Public Service Announcements by the Republic of Liberty

[The Republic Of Liberty]

Law update;

There have been some amendments to the base licensing section. These are mostly minor, being more to do with clarity than any substantial change. Here is a summary of the changes so far:

The part of the base legislation levying fees from the secondary fleet of the Liberty Navy, Liberty Security Force and Liberty Police Incorporated in the event that they set up a base has been removed. However, the government will still need to approve any request for bases to be built by these entities. The only difference is that there will not be a monthly charge incurred, should the base applications from these entities be accepted. In this vein, expect your application to be scrutinised more closely, for both tactical and economic factors. As per usual, unapproved bases will be removed.

Additionally, a list has been added to the base legislation section detailing those bases which are registered and legal within the Republic of Liberty. Currently, this list displays the name of the base and its system location. Grid locations and affiliations are being withheld for now, as these are potentially more sensitive pieces of information.

Finally, the wording of a small portion of this law has been changed to allow the choice as to whether base owners want to publicise the location of their base through the law document or not. This is relevant to the grid square and vertical location of each base, which can be disclosed publicly on request. This is an opt-in feature.

Additionally, there have been further minor amendments to the law, in particular the last section to do with notes.

- The section on corporate law has been removed, as it is now redundant.

- The wording of the prohibition of Gallic factions excluding the Gallic Council has been condensed slightly.

- The suggestion of a fine being able to resolve most infractions has been removed, to allow more freedom to our officers to decide an appropriate course of action in any given situation.

- The fine bracket for charges levied on the spot has changed from one million credits to ten million credits, to up to ten million credits. This allows smaller fines to be issued for minor infractions.

That is all for now.

- Boris Livingstone, Secretary of State for Internal Affairs

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