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Section 1. That Section 111.10 of the Administrative Code of the Codified Ordinances of the City of Lakewood be enacted to read as follows: 111.10 COMPLIANCE WITH FAIR EMPLOYMENT PRACTICE IN NORTHERN IRELAND. (a) Ail contractors and any subcontractors having more than a fifty percent (50%) interest in a contract shall, prior to any contract being award- ed by the City, disclose on a form to be pre- scribed by the Director of Law, whether said contractor or subcontractor or any controlling shareholder, subsidiary or parent corporation of said contractor or subcontractor is engaged in any business or trading for profit in Northern Ire- land. As used in herein "controlling shareholder,, means any shareholder owning more than fifty percent (50%) of the stock in the corporation, or more than twenty-five (25%)of t'he stock in the corporation if no other shareholder owns a larger share of the stock in the corporation. ~. (b) Any contractor or subcontractor making ~the disclosure prescribed in subsection (a) herein shall stipulate that the said contractor or sub- contractor and all .enterprises included in the disclosure are taking all lawful and good faith steps to actively engage in the implementation of the fair employment practices known as the "MacBride Principles for Fair Employment in Northern Ireland." Each contractor or subcontrac- tor shall agree to independent monitoring of their compliance upon request by the City. (c) Any contractor or subcontractor failing to make the disclosure prescribed in subsection (a) ~herein shall not be eligible to provide any goods or services whatsoever for use by the City in return for payments, fees or commissions from City funds. (d) Any contractor or subcontractor who is award- ed a contraCt to supply goods or services for use by the City in return for payment, fees or commis- sions from City funds, and who is subsequently deemed to have failed to make the disclosure provided by subsections (a) or (b) hereof, shall be declared to have acted in default of its con- tract and shall be subject to the remedies for default contained in the contract. (e) Any contractor or subcontractor who has failed to cure any default of its contract de- clared in accordance with subsection (d) herein shall be automatically excluded from tendering or bidding for the supply of any goods or services for use by the City for a period of two calendar years. (f) Any contractor or subcontractor who enters into a contract with the City to supply any goods or services, having made the stipulation pre- scribed in subsection (a) hereof and fails or refuses to comply with said stipulation shall be deemed to have acted in breach of contract and in default of the contract, and shall be subject to the provisions of subsections (d) and (e) herein.