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Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Republic of Gambia on fishing off the Gambia, 1987

Treaty · Made 1987-06-06

Repealed

Agricultural Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions (NAMA). Mitigating Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Concentrations in the Atmosphere through the Strengthening and Promotion of an Integrated Crop-Livestock System in The Gambia

policy · Made 2013-02-28

Agriculture and Natural Resource Policy 2017-2026

policy · Made 2020-05

Agriculture and Natural Resources (ANR) Policy (2009 – 2015)

policy · Made 2009-07

Agriculture and natural resources (ANR) Policy (2017-2026)

policy · Made 2017-05

Anti-Littering Regulations, 2007

Regulation · Made 2007

Ban on Plastic Bags Order, 2015

Regulation · Made 2015-07-01

Biodiversity and Wildlife Act

Act · Made 2003

Co-Management Agreement for Sole Fishery between the Ministry of Fisheries, Water Resources and National Assembly Matters and NASCOM

Other · Made 2012-01-17

Cockle and Oyster Fishery Co-Management Plan for the Tanbi Special Management Area

policy · Made 2012-01

Common Guidelines on Minimum Quality of Service Standards for Water and Sanitation

Other · Made 2008-11

Constitution of The Gambia

Constitution · Made 1996

Continental Shelf Act (No. 1 of 1965)

Act · Made 1965-06-18

Council Regulation (EC) No. 634/94 on the conclusion of the Protocol establishing the fishing rights and financial compensation provided for in the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Government of the Republic of the Gambia on fishing off the Gambia for the period 1 July 1993 to 30 June 1996

Act · Made 1994-03-10

Declaration of Forest Parks

Regulation · Made 2009

Designation of Special Management Areas Notice no. 34 of 2013

Regulation · Made 2013-11-27

Draft Plans Regulations, 1995 (L. N. No. 12 of 1995)

Regulation · Made 1995-02-09

EIA Guidelines

Other · Made 1999-07

Electricity Act, 2005

Act · Made 2005

Environmental Discharge (Permitting) Regulations, 1999

Regulation · Made 1999

Environmental Impact Assessment Regulations, 2014

Regulation · Made 2014-08-27

Environmental Quality Standards Regulations, 1999

Regulation · Made 1999

Essential Commodities Act, no. 21 of 2015

Act · Made 2015-12-30

Factories Regulations (L.N. No. 18 of 1963)

Regulation · Made 1963

Fisheries Act, 1991 (Act No. 10 of 1991)

Act · Made 1991-06-27

Repealed

Fisheries Act, 2007 (No. 20 of 2007)

Act · Made 2007-10-08

Fisheries Act (Amendment) Decree, 1995 (Decree No. 44)

Regulation · Made 1995-06-14

Repealed

Fisheries Act (Amendment) (No. 2) Decree, 1995 (Decree No. 54)

Regulation · Made 1995-09-25

Fisheries (Amendment) Regulations, 1996 (L.N. No. 41 of 1996)

Regulation · Made 1996-10-01

Repealed

Fisheries (Amendment) Regulations, 2024

Regulation · Made 2024-01-31

Fisheries and Aquaculture Policy of The Gambia

policy · Made 2018-01

Fisheries and Aquaculture Sector Strategy 2017-2021

policy · Made 2017

Fisheries Marketing Corporation Act, 1977

Act · Made 1977

Fisheries Regulations, 1995 (L. N. No. 18 of 1995)

Regulation · Made 1995

Repealed

Fisheries Regulations, 2008 (No. 2008-6)

Regulation · Made 2008-06-09

Fishery Co-Management Plan for The Gambia Sole Complex

Other · Made 2012-01

Fishery Products Regulations, 2011

Regulation · Made 2011

Food fortification and salt iodisation regulations 2006

Regulation · Made 2006-06-20

Repealed

Food Fortification Regulations, Legal Notice no. 58 of 2020

Regulation · Made 2020-11-02

Food Safety and Quality Act, 2011

Act · Made 2011-06-22

Food Withdrawal and Recall Guideline of Food Safety and Quality Authority, no. FSQA/GL 4 of 2016

Other · Made 2016

Forest Act, 1977 (Act No. 9 of 1977)

Act · Made 1977-02-25

Repealed

Forest Act, 1998

Act · Made 1998

Repealed

Forest Act, no. 3 of 2018

Act · Made 2018-04-27

Forest (Amendment) Regulations, 1996 (L.N. No. 33 of 1996)

Regulation · Made 1996-08-05

Repealed

Forest (Designation of Community Forests) Order, Legal Notice no. 17 of 2024

Regulation · Made 2024-08-19

Forest Regulations, 1978 (L.N. No. 12 of 1978)

Regulation · Made 1978-02-02

Repealed

Forest Regulations, 1998

Regulation · Made 1988

Forestry Sub-sector Policy (2010 – 2019)

policy · Made 2010

Gambia Agriculture Transformation Programme (2020-2030). Final Report

policy · Made 2019-12

Gambia National Adaptation Programme of Action (NAPA) on Climate Change 2007

policy · Made 2007-11

Gambia National Development Plan (2018-2021)

policy · Made 2017-12

Gambia Public Utilities Regulatory Authority Act, 2001

Act · Made 2001-12-24

Gender and Women Empowerment Policy 2010-2020

policy · Made 2010

GIEPA The Gambia Investment & Export Promotion Agency Act, 2015

Act · Made 2015-12-29

Groundnuts and Groundnut Products Regulations, 2023

Regulation · Made 2023

Guideline for Animal Feed, no. FSQA/GL 4 of 2023

Other · Made 2023

Guideline for food and feed storage warehouse, FSQA/GL 3 of 2022

Other · Made 2022

Guideline for Marketing Authorisation (Registration) of Medicines

Other · Made 2025-01-17

Guideline for safe disposal of medicines and related products

Other · Made 2020-07-01

Guideline for startup food/feed business, FSQA GL 8 of 2019

Other · Made 2019

Guideline for Transportation of Foods, no. FSQA/GL 3 of 2023

Other · Made 2023

Guidelines for repackaging and labelling of medicines

Other · Made 2020-04-15

Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides (Approved and Provisional Clearance) Order, 1996 (L. N. No. 5 of 1996)

Regulation · Made 1996-01-26

Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides Control and Management Act (No. 12 of 1994)

Act · Made 1994-05-24

Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides Control and Management Act (Replacement of Schedule) Order, 1996 (L. N. No. 38 of 1996)

Regulation · Made 1996-08-06

Hazardous Chemicals Regulations, 1999

Regulation · Made 1999

Import/Export Guidelines of Food Safety and Quality Authority of The Gambia, FSQA/GL 1 of 2016

Other · Made 2016

Importation of Plants Regulations

Regulation · Made 1936-03-31

Industrial Property Act (Cap. 95:03), Act no. 12 of 1989

Act · Made 1989

Industrial Property Regulations, 2010 (Cap. 95:03)

Regulation · Made 2010

Intended Nationally Determined Contribution of the Gambia

policy · Made 2015

Labour Act, 2023

Act · Made 2023-06-12

Land Acquisition and Compensation Act, No. 5 of 1991

Act · Made 1991-12-27

Land Commission Act, No. 12 of 2007

Act · Made 2007-10-05

Land (Registration of Deeds) Act

Act · Made 1980-07-14

Land Use Regulations, 1995 (L.N. No. 11 of 1995)

Regulation · Made 1995-02-09

Lands (Bathurst and Kombo Saint Mary) (Prevention of Erosion) Regulations (No. 7 of 1949)

Regulation · Made 1949

Lands (Regions) Act, 1991 (Cap. 57:03)

Act · Made 1946-01-01

Local Government Act, 2002 (No. 5 of 2002)

Act · Made 2002-04-17

Low Emission Climate Resilient Development Strategy of the Gambia (LECRDS) 2018-2030

policy · Made 2017-09

Marine Pollution Act 2013

Act · Made 2013

Medical and Dental Practitioners Act, 1988

Act · Made 1988

Medicines and Related Products Act, 2014

Act · Made 2014

Medicines and Related Products Regulations, 2020

Regulation · Made 2020

Medicines Control Agency of The Gambia 5-Year Strategic Plan 2019-2023

policy · Made 2019-05

Merchant Shipping Act, 2013

Act · Made 2013

Minerals Act (Cap. 121)

Act · Made 1954-07-01

Repealed

Minerals (Amendment) Act (Cap. 121)

Act · Made 1966-12-23

Repealed

Minerals Rules (Cap. 121)

Regulation · Made 1954

Mines and Quarries Act - Act no. 7 of 2005

Act · Made 2005-07-01

Ministry of the Environment, Climate Change, and Natural Resources Strategic Plan (2019-2022)

policy · Made 2019-06-00

National Action Plan to End Plastic Pollution in The Gambia

policy · Made 2024-10

National Action Programme to Combat Desertification (NAP)

policy · Made 2000-11

National Agricultural Investment Plan (GNAIP) 2011-2015

policy · Made 2010-09

National Agricultural Research Board Act (No. 15 of 1993)

Act · Made 1993-06-29

National Agricultural Research Institute Regulations, 1993

Regulation · Made 1993-10-18

National Agroforestry Strategy for The Gambia. 2022-2032

policy · Made 2022

National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan (2015 – 2020)

policy · Made 2015-03

National Climate Change Policy of the Gambia

policy · Made 2016-01-28

National Cooperative Policy 2021-2030

policy · Made 2021

National Disaster Management Act, no. 13 of 2008

Act · Made 2008-11-17

National Disaster Management Policy

policy · Made 2007-07

National Disaster Management Programme – Strategic Action Plan 2008 – 2011

policy · Made 2008

National Energy Policy - Part II. (Strategies and Action Plan) 2015-2020

policy · Made 2014-11-00

National Energy Policy - The Gambia 2015-2020

policy · Made 2014-11

National Environment Management Act, 1994 (Act No. 13 of 1994)

Act · Made 1994-04-14

National Fertilizer Policy of the Gambia. 2023-2032

policy · Made 2022-11-23

National Forest Action Plan (NFAP) 2019-2028

policy · Made 2018-06

National Forest Policy 2023-2032

policy · Made 2023

National Health Laboratory Services Policy 2021 – 2025

policy · Made 2021-05

National Health Laboratory Services Strategic Plan 2021 – 2025

policy · Made 2021-05

National Health Policy 2012-2020

policy · Made 2012-04-00

National Health Promotion and Education Policy for The Gambia, 2013-2020

policy · Made 2013-09

National Health Sector Emergency Preparedness and Response Plan Related to All-Hazards (HSEPRP) 2017-2019

policy · Made 2017

National Implementation Plan (NIP) Update for the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) for The Gambia

policy · Made 2019-06-05

National Nutrition Policy 2010-2020

policy · Made 2010

National Nutrition Policy (2021-2025)

policy · Made 2021

National Public-Private Partnership Policy. 2015-2020

policy · Made 2015

National Seed Policy of the Gambia (2018-2028)

policy · Made 2018

National Social Protection Implementation Plan 2015-2020

policy · Made 2015

National Strategy for Sanitation and Hygiene

policy · Made 2011

National Water Resources Council Act, 1979 (Water Act)

Act · Made 1979

Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions of the Gambia

policy · Made 2012

Petroleum Commission Act - Act no. 13 of 2021

Act · Made 2021-07-25

Petroleum Products Act - Act no. 12 of 2016

Act · Made 2016-12-30

Petroleum Products Emergency Supply Plan Regulations 2017

Regulation · Made 2017

Petroleum Products Importation Regulations 2017

Regulation · Made 2017

Petroleum Products Road Transportation (Business) Regulations 2017

Regulation · Made 2017

Petroleum Products Service Station Regulations 2017

Regulation · Made 2017

Petroleum Products Storage Facility Regulations 2017

Regulation · Made 2017

Pharmacy Act, 2014

Act · Made 2014-12-10

Physical Planning and Development Control Act, 1990 (Act No. 1 of 1991)

Act · Made 1990-12-26

Plant Importation and Regulation Act

Act · Made 1936-03-31

Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper

policy · Made 2007

Programme for Accelerated Growth and Employment (PAGE)

policy · Made 2012

Protocol establishing the fishing rights and financial compensation provided for in the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Republic of The Gambia on fishing off the coast of The Gambia for the period 1 July 1993 to 30 June 1996

Treaty · Made 1993-07-01

Provinces' Lands Protected Trees Regulations (No. 6 of 1952)

Regulation · Made 1952

Public Health Act, 1989 (Act No. 1 of 1989)

Act · Made 1989-12-11

Public Health Act (Amendment) (No. 3) Decree, 1995 (No. 42 of 1995)

Regulation · Made 1995-06-07

Public Health Emergency Policy

policy · Made 2022-03

Public-Private Partnership Operational Guidelines

Other · Made 2016-01

PURA Enforcement Regulations 2010

Regulation · Made 2010-12-24

Quality Policy for the Gambia

policy · Made 2016

Recovery Focused-National Development Plan (RF-NDP) 2023–2027. - “YIRIWAA”

policy · Made 2023

Renewable Energy Act 2013 (Cap 32.05)

Act · Made 2013

Restricted Mineral Regulations 2018

Regulation · Made 2018

Review of the species and seasons for legal hunting under Schedule III, section 68 of the Wildlife Conservation Act, 1977

Regulation · Made 1977-02-14

Second Nationally Determined Contribution of The Gambia

policy · Made 2021-09-12

Standard for Fortified Wheat Flour

Other · Made 2019

Standard for iodised salt

Other · Made 2018

State Lands Regulations, 1995 (L. N. No. 13 of 1995)

Regulation · Made 1995-02-09

State-Owned Enterprises Act, no. 5 of 2023

Act · Made 2023-04-25

State-Owned Enterprises Regulations, 2024

Regulation · Made 2024-10-04

Supplementary Agriculture and Natural Resource (ANR) Policy. Final Validated Policy

policy · Made 2017-12

Survey Act, 1990 (Act No. 4 of 1991)

Act · Made 1990-12-27

Survey Regulations, 1995 (L. N. No. 14 of 1995)

Regulation · Made 1995-02-09

Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Gambia

Treaty · Made 2019-07-31

Territorial Sea and Contiguous Zone Act

Act · Made 1968

Repealed

The Access to Information Act, no. 10 of 2021

Act · Made 2021-08-08

The Competition Act, no. 4 of 2007

Act · Made 2007-09-03

The e-Agriculture Development and Modernisation Strategy (e-ADM 2021-2024)

policy · Made 2021

The Gambia 2050 Climate Vision

policy · Made 2021-03

The Gambia Consumer Protection Act, 2014

Act · Made 2014

The Gambia Investment and Export Promotion Agency (Amendment) Act, no. 06 of 2018

Act · Made 2018-05-11

The Gambia Livestock Master Plan

policy · Made 2023-05

The Gambia National Drought Plan

policy · Made 2019

The Gambia National Export Strategy (2021-2025)

policy · Made 2021

The Gambia National Food-based Dietary Guidelines, 2023

Other · Made 2023

The Gambia National Medicines Policy 2022-2025

policy · Made 2022-06-01

The Gambia National Policy for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) 2019-2024

policy · Made 2019

The Gambia National Policy for Sanitation and Hygiene

policy · Made 2015-03

The Gambia National Social Protection Policy

policy · Made 2015

The Gambia Public Procurement Act 2022

Act · Made 2022

The Gambia's Long-Term Climate-Neutral Development Strategy 2050

policy · Made 2022

The Gambia Second Generation National Agricultural Investment Plan-Food and Nutrition Security (GNAIP II-FNS)

policy · Made 2019

The Gambia Women Enterprise Fund Act, no. 6 of 2020

Act · Made 2020-10-20

The Local Government (Amendment) Act, no. 04 of 2020

Act · Made 2020-07-23

The Maritime Zones Act, no. 2 of 2019

Act · Made 2019-07-10

The National Horticulture Sector Strategy - NHSS (2020-2024)

policy · Made 2020-03

The National Human Rights Commission Act, no. 08 of 2017

Act · Made 2018-01-13

The National Human Rights Commission (Amendment) Act, no. 03 of 2020

Act · Made 2020-07-23

The National Integrated Policy for Non-Communicable Diseases Prevention and Control in The Gambia 2012-2016

policy · Made 2011-09

The National Land Policy (NLP) 2026–2035

policy · Made 2025-12-08

The Pesticides (Registration) Regulations, 1994

Regulation · Made 1994

The Public Health Emergency Operations Centre Plan for The Gambia

policy · Made 2018-07-00

The Women's Act, no. 12 of 2010

Act · Made 2010-05-28

Traceability Guideline, FSQA/GL 3 of 2016

Other · Made 2016

Trade Policy 2018-2022

policy · Made 2018-08

Universal Access by 2025 and Transforming the Gambia Electricity Sub-sector. Strategic Roadmap 2021-2040

policy · Made 2021-11-00

Wild Animals and Birds (Export) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations, 1966 (L.N. No. 54 of 1966)

Regulation · Made 1966

Wild Animals and Birds (Export) Regulations

Regulation · Made 1948

Wild Animals, Birds and Fish Preservation Act

Act · Made 1916

Wild Animals, Birds and Fish Preservation Regulations

Regulation · Made 1929

Wild Birds Preservation Regulations

Regulation · Made 1921

Wildlife Conservation Act, 1977 (Act No. 1 of 1977)

Act · Made 1977-02-14

Wildlife Conservation (Amendment) Regulations 1996 (L. N. No. 32 of 1996)

Regulation · Made 1996-08-05

Wildlife Conservation Regulations, 1978 (L.N. No. 36 of 1978)

Regulation · Made 1978-12-21

Wildlife Conservation (Sale) Regulations, 1977 (L. N. No. 10 of 1977)

Regulation · Made 1977-09-01