Minister Gunawardena presented the bill to the House on behalf of the Minister of Youth Affairs and Skills Development Dallas Alahapperuma.

The bill is “to provide for the establishment, maintenance and administration of the Ocean University of Sri Lanka; to provide the necessary legal infrastructure facilitating courses leading to higher education at the Ocean University of Sri Lanka; to repeal the National Institute of Fisheries and Nautical Engineering Act No 36 of 1999 and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto” the preamble of the bill said. (Special Reporter/HC)