2. Amendment of section 6 of the Law…

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

Section 6 of the National Institute of Business

Management Law, No. 23 of 1976 is hereby amended in subsection (1) of that section, by the repeal of the paragraphs (a) and (b) thereof, and the substitution therefor, of the following new paragraphs:—

“(a)

the following ex-officio members, namely _

(i)

the Director-General of the Institute appointed under section 16;

(ii)

the President or Vice President of the

Federation of Chambers of Commerce and

Industry of Sri Lanka or any member nominated by the President;

(iii)

the President or Vice President of the

National Chamber of Commerce of Sri Lanka or any member nominated by the President;

(iv)

the Director of the Postgraduate Institute of

Management established under the

Universities Act, No. 16 of 1978;

(v)

Secretary to the Ministry of the Minister in charge of the subject of Technical and

Vocational Education and Training or Senior

Officer nominated by the Secretary;

(vi)

a Senior Officer of Central Bank of Sri Lanka nominated by the Governor of such Bank;

(vii)

Secretary to the Ministry of the Minister in charge of the subject of Finance and Planing or Senior Officer nominated by the Secretary;

and

(viii)

the Chief Executive Officer of the Institute of Information and Communication

Technology Agency of Sri Lanka established under the Information and Communication

Technology Act, No. 27 of 2003 or Senior

Officer nominated by such Chief Executive

Officer.

(b)

the following members to be appointed by the

Minister—

(i)

two members being persons with a minimum of ten years experience in Business

Management and have achieved distinction in the area of management; and

(ii)

one member being a person with a minimum of ten years experience in industrial relations and trade union activities.”.

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