This is a special issue of the Jornal da República, Timor-Leste’s official gazette: Série I, N.º 23 B, Friday 14 June 2019. It publishes the organic laws (the legal structure and mandate) of four ministries of the VIII Constitutional Government. The key text for tourism is Decree-Law No. 12/2019, the Organic Law of the Ministry of Tourism, Commerce and Industry (MTCI). It sets out how the government’s tourism administration is organised. The file is labelled after Decree-Law No. 11/2019 (Ministry of State Administration), which appears in the same issue.
Contents of the issue
- Decree-Law No. 10/2019: Organic Law of the Ministry of Justice
- Decree-Law No. 11/2019: Organic Law of the Ministry of State Administration
- Decree-Law No. 12/2019: Organic Law of the Ministry of Tourism, Commerce and Industry (from p. 35)
- Decree-Law No. 13/2019: Organic Law of the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport
- Government Resolution No. 20/2019: appointing the National Authority for Expo Dubai 2020
Tourism structure under Decree-Law 12/2019
- General Directorate of Tourism (DGT) with three national directorates:
- National Directorate of Tourism Development
- National Directorate of Tourism Enterprises, Activities and Products (DNEAPT), which supports public and private business initiatives
- National Directorate of Tourism Promotion and International Relations (DNPTRI)
- Parallel General Directorates of Commerce and of Industry, and a General Directorate of Coordination, Administration, Finance and Planning.
- An Inspectorate-General of Gaming and a Consultative Council.
- Bodies under the ministry’s indirect administration: the National Logistics Centre, the Dili Convention Centre and the Timor-Leste Quality Institute (IQTL).
Document details
- Publisher: Government of Timor-Leste, Jornal da República (official gazette)
- Date: 14 June 2019 (Série I, N.º 23 B, extraordinary issue)
- Language: Portuguese
- Pages: 74
- Download: Official gazette PDF (mj.gov.tl)