Laws of Barbados

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2020 Water Protection And Land Use Zoning Policy

policy · Made 2020

2021 Update of the First Nationally Determined Contribution of Barbados

policy · Made 2021

Act on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora Cap. 262

Act · Made 2006-02-01

Administration of Estates (Jurisdiction and Procedure) Act (Cap. 242)

Act · Made 1891

Administrative Appeal Tribunal Act (Cap. 109A)

Act · Made 1981

Agricultural Aids Act

Act · Made 1905-02-28

Agricultural Development Fund Act

Act · Made 2001-06-21

Agricultural Holdings (Option to Purchase) Act

Act · Made 1982-04-09

Animal Health and Veterinary Public Health Act of 2022

Act · Made 2022-10-22

Animals (Civil Liability) Act

Act · Made 1980-11-20

Animals (Diseases and Importation) Act

Act · Made 1951-11-15

Repealed

Animals (Diseases and Importation) (Amendment) Act, 2022

Act · Made 2022-03-16

Repealed

Animals (Diseases and Importation) (Amendment) Act (No. 10 of 2014)

Act · Made 2014-08-20

Repealed

Animals (Diseases and Importation Control) (Amendment) Regulations, 2014 (S.I. No. 76 of 2014)

Regulation · Made 2014-09-05

Animals (Diseases and Importation Control) (Amendment) Regulations, 2019 (S.I. 2019 No. 63)

Regulation · Made 2019-08-16

Animals (Diseases and Importation Control) Regulations, 1961 (No. 53 of 1961)

Regulation · Made 1961-03-15

Animals (Diseases) (Anthrax) Regulations, 1951

Regulation · Made 1952

Animals (Diseases) (Epizootic Abortion) Regulations, 1951

Regulation · Made 1951

Animals (Diseases) (Foot and Mouth) Regulations, 1952

Regulation · Made 1952

Animals (Diseases) (Rabies) Regulations, 1951

Regulation · Made 1951

Animals (Diseases) (Swine Fever) Regulations, 1951

Regulation · Made 1951

Barbados 2025 Second Nationally Determined Contribution

policy · Made 2025

Barbados Agricultural Development and Marketing Corporation (Amendment) Act 2023

Act · Made 2023-05-17

Barbados Agricultural Development and Marketing Corporation Act

Act · Made 1993-09-11

Barbados Agricultural Management Co. Ltd. (Sugar Bonds Guarantee) Act

Act · Made 1994-11-07

Barbados Blue Green Bank Act (Act No. 20 of 2024)

Act · Made 2024-07-11

Barbados Fisheries Management Plan 2004-2006

policy · Made 2004

Barbados Fisheries Policy 2023 - 2033

policy · Made 2023

Barbados Independence Order 1966 and the Constitution of Barbados

Constitution · Made 1966-11-30

Barbados Intended Nationally Determined Contribution

policy · Made 2015-09-28

Barbados Medium-Term Growth And Development Strategy 2013-2020

policy · Made 2013

Barbados National Action Plan on Combating Antimicrobial Resistance 2017-2022

policy · Made 2015-06

Barbados National Action Programme to Combat Desertification and Land Degradation, and to Mitigate Against the Effects of Desertification, Land Degradation and Drought

policy · Made 2002-02

Barbados National Energy Policy 2017-2037

policy · Made 2017-12

Barbados National Energy Policy 2019-2030

policy · Made 2019

Barbados National Sustainable Development Policy

policy · Made 2004-01

Barbados Territorial Waters Act, 1977-26

Act · Made 1977-06-23

Barbados Tourism Authority Act

Act · Made 1995-11-01

Barbados Water Authority Act, 1980

Act · Made 1980-10-08

Barbados Water Authority (Amendment) Act, 2010 (No. 4 of 2010)

Act · Made 2010-02-26

Barbados Water Authority (Amendment) Act, 2018 (No. 18 of 2018)

Act · Made 2018-07-31

Barbados Water Authority (Amendment) Act, 2023

Act · Made 2023-08-22

Barbados Water Authority (Validation of Water and Sewerage Rates) Act No. 30 of 2019

Act · Made 2019-05-27

Barbados Water Authority (Water and Sewerage Rates) (Amendment) Regulations 2019 (S.I. No. 66 of 2019)

Regulation · Made 2019-07-05

Barbados Water Authority (Water and Sewerage Rates) Regulations, 2009 (S.I. No. 69 of 2009)

Regulation · Made 2009-06-26

Barbados Water Authority (Water Protection Zones) Order, 2023

Regulation · Made 2023-12-31

Better Security Act (CAP. 160)

Act · Made 1920

Canes Fires (Prevention) Act

Act · Made 1949-03-06

Caribbean Agricultural Research and Development Institute Act (Cap. 14A)

Act · Made 1978-10-19

Caribbean (Caricom Enterprises) Act (CAP. 14B)

Act · Made 1989

Caribbean Community Act CAP. 15

Act · Made 2003

Catastrophe Fund Act No.13 of 2020

Act · Made 2020-05-29

Caves Act (CAP. 389)

Act · Made 2000-09-05

Co-operative Societies Act

Act · Made 1993-03-15

Co-operative Societies Regulations, 2008 (S.I. No. 4 of 2008)

Regulation · Made 2008-01-09

Coastal Zone Management Act

Act · Made 1998-12-18

Comprehensive Disaster Management (CDM) Policy 2022 for Barbados

policy · Made 2022

Constitution (Amendment) (No. 2) Act, 2021

Act · Made 2021-09-28

Consumer Guarantees Act, Cap. 326E

Act · Made 2002

Consumer Protection Act

Act · Made 2002-12-05

Control of Disposable Plastics Act No.11 of 2019

Act · Made 2019-03-29

Repealed

Control of Disposable Plastics Act No. 8 of 2020

Act · Made 2020-04-27

Control of Disposable Plastics (Amendment) Act No. 60 of 2019

Act · Made 2019-12-27

Repealed

Control of Standards Act

Act · Made 1981-09-01

Repealed

Cotton Export Levy Act

Act · Made 1935-06-17

Crown Lands (Vesting and Disposal) Act

Act · Made 1836-08-05

Crown Proceedings Act

Act · Made 1955-02-23

Cultivation of Trees Act

Act · Made 1951-03-13

Customs Act (Cap. 66)

Act · Made 1963

Repealed

Customs Act (No. 34 of 2021)

Act · Made 2021-12-13

Customs (Amendment) (No. 2) Act No. 33 of 2019

Act · Made 2019-08-16

Repealed

Customs (Amendment) Regulations, 2020 (S.I. No. 7 of 2020)

Regulation · Made 2020-02-25

Customs Duties (Dumping and Subsidies) Order, 1996 (S.I. No. 118 of 1996)

Regulation · Made 1996

Customs (List of Prohibited and Restricted Imports and Exports) Order, 2009 (S.I. No. 127 of 2009)

Regulation · Made 2009-10-29

Customs (List of Prohibited and Restricted Imports and Exports) (Amendment) Order, 2020 (S.I. No. 87 of 2020)

Regulation · Made 2020-12-15

Customs Regulations, 1963 (S.I. No. 61 of 1963)

Regulation · Made 1963-02-08

Customs (Warehousing of Goods) Notice, 1975 (S.I. No. 184 of 1975)

Regulation · Made 1975

Dairy Industry (Regulation and Control) Act

Act · Made 1968

Development Plan for the Herbs, Spice and Condiments Industry in Barbados (2015-2022)

policy · Made 2015-04

Drug Abuse (Prevention and Control) Regulations, 1993

Regulation · Made 1993

Emergency Management Act Cap. 160A (No. 20 of 2006)

Act · Made 2006

Emergency Management (Amendment)Act, 2020

Act · Made 2020-03-27

Emergency Powers Act

Act · Made 1939-03-29

Employment (Prevention of Discrimination) Act (No.26 of 2020)

Act · Made 2020

Environmental Levy Act

Act · Made 1996-07-01

Environmental Levy (Validation and Repeal) Act (No. 2 of 2011)

Act · Made 2011-02-10

Exportation of Fruit Act

Act · Made 1940-06-29

Fair Competition Act, Cap. 326C

Act · Made 2002

Fair Trading Commission Act, Cap. 326B

Act · Made 2002

Fertilisers and Feeding Stuffs Act (CAP. 261)

Act · Made 1961

Fisheries Act, 1993

Act · Made 1993-10-01

Repealed

Fisheries (Amendment) Act, 2000 (No. 8 of 2000)

Act · Made 2000-06-01

Repealed

Fisheries (Fishing Industry) (Fishing Boat Loans) Regulations, 1958 (L.N. No. 26 of 1958)

Regulation · Made 1958-05-01

Fisheries (Fishing Industry) (Safety) Regulations, 1966 (L.N. No. 141 of 1966)

Regulation · Made 1966-08-25

Fisheries (Management) Regulations, 1998 (S.I. No. 102 of 1998)

Regulation · Made 1998-07-27

Food and Drugs (Adulteration) Act

Act · Made 1933-03-31

Food and Nutrition Security Plan of Action 2014-2018

policy · Made 2014

Food Based Dietary Guidelines for Barbados

Other · Made 2017

Food Hygiene (Amendment) Regulations, 1999 (S.I. No. 88 of 1999)

Regulation · Made 1999-09-21

Geographical Indications Act

Act · Made 2001-02-19

Hazardous Substances Management Policy

policy · Made 2003-12-03

Health Services Act (Act No. 38 of 1969)

Act · Made 1969-09-01

Health Services (Collection and Disposal of Refuse) Regulations, 1975

Regulation · Made 1975

Health Services (Disposal of Offensive Matter) Regulations, 1969

Regulation · Made 1969

Health Services (Food Hygiene) Regulations

Regulation · Made 1969

Health Services (Nuisances) Regulations, 1969

Regulation · Made 1969

Health Services (Offensive Trades) Regulations, 1969

Regulation · Made 1969

Health Services (Pathological Laboratories) Regulations 1976

Regulation · Made 1976

Integrated Coastal Zone Management – The Barbados ICZM Plan (2020 to 2030)

policy · Made 2020-10

Irrigation Act (CAP. 263)

Act · Made 1967-02-01

Judicial Sale of Land Act

Act · Made 1906-01-20

Land Acquisition Act

Act · Made 1949-11-19

Land (Adjudication of Rights and Interests) Act (CAP. 228A)

Act · Made 1988-02-01

Land Boundaries Act, 1980

Act · Made 1980-01-31

Land Development Duty Act

Act · Made 1962-08-30

Land Registration Act

Act · Made 1979

Land Registry Notice No. 1/2012

Regulation · Made 2012-01-27

Land Surveyor's Act, 1980

Act · Made 1980-01-31

Land Surveyors' Rules, 1985. (S.I. No. 111 of 1985)

Regulation · Made 1985-05-15

Land Tax Act

Act · Made 1973-02-08

Land Tax (Amendment) Act, 2009 (No. 7 of 2009)

Act · Made 2009-03-30

Land Tax (Amendment) Act, 2012 (No. 13 of 2012)

Act · Made 2012-05-29

Land Tax (Amendment) Act, 2013 (No. 5 of 2013)

Act · Made 2013-01-28

Land Tax (Amendment) Act, 2015 (No. 21 of 2015)

Act · Made 2015-06-05

Land Tax (Amendment) Act (No. 48 of 2007)

Act · Made 2007-12-20

Land Tax (Amendment) (No. 2) Act, 2012 (No. 16 of 2012)

Act · Made 2012-08-03

Land Tax (Rebate) Order, 2012 (S.I. No. 79 of 2012)

Regulation · Made 2012-09-10

Land (Title Deeds Restoration) Act

Act · Made 1995-04-01

Land (Title Proceedings) Act (No. 7 of 2011)

Act · Made 2011-03-10

Land Valuation Act

Act · Made 1969-06-01

Land Valuation (Amendment) Act (No. 4 of 2013)

Act · Made 2013-01-28

Landlord and Tenant Act

Act · Made 1897-06-19

Landlord and Tenant (Registration of Tenancies) Act

Act · Made 1977-09-01

Limitation and Prescription Act

Act · Made 1891-02-26

Livestock (Control of Strays) Act

Act · Made 1991-01-10

Livestock (Control of Strays) (Amendment) Act (No. 5 of 2015)

Act · Made 2015-02-09

Marine Areas (Preservation and Enhancement) Act

Act · Made 1976-03-15

Repealed

Marine Areas (Preservation and Enhancement) (Barbados Marine Reserve) Regulations, 1981 (No. 28 of 1981)

Regulation · Made 1981-02-16

Marine Boundaries and Jurisdiction Act, 1978

Act · Made 1978-02-25

Marine Pollution Act, 1998

Act · Made 1998-12-18

Marine Transport (Emissions Control) Act, 2024

Act · Made 2024-06-07

Markets and Slaughter-houses Act (CAP. 265)

Act · Made 1958-09-13

Markets and Slaughterhouses Regulations, 1958

Regulation · Made 1958-08-26

Miscellaneous Controls Act (Cap. 329)

Act · Made 1970-10-01

Miscellaneous Controls (General Open Import Licence) Regulations, 2014 (S.I. No. 8 of 2014)

Regulation · Made 2014-02-20

Miscellaneous Controls (Importation and Exportation of Goods) (Prohibition) (Radioactive Materials) Regulations, 2004 (S.I. No. 158 of 2004)

Regulation · Made 2004

Municipal Solid Waste Tax Act, 2014 (No.6 of 2014)

Act · Made 2014-04-14

National Agricultural Policy: A vision for the future of agriculture in Barbados

policy · Made 2012

National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan 2020

policy · Made 2021-01

National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan for Barbados 2002 (NBSAP)

policy · Made 2002-06

National Conservation Commission Act

Act · Made 1982-04-01

National Employment Policy of Barbados

policy · Made 2014

National Implementation Plan for the management of Persistent Organic Pollutants

policy · Made 2006-01

National Indoor Air Quality Policy

policy · Made 2020-09

National Noise Policy

policy · Made 2008

National Oil Spill Contingency Plan For Barbados

policy · Made 2013-01

National Policy Framework for the Development of Micro, Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises

policy · Made 2016-11

National Radiation Protection Policy

policy · Made 2020-02

National School Nutrition Policy of Barbados

policy · Made 2022-09-19

National Strategic Plan for the Prevention and Control of Non-Communicable Diseases – 2020-2025

policy · Made 2020-02

National Strategic Plan of Barbados 2006-2025

policy · Made 2007-02-09

National Water Reuse Policy 2018

policy · Made 2018-10

National Youth Policy of Barbados

policy · Made 2011-10

Nutritious and Healthy Foods in Schools: Nutritional and Practical Guidelines for Barbados

Other · Made 2015-03

Offshore Petroleum Act (No. 30 of 2007)

Act · Made 2007-08-16

Oil in navigable Waters Act (Cap. 293)

Act · Made 1927-06-04

Pesticides Control Act

Act · Made 1974-06-25

Pesticides Control (Amendment) Act, 2020

Act · Made 2020-07-14

Pesticides Control (Amendment) Act (No. 30 of 1982)

Act · Made 1982-08-19

Pesticides Control (Labelling of Pesticides) Regulations, 1976

Regulation · Made 1976

Pesticides Control Regulations, 1974

Regulation · Made 1975

Pharmacy Act CAP. 372D

Act · Made 1984

Plant Pest and Disease (Eradication) Act, 1983

Act · Made 1983-02-25

Repealed

Plant Pest and Disease (Import Control) Act, 1995

Act · Made 1995-11-13

Repealed

Plant Pest and Disease (Import Control) Order, 1997 (S.I. No. 9 of 1998)

Regulation · Made 1997-12-30

Plant Pest and Disease (Import Control) Regulations, 1997 (S.I. No. 10 of 1998)

Regulation · Made 1997-12-30

Plant Pest Disease (Eradication) Regulations, 1985 (S.I. 1985 No.213)

Regulation · Made 1985-12-09

Plant Protection Act, 2007 (No. 53 of 2007)

Act · Made 2007-12-20

Repealed

Plant Protection Act of 2023

Act · Made 2023-01-24

Prevention of Corruption Act No. 24 of 2021

Act · Made 2021-09-20

Prevention of Corruption Act No. 4 of 1929 (Cap. 144)

Act · Made 1929

Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act

Act · Made 2000-08-28

Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (Amendment) Act, 2007 (No. 43 of 2007)

Act · Made 2007-12-13

Prevention of Floods Act (CAP. 235)

Act · Made 1951-11-12

Protection Against Unfair Competition Act, 1998

Act · Made 1998-09-14

Protection of Agricultural Products Act, 2022

Act · Made 2022-06-07

Protection of Agricultural Products and Livestock Act No. 27 of 2017

Act · Made 2017-12-13

Repealed

Protection of Agricultural Products and Livestock Regulations, 2017

Regulation · Made 2017-09-08

Protection of New Plant Varieties Act, 2001

Act · Made 2001-08-06

Protection of New Plant Varieties Order, 2001 (S.I. No. 134 of 2001)

Regulation · Made 2001-11-22

Protection of New Plant Varieties Regulations, 2001 (S.I. No. 133 of 2001)

Regulation · Made 2001-11-22

Public Procurement Act No. 30 of 2021

Act · Made 2021-12-14

Public Procurement (Amendment) Act, 2023

Act · Made 2023-03-22

Radiation Protection Act (CAP 353A)

Act · Made 1971

Registered Sugar Factories Smoke Control Act

Act · Made 1961-01-02

Returnable Containers Act, Cap. 395A

Act · Made 1986-06-01

Returnable Containers (Amendment) Act No. 59 of 2019

Act · Made 2019-12-27

Rural Development Commission Act

Act · Made 1996-03-01

Sale of Cotton Act

Act · Made 1906-06-15

Sanitation Service Authority Act

Act · Made 1997

Security of Tenure of Small Holdings Act (CAP. 237)

Act · Made 1955

Sewerage Regulations, 1980, (S.I. No. 151)

Regulation · Made 1982-08-03

Shipping Act (CAP. 296)

Act · Made 1994

Shipping (Domestic Vessels) Act, 2024

Act · Made 2024

Shipping (Oil Pollution) Act

Act · Made 1994-05-12

Small Business Development Act

Act · Made 1999-12-27

Soil Conservation (Scotland District) Act

Act · Made 1959-02-01

Standards Act No. 5 of 2006 (CAP 326A)

Act · Made 2006

Strategic Plan for a New Modern National Agricultural Health and Food Control System in Barbados

policy · Made 2010-11-26

Sugar Industry Act

Act · Made 1982-11-08

Sugar Industry (Sugar Workers' Provident Fund) Order, 2011 (S.I. No. 96 of 2011)

Regulation · Made 2011-07-14

Sustainable Fisheries Management and Development Act, 2025 (No. 10 of 2025)

Act · Made 2025-05-05

Sustainable Fisheries Management and Development (Seafood Markets and Businesses) Act, 2025-11

Act · Made 2025-05-05

Swine Fever Act

Act · Made 1918-02-14

Table of Prohibited Concentrations, 2023

Other · Made 2023

Tenantries Control Act

Act · Made 1965-08-08

Tenantries Development Act

Act · Made 1980-11-01

Tenantries Freehold Purchase Act

Act · Made 1980-11-01

The Barbados Comprehensive Disaster Management (CDM) Country Work Programme (CWP) 2019-2023

policy · Made 2019-12

The Pesticides Control (Amendment) Regulations, 2021

Regulation · Made 2021-05-24

The Planning and Development Act, no. 5 of 2019

Act · Made 2019-02-12

The Planning and Development Amendment Act, no. 34 of 2020

Act · Made 2020-06-29

The Planning and Development (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations, S.I. no. 88 of 2021

Regulation · Made 2021-12-07

The Planning and Development (General Development) Order, S.I. no. 89 of 2021

Regulation · Made 2021-12-10

Three Houses Spring (Management and Control) Act, 2023 (No. 12 of 2023)

Act · Made 2023-04-18

Tourism Development Act

Act · Made 2002-08-31

Tourism Development (Amendment) Act (No. 12 of 2014)

Act · Made 2014-10-31

Town and Country Planning Act

Act · Made 1968-07-08

Repealed

Town and Country Planning (Amendment) Act (No. 51 of 2007)

Act · Made 2007-12-20

Repealed

Trees (Preservation) Act, 1981

Act · Made 1981-12-07

Trespass to Property (Reform) Act

Act · Made 1980-11-24

Underground Water Control Act

Act · Made 1952-04-27

Repealed

Urban Development Commission Act

Act · Made 1997-08-11

Utilities Regulation Act

Act · Made 2001-01-02

Utilities Regulation Order (S.I. No. 65 of 2014)

Regulation · Made 2014-08-06

Utilities Regulation (Procedural) (Amendment) Rules (S.I. No. 82 of 2009)

Regulation · Made 2009-07-31

Utilities Regulation (Procedural) Rules (S.I. No. 104 of 2003)

Regulation · Made 2003-07-25

Veterinary Surgeons (Registration) Act CAP. 374

Act · Made 1995

Water Reuse Act of 2023 (Act No, 10 of 2023)

Act · Made 2023-06-01

Water Services Regulations 1982 (S.I. No. 150)

Regulation · Made 1982-01-11

Wild Birds Protection Act

Act · Made 1907-06-20