generality of the powers conferred on the Committee by section 4, the functions of the Committee shall be, to—

(a)

formulate, on the recommendation of the Information and Communication

Technology Agency of Sri Lanka, the

National Policy Framework for submission to the Cabinet of Ministers for their approval under section 2;

(b)

periodically review the National

Policy Framework and advice the

Cabinet of Ministers of any changes which may become necessary to the same;

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Committee.

Functions of

Committee.

Information and Communication Technology

(c)

provide guidance and facilitate the implementation of programmes and strategies by the Information and

Communication Technology Agency of Sri Lanka, in both public and private sectors, as approved by the

Cabinet of Ministers and were necessary issue directions from time to time to the relevant implementing agencies and stake holders;

(d)

identify, develop and cause to be adopted appropriate standards and recommend best practices for human resources development and market creation relevant to the field of

Information and Communication

Technology and services;

(e)

take steps to develop and deploy interoperable information technology systems, and improve the infrastructure facilities necessary for the development of the Information and Communication Technology sector in Sri Lanka;

(f)

promote and conduct research into all aspects of

Information and

Communication Technology;

(g)

to do such other things as may be necessary for the performance and discharge of the functions of the

Committee and for the development of Information and Communication

Technology in Sri Lanka; and

(h)

recommend where necessary the making of regulations to give effect to the provisions of the Act.”.

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