REDACTED 2 - IC Petrojam Investigation - Recruitment and Parties October 18, 2019 final

Page 4 of 486 Petrojam Limited Integrity Commission October 2019 INTEGRITY COMMISSION Special Report of Investigation Conducted into Allegations of Acts of Irregularity, Impropriety, Conflict of Interest, Corruption, Nepotism, Cronyism and Favouritism at Petrojam Limited Petrojam Limited PREFACE In 2017, the Government of Jamaica enacted the Integrity Commission Act (ICA), which became effective on February 22, 2018, by way of publication in the Jamaica Gazette dated March 7, 2018. The enactment and subsequent gazette of the ICA, partially repealed the Contractor General Act (1983) and established the Integrity Commission (IC). Consequently, Sections 1 and 5 of the ICA fully subsumed the Office of the Contractor General (OCG), and its functions into the operations of the IC. Section 63(2) (b) of the ICA provides, inter alia , as follows: “ The Commission established under this Act may - … (b) continue or do any act, thing or investigation which was pending before the appointed day. ”