in December 2017, which sets a national minimum wage of Rs 8,140 per month payable with effect from 01 January 2018 to every full-time worker. The relief provided to workers by way of this measure is further enhanced by the Negative Income Tax Scheme which is implemented by the Mauritius Revenue Authority and the payment of the additional remuneration for the years 2018 and 2019, the combined effect of which, made the wages of a worker rise to Rs 9400 per month as from 01 January 2019. Some 70,000 workers are benefitting from the Negative Income Tax. As per the National Wage Consultative Council Act 2016, the Council shall review the next national minimum wage by latest 2020 and subsequently every 5 years; (j) Amendments were brought to the Rodrigues Regional Assembly Act, through the Rodrigues Regional Assembly (Amendment) Act 2016 with a view to reforming the electoral system in Rodrigues by providing, inter alia, for a minimum number of candidates for election to the Regional Assembly to be of particular sex and for a more equitable representation of parties in the Regional Assembly. Concurrently, an amendment was brought to Section 16 of the Constitution (Protection from Discrimination) to exempt the application of this provision to legislation providing for a minimum number of candidates for election to the Rodrigues Regional Assembly to be of a particular sex, with a view to ensuring adequate representation of each sex in the Rodrigues Regional Assembly. (k) The Local Government Act was amended in 2015 to provide for a larger representation of women in the political arena. The Municipal City Council and Municipal Town Council Elections Regulations 2012 were amended in 2015 to provide for compliance with Section 11 (6) of the Local Government Act, which provides that any group presenting more than 2 candidates in an election shall ensure that not more than twothirds of the group’s candidates are of the same sex. (l) The Firearms Act was amended in 2016 to implement certain provisions of the Arms Trade Treaty to which Mauritius is a Party. It enables police officers to exert a better control on the movement of firearms in the country and those in transit. (m) The Anti-Personnel Mines and Cluster Munitions (Prohibition) Act was enacted in 2016 to give effect to the Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on their Destruction and to the Convention on Cluster Munitions. (n) The Convention on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Certain Conventional Weapons Which May Be Deemed to be Excessively Injurious or to have Indiscriminate Effects Act was passed in 2018 to give effect to the Convention on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Certain Conventional Weapons Which May Be Deemed to Be Excessively Injurious or to Have Indiscriminate Effects, 23