Laws of Jamaica

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Access to Information Act

Act · Made 2002

Act to amend the Irrigation Act (No. 7 of 1999)

Act · Made 1999-03-26

Administrator-General’s Act

Act · Made 1873-08-26

Agricultural Credit Board Act

Act · Made 1960-01-19

Repealed

Agricultural Development Corporation Act

Act · Made 1952-05-01

Agricultural Development Corporation (Change of Name) Act (No. 14 of 2010)

Act · Made 2010-07-14

Agricultural Loan Societies and Approved Organizations Act No. 31 of 2017

Act · Made 2017-11-21

Agricultural Loan Societies Regulations, 1961

Regulation · Made 1961-02-03

Agricultural Loans Act

Act · Made 1887-05-21

Agricultural Marketing Act

Act · Made 1944-11-16

Agricultural Marketing Corporation Act

Act · Made 1952-05-01

Repealed

Agricultural Marketing Regulations

Regulation · Made 1945-09-24

Agricultural Produce Act

Act · Made 1926-08-01

Agricultural Produce (Banana) Regulations, 1969

Regulation · Made 1969-06-16

Agricultural Produce (Cocoa) Regulations, 1950

Regulation · Made 1950-12-18

Agricultural Produce (Coffee) Regulations 1941

Regulation · Made 1941-10-03

Agricultural Produce (Condemned Produce) Regulations 1933

Regulation · Made 1933-12-04

Agricultural Produce (Ginger) Regulations, 1979

Regulation · Made 1979-04-30

Agricultural Produce (Notice of Intention to Export) Regulations, 1953

Regulation · Made 1953-02-09

Agricultural Produce (Pimento) Regulations, 1988

Regulation · Made 1988-08-16

Agricultural Produce (Tomatoes) Regulations 1948

Regulation · Made 1948-01-13

Agricultural Produce (Trade Marks) Regulations, 1927

Regulation · Made 1927-07-19

Agricultural Produce (Vegetables, Fruit and Ground Provisions) (Export) Regulations, 1969

Regulation · Made 1969-09-24

Agricultural Produce (Wax and Honey) Regulations, 1928

Regulation · Made 1928-07-31

Agricultural Small Holdings Act

Act · Made 1946-03-18

Agricultural Small Holdings (Crop-sharing) (Bananas) Regulations

Regulation · Made 1952-02-25

Agricultural Small Holdings Regulations

Regulation · Made 1946

Agro-Investment Corporation Act (Cap. 3)

Act · Made 1960

Agro-Investment Corporation (Amendment) Act No. 12 of 2021

Act · Made 2021-06-30

Animal Diseases (Importation) Control Regulations, 1948

Regulation · Made 1948-10-01

Animals (Artificial Insemination Control) Act, Cap. 12, 1950

Act · Made 1950-08-24

Animals (Control of Experiments) Act

Act · Made 1949-11-03

Animals (Control of Experiments) Regulations, 1951

Regulation · Made 1951-11-05

Animals (Diseases and Importation) Act

Act · Made 1948-10-15

Antrax Regulations, 1948

Regulation · Made 1948-10-01

Aquaculture, Inland and Marine Products and By-products (Inspection, Licensing and Export) Act

Act · Made 1999-03-26

Aquaculture, Inland and Marine Products and By-products Inspection, Licensing and Export) List of Production Areas (No. 48 of 2000)

Regulation · Made 2000-05-18

Aquaculture, Inland and Marine Products and By-products (Inspection, Licensing and Export) Regulations, 2000

Regulation · Made 2000-05-09

Aquaculture, Inland and Marine Products and By-Products (Inspection, Licensing and Export) (Change of Name and Amendment) Act, 2013 (No. 20 of 2013)

Act · Made 2013-08-13

Arbitration Act, 2017 (No. 13 of 2017)

Act · Made 2017-06-21

Articles of Association of the Jamaica Citrus Protection Agency Limited

Other · Made 1998

Authorization made under section 5 (4) (6) of the Forest Act, 1937

Regulation · Made 1944-09-19

Ballast Water Management Act No. 2 of 2019

Act · Made 2019-03-13

Banana Board Act

Act · Made 1953-10-01

Banana Insurance Act

Act · Made 1953-10-01

Beach Control Act

Act · Made 1956-06-01

Beach Control (Crown Licences) Regulations, 1956

Regulation · Made 1956-05-26

Beach Control (Hotel, Commercial and Public Recreational Beaches) Regulations, 1978

Regulation · Made 1978-12-09

Beach Control (Licence Fees)(Validation) Act, 2000 (No. 5 of 2000)

Act · Made 2000-03-17

Beach Control (Licensing) (Amendment) Regulations, 2015

Regulation · Made 2015-04-01

Beach Control (Licensing) Regulations, 1956

Regulation · Made 1956-05-29

Beach Control (Protected Area) (Black Coral) Order, 1979

Regulation · Made 1979-03-05

Beach Control (Protected Area) (Ocho Rios) Order, 1966

Regulation · Made 1966-04-04

Bees Control Act

Act · Made 1918-05-10

Bees (Importation of Cayman Islands Honey) Regulations, 1921

Regulation · Made 1921-02-22

Bees (Importation of Metal Containers for Honey) Regulations, 1959

Regulation · Made 1934-08-28

Bees (Importation of Queen Bees) Regulations, 1920

Regulation · Made 1919-12-23

Bees (Protection from Disease) Order, 1940

Regulation · Made 1940-08-06

Bees (Transportation) Rules, 1920

Regulation · Made 1920-11-02

Bees (Transshipment of Honey and Beeswax) Regulations, 1934

Regulation · Made 1934-08-28

Bodies Corporate (Joint Tenancy) Act

Act · Made 1955-09-08

Bovine Brucellosis or Contagious Abortion (Eradication) Regulations, 1968

Regulation · Made 1968-06-14

Bovine Tuberculosis (Eradication) Regulations, 1962 (L.N. 232/68)

Regulation · Made 1968-06-14

Bureau of Standards (Additional Functions) Regulations, 1980

Regulation · Made 1980-08-27

Calcium Carbide (Sale and Storage) Act

Act · Made 1901-03-30

Calcium Carbide (Storage) Rules

Regulation · Made 1901

Cane Farmers' Licence Order, 1939

Regulation · Made 1939-02-14

Caribbean Agricultural Research and Development Institute Act

Act · Made 1982-04-28

Caribbean Maritime Institute Act

Act · Made 1993-01-04

Citrus Fruit (Protection) Regulations, 1948

Regulation · Made 1948-08-27

Citrus Plant (Certification) Regulations, 1999

Regulation · Made 1999-09-07

Clean Air Act

Act · Made 1964-07-01

Climate Change Policy Framework 2021

policy · Made 2021-07

Climate Change Policy Framework and Action Plan, Jamaica 2013

policy · Made 2013-11

Climate Change Policy Framework for Jamaica

policy · Made 2015-09

Co-operative Societies Act

Act · Made 1950-10-01

Co-operative Societies Regulations, 1950

Regulation · Made 1950-10-02

Cocoa Industry Board Act

Act · Made 1957-08-01

Repealed

Cocoa Industry Regulations

Regulation · Made 1957-10-01

Coconut Control Board (Additional Powers) Order

Regulation · Made 1957-09-30

Coconut Industry Aid Act

Act · Made 1932-02-13

Repealed

Coconut Industry Control Act

Act · Made 1945-06-21

Coconut Industry Control (Cess) Regulations, 1999 (No. 63 of 1999)

Regulation · Made 1999-04-22

Coconut Industry Control Regulations

Regulation · Made 1945-11-12

Coconut Insurance Act

Act · Made 1949-07-01

Coconut Insurance (Declaration of Resistant Tree) Notice, 1973

Regulation · Made 1973-12-06

Coconut (Regulation of Sales) Regulations

Regulation · Made 1958-02-19

Coconut Wind-Storm Insurance Regulations, 1949

Regulation · Made 1949-07-29

Coffee Industry (Cess) Order, 1993

Regulation · Made 1993-06-29

Coffee Industry (Cess) Regulations, 1951

Regulation · Made 1951-08-27

Coffee Industry Regulation Act

Act · Made 1948-12-09

Repealed

Coffee Industry Regulations

Regulation · Made 1953-03-23

Conch (Export Levy) Act, 2009

Act · Made 2009

Conch (Export Levy) (Rate of Levy) Order, 2015

Regulation · Made 2015-04-16

Conch (Export Levy) (Special Provisions) Act, 2015 (No. 15 of 2015)

Act · Made 2015-07-29

Conch (Export Levy) (Validation and Indemnity) Act, 2013 (No. 18 of 2013)

Act · Made 2013-08-31

Consumer Protection Act

Act · Made 2005-06-01

Consumer Protection (Amendment) Act 2012 (No. 13 of 2012)

Act · Made 2012-12-24

Conveyances (Voluntary) Act

Act · Made 1916-05-09

Conveyancing Act

Act · Made 1889-12-01

Country Fires Act

Act · Made 1942-03-05

Crown Property (Vesting) Act

Act · Made 1960-06-06

Crown Property (Vesting) (Amendment) Act, 2013 (No. 23 of 2013)

Act · Made 2013-10-30

Cruelty to Animals Act

Act · Made 1904-04-22

Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management Act

Act · Made 1993-06-25

Repealed

Disaster Risk Management Act, 2015 (No. 1 of 2015)

Act · Made 2015-02-19

Disaster Risk Management (Amendment) Act No. 6 of 2021

Act · Made 2021-03-31

Disaster Risk Management (Declaration of Disaster Area) Order, 2020 (No. 51 of 2020)

Regulation · Made 2020-03-13

Disaster Risk Management (Enforcement Measures)(No. 2) Order, 2020 (No. 55 of 2020)

Regulation · Made 2020-03-24

Disaster Risk Management (Enforcement Measures) Order, 2020

Regulation · Made 2020-03-16

Diseases of Poultry Regulations, 1948

Regulation · Made 1949-10-24

Dogs (Liability for Attacks) Act, no. 13 of 2020

Act · Made 2020-12-23

Dogs (Liability for Injuries) Act

Act · Made 1877-03-28

Repealed

Electricity Act, 2015 (No. 18 of 2015)

Act · Made 2015-08-17

Electricity Development Act

Act · Made 1958-10-01

Repealed

Emergency Powers Act

Act · Made 1938-06-06

Emergency Powers (Amendment) Act No. 23 of 2021

Act · Made 2021-11-12

Emergency powers (No. 2) Regulations, 2010 (No. 56 of 2010)

Regulation · Made 2010-06-22

Emergency (Public Security) Act

Act · Made 1939-08-02

Emissions Policy 2021

policy · Made 2021-07

Endangered Species (Protection, Conservation and Regulation of Trade) (Amendment) Regulations, 2000 (No. 52 of 2000)

Regulation · Made 2000-05-19

Endangered Species (Protection, Conservation and Regulation of Trade) Act

Act · Made 2000-03-17

Endangered Species (Protection, Conservation and Regulation of Trade) Regulations (No. 36 of 2000)

Regulation · Made 2000-04-12

Endangered Species (Protection, Conservation and Regulation of Trade) (Conch, Strombus Gigas) Regulations, 2000 (No. 51 of 2000)

Regulation · Made 2000-04-19

Endangered Species (Protection, Conservation and Regulation of Trade)(Designation of Management Authority) Order, 2000 (No. 32 of 2000)

Regulation · Made 2000-04-03

Endangered Species (Protection, Conservation and Regulation of Trade) Establishment of Individual Export Quota (Conch, Strombus Gigas) Regulations, 2000 (No. 33 of 2000)

Regulation · Made 2000-04-03

Endangered Species (Protection, Conservation and Regulation of Trade)(Establishment of National Export Quota (Conch, Strombus Gigas) Regulations, 2000

Regulation · Made 2000-04-18

Endangered Species (Protection, Conservation and Regulation of Trade) Establishment of Individual Export Quota (Conch, Strombus Gigas) (Amendment) Regulations, 2002 (No. 104B of 2002)

Regulation · Made 2002-07-31

Endangered Species (Protection, Conservation and Regulation of Trade) Regulations, 2002 (No. 104a of 2002)

Regulation · Made 2002-07-31

Endangered Species (Protection, Conservation and Regulation of Trade) (Amendment) Regulations, 2015 (No. 51B of 2015)

Regulation · Made 2015-04-09

Endangered Species (Protection, Conservation and Regulation of Trade) (Amendment of First, Second and Third Schedules) Order, 2021

Regulation · Made 2021-06-08

Epizootic Abortion Regulations, 1948 (L.N. 83/48)

Regulation · Made 1948-10-01

Equine Encephalomyelitis Regulations, 1962 (L.N. 319a/62)

Regulation · Made 1962

Exclusive Economic Zone Act, 1991

Act · Made 1991-12-31

Exclusive Economic Zone Act (Baselines) Regulations

Regulation · Made 1992-10-12

Executive Agencies Act

Act · Made 2002-04-01

Executive Agencies (General) Regulations

Regulation · Made 2010-07-02

Facilities for Title Act

Act · Made 1955-09-08

Farm Loans Act

Act · Made 1965-11-15

Farm Loans Regulations, 1965

Regulation · Made 1965-07-27

Fertilizers and Feeding Stuffs Act

Act · Made 1942-05-14

Fertilizers and Feeding Stuffs Regulations, 1945

Regulation · Made 1945-11-09

Fisheries Act No. 18 of 2018

Act · Made 2018-12-24

Fishing Industry Act, 1975

Act · Made 1976-10-01

Repealed

Fishing Industry Act: Designation of Public Officers to Assist the Licensing Authority (No. 57 of 2001)

Other · Made 2001-05-14

Fishing Industry (Amendment) Act, 2015 (No. 21 of 2015)

Act · Made 2015-10-06

Repealed

Fishing Industry (Amendment of Schedule) Order, 2000 (No. 17 of 2000)

Regulation · Made 2000-02-22

Repealed

Fishing Industry (Amendment) Regulations, 1982

Regulation · Made 1982

Fishing Industry (Conservation of Conch (Genus Strombus)) Regulations, 2000

Regulation · Made 2000-03-20

Fishing Industry (Declaration of Close Season)(Conch, Genus Strombus) Order, 1999 (No. 147 of 1999)

Regulation · Made 1999-10-27

Fishing Industry (Declaration of Close Season)(Lobster) Order, 1987

Regulation · Made 1987-07-20

Fishing Industry (Exemption) Order, 1976

Regulation · Made 1976-09-24

Fishing Industry (Fishery Management Areas) Order, 2000 (No. 37b of 2000)

Regulation · Made 2000-04-03

Fishing Industry Regulations, 1976

Regulation · Made 1976-09-24

Fishing Industry (Special Fishery Conservation Area) Regulations, 2012

Regulation · Made 2012-05-15

Fishing Industry (Spiny Lobster) (Amendment) Regulations, 2014

Regulation · Made 2014-04-17

Fishing Industry (Spiny Lobster) (Amendment) Regulations, 2020

Regulation · Made 2020-04-15

Fishing Industry (Spiny Lobster) Regulations, 2009

Regulation · Made 2009-04-30

Flood-Water Control Act

Act · Made 1958-03-13

Flood-Water Control Regulations

Regulation · Made 1963-06-10

Food and Drugs Act

Act · Made 1964

Food and Drugs Regulations, 1975

Regulation · Made 1975-03-03

Food and Nutrition Security Policy

policy · Made 2013-03

Food Storage and Prevention of Infestation Act

Act · Made 1958-03-13

Food Storage and Prevention of Infestation Regulations

Regulation · Made 1973-12-17

Foot-and-Mouth Disease Regulations, 1954

Regulation · Made 1954

Forest Act, 1996

Act · Made 1996-10-15

Forest Policy

policy · Made 2001-04-01

Forest Policy for Jamaica 2017

policy · Made 2017

Forest Regulations, 2001

Regulation · Made 2001-08-02

Forest (Removal of Timber and Property marks) Regulations 1938

Regulation · Made 1938-10-18

Gunpowder and Explosives Act, Chapter 142 of 1925

Act · Made 1925-01-13

Harbours Act

Act · Made 1874-01-01

Harbours Rules, 1971

Regulation · Made 1971-05-07

Hawkers and Pedlars Act

Act · Made 1867-10-15

Health and Allied Professions and Services (Miscellaneous Penalty Provisions) Act, 2011 (No. 7 of 2011)

Act · Made 2011-03-25

Housing Act No. 55 of 1968

Act · Made 1969-02-01

Implementation Plan for the National Plant Health Policy 2014-2018

policy · Made 2014

Infectious Keratitis Regulations, 1948 (L.N. 288/58)

Regulation · Made 1958

Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act

Act · Made 1993

Inspection and Certification of Fishery Facilities (Prescribed Forms) Regulations 2002 (No. 15 of 2002)

Regulation · Made 2002-02-21

Intended Nationally Determined Contribution of Jamaica

policy · Made 2012

Interpretation Act

Act · Made 1968-04-01

Intestates' Estates and Property Charges Act

Act · Made 1937-06-01

Irrigation Act

Act · Made 1949-11-23

Irrigation and Drainage Charges Notification, 1995

Regulation · Made 1995-09-01

Irrigation Authorities (Vesting of Functions in the National Irrigation Commission Limited) Order, 1990

Regulation · Made 1990-03-27

Irrigation Authority (Licensing of National Irrigation Commission Limited) Order

Regulation · Made 2001-09-03

Irrigation (Licences to carry out Irrigation Functions) Regulations, 2005

Regulation · Made 2005-11-10

Jamaica Agricultural Commodities Regulatory Authority Act, 2017 (No. 1 of 2017)

Act · Made 2017-03-14

Jamaica Agricultural Society Incorporation Act

Act · Made 1941-06-19

Jamaica Co-operative Marketing Association Protection Act

Act · Made 1928-03-07

Jamaica (Constitution) Order in Council 1962

Constitution · Made 1962-07-23

Jamaica Dairy Development Board Act (No. 4 of 2009)

Act · Made 2009-03-10

Jamaica Development Bank Act

Act · Made 1969-09-03

Jamaica Development Bank Regulations

Regulation · Made 1970-03-19

Jamaica Mortgage Bank Act

Act · Made 1973-06-15

Jamaica National Environmental Action Plan 1999-2002.

policy · Made 1999

Jamaica National Heritage (Public Inquiry) Regulations, 1990 (L.N. 46/90)

Regulation · Made 1990-09-12

Jamaica National Heritage Trust Act

Act · Made 1985-06-28

Jamaica Social Protection Strategy

policy · Made 2014

Jamaica Vision 2030 - Water Sector Plan 2009-2030

policy · Made 2009-06

Jamaica Water Sector Policy - Strategies and Action Plans

policy · Made 2004

Keeping of Animals Act

Act · Made 1979-11-15

Keeping of Animals (Restricted and Prohibited Area) (Kingston and St. Andrew Corporation) Order

Regulation · Made 1981-05-14

Kingston and St. Andrew (Cold Stores) Rules, 1965

Regulation · Made 1965-11-26

Kingston and St. Andrew Corporation Act

Act · Made 1931-06-06

Kingston and St. Andrew Corporation (Market) Rules, 1944

Regulation · Made 1944-09-11

Kingston and St. Andrew Corporation (Public Recreation Grounds) Regulations, 1935

Regulation · Made 1935-11-04

Kingston and St. Andrew Corporation (Refuse Dumps) Regulations, 1945

Regulation · Made 1945-02-25

Kingston and St. Andrew Corporation (Removal of Sand and Gravel) Regulations, 1956

Regulation · Made 1957-07-01

Kingston and St. Andrew Corporation (Shop Licences) Rules, 1965

Regulation · Made 1965-06-14

Kingston and St. Andrew Corporation (Slaughter-House) Rules, 1940

Regulation · Made 1940-04-08

Kingston and St. Andrew Water Supply Act

Act · Made 1911-03-20

Land Acquisition Act

Act · Made 1947-05-22

Land Bonds Act

Act · Made 1955-12-09

Land Bonds (Amendment) Act (No. 3 of 2000)

Act · Made 2000-02-26

Land Development and Utilization Act

Act · Made 1966-12-01

Land Development and Utilization Regulations

Regulation · Made 1967-05-08

Land Development Duty Act

Act · Made 1958-06-18

Land Development Duty Regulations

Regulation · Made 1960-03-13

Land Improvement Tax Act

Act · Made 1968-10-10

Land Surveyors Act

Act · Made 1944-08-01

Land Taxation (Relief) Act

Act · Made 1959-04-01

Land Taxation (Relief) (Agricultural Land) (Derating) Order

Regulation · Made 1993

Land Taxation (Relief) Regulations

Regulation · Made 1959-04-01

Land Valuation Act

Act · Made 1957-01-18

Lands Clauses Act

Act · Made 1872-06-27

Lands Clauses Act (Increase in Jurisdiction of Resident Magistrates) Order, 2013

Regulation · Made 2013-01-15

Larcency Act

Act · Made 1942-06-15

Law Reform (Landlords and Tenants) Act

Act · Made 1979-07-11

Law Reform (Protection and Enforcement of Public Rights) Act

Act · Made 1999-03-26

Limitation of Actions Act

Act · Made 1881-07-01

Loans to Small Business Act

Act · Made 1956-02-16

Local Governance Act, 2016 (No. 8 of 2016)

Act · Made 2016-02-17

Local Improvements Act

Act · Made 1914-05-19

Local Improvements (Community Amenities) Act

Act · Made 1977-08-05

Malicious Injuries to Property Act

Act · Made 1864

Management of Hazardous and Solid Wastes in Jamaica

policy · Made 2007-11-01

Maritime Areas Act

Act · Made 1996-11-28

Meat and Meat Products and Meat By-products (Inspection and Export) Act

Act · Made 1999-03-12

Medium Term Socio-Economic Policy Framework 2021-2024

policy · Made 2022

Memorandum of Association of the Jamaica Citrus Protection Agency Limited

Other · Made 1998

Memorandum of Association of the National Irrigation Commission Limited

Other · Made 0000

Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises and Entrepreneurship Policy of Jamaica

policy · Made 2017

Mid-Clarendon Irrigation Authority (Establishment) Order, 1950

Regulation · Made 1950-05-12

Minerals (Vesting) Act

Act · Made 1947-08-30

Mining Act

Act · Made 1947-10-13

Mining Regulations, 1947

Regulation · Made 1947-09-07

Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries Business Plan

policy · Made 2014-03-14

Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Strategic Business Plan 2019/2020 – 2022/2023

policy · Made 2019

Morant and Pedro Cays Act

Act · Made 1907-04-27

Mortgage Insurance Act

Act · Made 1960-06-15

Mortgage Insurance (Amendment) Act (No. 19 of 2014)

Act · Made 2014-12-23

Mortgage Insurance Regulations

Regulation · Made 1960-07-06

National Biosafety Policy for Jamaica

policy · Made 2019-02

National Chemical Emergency Risk Management Plan

policy · Made 2017

National Energy from Waste Policy (2010‐2030)

policy · Made 2010-10-04

National Export Strategy

policy · Made 2009-03-17

National Five-Year Strategy to Grow Manufacturing Sector in Jamaica

policy · Made 2020-07-01

National Food Safety Policy

policy · Made 2013-01

National Forest Management and Conservation Plan

policy · Made 2001-03

National Implementation Plan for Management of POPs in Jamaica

policy · Made 2005-07

National Invasive Alien Species Strategy and Action Plan 2014-2020

policy · Made 2013

National Land Policy

policy · Made 1997

National Natural Disaster Risk Financing Policy, 2021-2026

policy · Made 2021

National Operational Action Plan for the Prevention and Control of Obesity in Children and Adolescents in Jamaica (2016-2020)

policy · Made 2016-06

National Plant Health Policy

policy · Made 2011

National Policy for Gender Equality

policy · Made 2011-03

National Policy for the Environmentally Sound Management of Hazardous Wastes

policy · Made 2017-12

National Policy on Environmental Management Systems – in pursuit of a green economy

policy · Made 2019-03

National Policy on Poverty and National Poverty Reduction Programme

policy · Made 2017-09

National Quality Policy 2017

policy · Made 2017

National School Nutrition Policy

policy · Made 2023

National School Nutrition Standards

Other · Made 2021-08

National Seed Policy and Action Plan (2018-2028)

policy · Made 2018

National Solid Waste Management Act

Act · Made 2002-04-01

National Solid Waste Management (Public Cleanliness) Regulations, 2003

Regulation · Made 2003-07-21

National Strategic and Action Plan for the Prevention and Control of Non-Communicable Diseases in Jamaica 2013-2018

policy · Made 2013

National Strategy and Action Plan on Biological Diversity in Jamaica 2016-2021

policy · Made 2016

National Water Commission Act

Act · Made 1963-08-22

National Water Sector Policy and Implementation Plan 2019

policy · Made 2018-07

Natural Resources Conservation (Ambient Air Quality Standards) Regulations, 1996

Regulation · Made 1996-12-20

Natural Resources Conservation (Ambient Air Quality Standards) (Amendment) Regulations, no. 59 of 2024

Regulation · Made 2024-03-04

Natural Resources Conservation Authority Act, 1991

Act · Made 1991-07-05

Natural Resources Conservation Authority (Air Quality) Regulations, 2002

Regulation · Made 2002

Natural Resources Conservation Authority Appeals Tribunal Rules, 1997 (No. 141 of 1997)

Regulation · Made 1997-12-19

Natural Resources Conservation Authority (Plastic Packaging Materials Prohibition) Order, 2024

Regulation · Made 2024-07-11

Natural Resources Conservation (Blue and John Crow Mountains National Park) (Declaration) Order, 1993

Regulation · Made 1993-02-26

Natural Resources Conservation (Blue and John Crow Mountains National Park) (User Fees) Regulations, 2003

Regulation · Made 2003-06-16

Natural Resources Conservation (Blue and John Crow Mountains National Park) (User Fees) (Amendment) Regulations, no. 318 of 2019

Regulation · Made 2019-12-31

Natural Resources Conservation (Coral Spring -Mountain Spring Protected Area) Order, 1998

Regulation · Made 1998-09-18

Natural Resources Conservation (Negril Environmental Protection Area) (Declaration) Order, 1997

Regulation · Made 1997-11-28

Natural Resources Conservation (Negril Marine Park) (Declaration) Order 1998 (S.I. No. 17 of 1998)

Regulation · Made 1998-03-04

Natural Resources Conservation (Palisadoes-Port Royal Protected Area) Order, 1998 (No. 73 of 1998)

Regulation · Made 1998-09-18

Natural Resources Conservation (Permits and Licences) (Amendment) Regulations 2015 (G.N. 51C of 2015)

Regulation · Made 2015-04-09

Natural Resources Conservation (Permits and Licences) Regulations 1996

Regulation · Made 1996-12-20

Natural Resources Conservation (Portland Bight Protected Area) Order 1999 (No. 60 of 1999)

Regulation · Made 1999-04-22

Natural Resources Conservation (Wastewater and Sludge) Regulations 2013 (S.I. No. 69A of 2013)

Regulation · Made 2013-04-24

Natural Resources (Hazardous Waste) (Control of Transboundary Movement) Regulations, 2002

Regulation · Made 2002-12-18

Natural Resources (Marine Parks) Regulations, 1992

Regulation · Made 1992-06-05

Natural Resources (Montego Bay Marine Park) Order, 1992

Regulation · Made 1992-06-05

Natural Resources (National Parks) Regulations, 1993

Regulation · Made 1993-02-26

Natural Resources (Ocho Rios Marine Park Protected Area) Order (No. 117 of 1999)

Regulation · Made 1999-08-16

Natural Resources (Prescribed Areas) (Prohibition of Categories of Enterprise, Construction and Development) Order, 1996

Regulation · Made 1996-12-20

Natural Resources (Prescribed Areas) (Prohibition of Categories of Enterprise, Construction and Development) (Amendment) Order, 2015 (No. 51A of 2015)

Regulation · Made 2015-04-09

New and Updated Nationally Determined Contribution NDC of Jamaica to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. (Jamaica's NDC 3.0)

policy · Made 2025-09-22

Noise Abatement Act 1997

Act · Made 1997-03-26

Nuclear Safety and Radiation Protection Act, 2015 (No. 17 of 2015)

Act · Made 2015-08-10

Occupiers' Liability Act

Act · Made 1969-10-01

Office of Utilities Regulation Act

Act · Made 1995-04-25

Office of Utilities Regulation (Amendment) Act, 2015 (No. 27 of 2015)

Act · Made 2015-11-16

Operational Plan 2014 – 2015 of the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries

policy · Made 2014-05-18

Orchid Conservation Policy Jamaica

policy · Made 2014-01

Parish Councils Act (Cap. 271)

Act · Made 1901-08-07

Parishes Water Supply Act

Act · Made 1889

Parishes Water Supply (Amendment) Act, 1974 (Act No. 49 of 1974)

Act · Made 1974-12-12

Parishes Water Supply (St. Catherine) By-Laws, 1974

Regulation · Made 1974-03-14

Parochial Water Works Charges Act

Act · Made 1913-07-25

Partition Act

Act · Made 1873-06-05

Partition Act (Increase in Jurisdiction of Resident Magistrates) Order, 20l3

Regulation · Made 2013-01-15

Partnership (General) Act, 2017 (No. 3 of 2017)

Act · Made 2017-02-08

PawPaw Ringspot Virus Order, 1994

Regulation · Made 1994-09-15

Pedro Plains (Beacon/Little Park)(Irrigation Area) Order, 2013

Regulation · Made 2013-08-13

Pesticides Act

Act · Made 1987-07-13

Pesticides (Amendment) Act 1996 (No. 3 of 1996)

Act · Made 1996-02-13

Pesticides (Amendment) Regulations, 1999 (No. 40 of 1999)

Regulation · Made 1999-03-04

Pesticides (Amendment) Regulations, 2004 (No. 86 of 2004)

Regulation · Made 2004-07-27

Pesticides Regulations, 1996

Regulation · Made 1996-01-22

Petroleum Act

Act · Made 1979-06-15

Petroleum and Oil Fuel (Landing and Storage) Act

Act · Made 1925-11-13

Pharmacy Act

Act · Made 1975-08-04

Pilotage Act

Act · Made 1975-06-02

Pink (Hibiscus) Mealybug Order, 1996

Regulation · Made 1996-10-25

Planning Institute of Jamaica Act

Act · Made 1984

Plants (Importation) Control (Amendment) Regulations, 2005 (No. 130 of 2005)

Regulation · Made 2005-10-03

Plants (Importation) Control Regulations, 1997

Regulation · Made 1997-04-22

Plants (Quarantine) Act, 1993

Act · Made 1994-09-14

Policy for the National System of Protected Areas

policy · Made 1997-11

Port Authority Act

Act · Made 1972-02-14

Poultry (Application of Act) Order, 1949

Regulation · Made 1949-05-13

Pound Act

Act · Made 1897-05-31

Poverty Reduction Strategic Plan

policy · Made 2009-06

Praedial Larcency Prevention Act

Act · Made 1983-02-28

Prescription Act

Act · Made 1882-02-25

Processed Food Act

Act · Made 1959-10-15

Processed Food (Amendment) Act, 2012 (No. 2 of 2012)

Act · Made 2012-05-24

Processed Food (Amendment) Act No. 30 of 2017

Act · Made 2017-11-20

Processed Food (Establishments) Regulations, 1959

Regulation · Made 1959-10-15

Processed Food (Exemption) Regulations, 2002

Regulation · Made 2002-10-10

Processed Food (General) Regulations, 1959

Regulation · Made 1959-10-15

Processed Food (Grades and Standards) Regulations, 1964

Regulation · Made 1964-02-28

Processed Food (Inspection and Sampling) Regulations, 1959

Regulation · Made 1959-10-15

Processed Food (Prepared Syrups) Regulations, 1974

Regulation · Made 1974-03-26

Property (Rates and Taxes) (Relief) Act

Act · Made 1972-02-04

Property Tax Act

Act · Made 1903-02-23

Property Tax (Amendment) Act, 2017 (No. 6 of 2017)

Act · Made 2017-05-10

Property (Transfer) Act

Act · Made 1845-06-30

Protection of Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture Act, 2013 (No. 1 of 2013)

Act · Made 2013-02-08

Protection of Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (Amendment) Act No. 4 of 2019

Act · Made 2019-06-11

Public Bodies Management and Accountability Act

Act · Made 2001-12-28

Public Bodies Management and Accountability (Amendment) Act 2015 (No. 3 of 2015)

Act · Made 2015-03-12

Public Bodies Management and Accountability (Information and Particulars) Regulations, 2012

Regulation · Made 2012-04-10

Public Bodies Regulations, 2015

Regulation · Made 2015-01-16

Public Gardens Regulation Act

Act · Made 2007-03-01

Public Health Act

Act · Made 1985-02-21

Public Health (Butchers) Regulations, 1989

Regulation · Made 1989-12-14

Public Health (Food Handling) (Amendment) Regulations, 2000 (No. 87A)

Regulation · Made 2000-07-25

Public Health (Food Handling) Regulations, 1998

Regulation · Made 1998-09-03

Public Health (Meat Inspection) Regulations, 1989

Regulation · Made 1989-08-15

Public Health (Nuisance) Regulations, 1995

Regulation · Made 1995-04-18

Public Health (St. Mary Parish Council) (Garbage Collection and Disposal) Regulations, 1998

Regulation · Made 1998-05-19

Public Health (Tourist Establishments) Regulations, 2000

Regulation · Made 2000-06-28

Public Procurement (Amendment) Act, no. 7 of 2025

Act · Made 2025-03-27

Public Utilities Protection Act

Act · Made 1984-11-14

Quarantine Act

Act · Made 1951-12-15

Quarries Control Act, 1983

Act · Made 1984-01-03

Quarries Control (Amendment) Act, 2015 (No. 8 of 2015)

Act · Made 2015-06-25

Rabies Regulations, 1948

Regulation · Made 1948-10-01

Real Estate (Dealers and Developers) Act

Act · Made 1988-09-01

Real Estate (Dealers and Developers) (Amendment) Regulations, 2010

Regulation · Made 2010-03-10

Real Estate (Dealers and Developers) (Code of Ethics) Regulations, 1998

Regulation · Made 1989

Real Estate (Dealers and Developers) Regulations

Regulation · Made 1988

Real Property Representative Act

Act · Made 1903-12-01

Record of Deeds, Wills and Letters Patent Act

Act · Made 1681

Registration of Titles Act

Act · Made 1889-10-01

Registration of Titles (Amendment) Act No. 5 of 2020

Act · Made 2020-06-09

Registration of Titles, Cadastral Mapping and Tenure Clarification (Special Provisions) Act

Act · Made 2005-10-14

Registration of Titles, Cadastral Mapping and Tenure Clarification (Special Provisions) (Amendment) Act No. 6 of 2020

Act · Made 2020-06-09

Registration of Titles Regulations

Regulation · Made 1914-03-24

Registration (Strata Titles) Act

Act · Made 1969-08-22

Registration (Strata Titles) (Amendment) Act, 2009 (No. 17 of 2009)

Act · Made 2009-12-29

Registration (Strata Titles) (Amendment) Act, 2013 (No. 34 of 2013)

Act · Made 2013-12-14

Registration (Strata Titles) (Amendment) Regulations, 2010

Regulation · Made 2010-03-10

Registration (Strata Titles) Regulations

Regulation · Made 1969-08-22

Rent Restriction Act

Act · Made 1944-10-09

Rice Industry Board Act

Act · Made 1956-10-01

River Rafting Act

Act · Made 1970-02-20

River Rafting Regulations

Regulation · Made 1970

Rural Agricultural Development Authority Act

Act · Made 1990-05-17

Sea Cucumber Fishery Licensing Policy Framework

policy · Made 2021-07

Settled Land Act

Act · Made 1888-06-01

Settled Land Act (Increase in Jurisdiction of Resident Magistrates) Order, 2013

Regulation · Made 2013-01-15

Shipping Act, 1998

Act · Made 1998-07-28

Shipping (Amendment) Act, 2000 (No. 15 of 2000)

Act · Made 2000-11-21

Shipping (Amendment) Act No. 15 of 2020

Act · Made 2020-12-22

Shipping (Medical Examination) Regulations No. 46A of 1998

Regulation · Made 1998-07-20

Shipping (Registration of Ships) Regulations (No. 2A of 2006), 2005

Regulation · Made 2006-03-01

Shipping (Training, Certification, Safe Manning, Hours of Work and Watchkeeping) Regulations No. 46B of 1998

Regulation · Made 1998-07-20

Social Protection Strategy 2014

policy · Made 2014-07

Social Welfare and Vulnerable Groups Sector Plan

policy · Made 2009

Special Economic Zones Act, 2016 (No. 7 of 2016)

Act · Made 2016-02-15

Standards Act

Act · Made 1985-02-21

Standards (Amendment) Act, 2012 (No. 3 of 2012)

Act · Made 2012-05-24

Standards (Declaration of Standard Method of Test for Animal Feeding Stuffs) (Determination of Calcium Content Part 2: Atomic Absorption Spectometric Method) Notice, 1998 (No. 11 of 1998)

Other · Made 1998-02-10

Standards (Declaration of Standard Method of Test for Animal Feeding Stuffs) (Determination of Crude Ash) Notice, 1998 (No. 6 of 1998)

Other · Made 1998-02-10

Standards (Declaration of Standard Method of Test for Animal Feeding Stuffs) (Determination of Ash Insoluble in Hydrochloric Acid) Notice, 1998 (No. 7 of 1998)

Other · Made 1998-02-10

Standards (Declaration of Standard Method of Test for Animal Feeding Stuffs) (Determination of Calcium Content Part 1: Titrimetric Method) Notice, 1998 (No. 8 of 1998)

Other · Made 1998-02-10

Standards (Declaration of Standard Method of Test for Animal Feeding Stuffs) (Determination of Free and Total Gossypol) Notice, 1998 (No. 9 of 1998)

Other · Made 1998-02-10

Standards (Labelling of Processed Food) Regulations, 1974

Regulation · Made 1974-09-23

Standards Marks Regulations, 1984

Regulation · Made 1984-02-06

Standards Regulations, 1983

Regulation · Made 1983-07-20

Sugar Cane Farmers (Incorporation and Cess) Act

Act · Made 1941-11-25

Sugar Cane (Minimum Price) Order, 1943

Regulation · Made 1942-11-16

Sugar Industry Control Act

Act · Made 1937-12-13

Sugar Industry Control Regulations, 1943

Regulation · Made 1943

Sugar Industry (Determination of Disputes) Regulations, 1966

Regulation · Made 1966-04-04

Sugar Industry (Quota and Export) (Licence Conditions) Regulations, 1974

Regulation · Made 1974-09-05

Sugar (Reserve Funds) Act

Act · Made 1947-01-01

Swine Fever Regulations, 1948

Regulation · Made 1948-10-01

The Agricultural Produce (Amendment) Act, no. 19 of 2023

Act · Made 2023-12-28

The Charter of Fundamental Rights and Freedoms (Constitutional Amendment) Act, 2011 (No. 12 of 2011)

Act · Made 2011-04-07

The Consumer Protection (Validation and Indemnity of Tribunal) Act, no. 07 of 2023

Act · Made 2023-06-01

The Corruption Prevention Act

Act · Made 2001-05-01

The Emergency Powers (Parish of St. James) Regulations no. 389 of 2023

Regulation · Made 2023-11-08

The Endangered Species (Protection, Conservation and Regulation of Trade) (Establishment of National Export Quota) (Conch, Strombus Gigas) Regulations, L.N. no. 73/B of 2021

Regulation · Made 2021-05-03

The Fishing Industry (Spiny Lobster) (Amendment) Regulations no. 80 A of 2021

Regulation · Made 2021-05-17

The Food Storage and Prevention of Infestation (Amendment) Act, no. 9 of 2019

Act · Made 2019-08-30

The Irrigation (Validity and Indemnity) Act, no. 11 of 2022

Act · Made 2022-12-01

The Jamaica Agricultural Commodities Regulatory Authority Regulations, 2018

Regulation · Made 2018-01-10

The Jamaica Agricultural Commodities Regulatory Authority (Cess) Regulations, 2018

Regulation · Made 2018-01-10

The Jamaica Dairy Development Board (Farm Gate Price) Order, no. 11/B of 2021

Regulation · Made 2021-02-05

The Microcredit Act, no. 1 of 2021

Act · Made 2021-01-29

The Mining (Safety and Health) Regulations, Legal Notice no. 345 of 1977

Regulation · Made 1977-12-09

The National Compliance and Regulatory Authority Act, no. 8 of 2023

Act · Made 2023-06-01

The National Minerals Policy

policy · Made 2017

The National Minerals Policy: Fostering Sustainability in Jamaica's Minerals Industry

policy · Made 2011-06

The Natural Resources Conservation Authority (Amendment) Act, no. 2 of 2025

Act · Made 2025-03-12

The Natural Resources (Marine Parks) (Amendment) Regulations no. 145A of 2015

Regulation · Made 2015-09-02

The Office of Utilities Regulation (National Water Commission (Water Supply and Sewerage Services Rates and Charges)) Order, L.N. no. 71/A of 2021

Regulation · Made 2021-04-29

The Office of Utilities Regulation (Runaway Bay Water Company Limited (Water Supply and Sewerage Services Rates and Charges)) Order, L.N. no. 71/B of 2021

Regulation · Made 2021-04-29

The Petroleum (Amendment) Act no. 7 of 2019

Act · Made 2019-08-30

The Plants (Quarantine) (Citrus Greening Disease) (Huanglongbing) Order, L.N. no. 4/2010

Regulation · Made 2010-01-19

The Plants (Quarantine) (Control of Ralstonia Solanacearum Bacterium Plant Pest) Order, L.N. no. 44/2004

Regulation · Made 2004-03-29

The Plants (Quarantine)(Frosty Pod Rot of Cocoa, Moniliophthora Roreri) Order, no. 106 of 2016

Regulation · Made 2016-09-29

The Plants (Quarantine) (Wood Packaging in International Trade) Regulations, L.N. no. 92/A of 2012

Regulation · Made 2012-07-03

The Protection of Geographical Indications Act, no. 5 of 2004

Act · Made 2004-03-25

The Protection of Geographical Indications (Amendment) Act, no. 11 of 2018

Act · Made 2018-05-04

The Protection of Geographical Indications Regulations, L. N. 119 of 2009

Regulation · Made 2009-09-08

The Public Procurement Act, no. 20 of 2015

Act · Made 2015-10-05

The Public Procurement (Amendment) Act no. 12 of 2018

Act · Made 2018-08-28

The Public Procurement (Amendment) Regulations, 2025, Resolution

Regulation · Made 2025-06-23

The Public Procurement (Reconsideration and Review) Regulations, 2018

Regulation · Made 2018-03-26

The Public Procurement Regulations, 2018

Regulation · Made 2018-03-26

The Shipping (Local Trade) Regulations No. 29 of 2003

Regulation · Made 2003-03-20

The Special Economic Zones (Amendment) Act, no. 9 of 2022

Act · Made 2022-09-30

The Trade Marks Act, no. 25 of 2001

Act · Made 1999

The Trade Marks (Amendment) Act, no. 11 of 2021

Act · Made 2021-06-30

The Trade Marks (Amendment) Act, no. 17 of 2013

Act · Made 2013-08-31

The Trade Marks Rules, Legal Notice no. 127 of 2001

Regulation · Made 2001-08-16

The Water Resources (Water Abstraction Charges) Regulations, L. N. no. 88/L of 2017

Regulation · Made 2017-05-29

The Wild Life (Declaration of shooting season) Order, L. N. no. 125 of 2017

Regulation · Made 2017-07-21

The Wild Life Protection Act

Act · Made 1945-09-20

The Wild Life Protection (Amendment) Act, no. 01 of 2025

Act · Made 2025-03-12

The Wild Life Protection (Amendment of First Schedule) Order, L.N. no. 123 of 2017

Regulation · Made 2017-07-18

The Wild Life Protection (Hunters Licences) Regulations, L. N. no. 124 of 2017

Regulation · Made 2017-07-19

The Wild Life Protection (Hunters Returns) (Amendment) Regulations, L. N. no. 122 of 2017

Regulation · Made 2017-07-18

Tobacco Industry Regulation Act

Act · Made 1970-07-08

Repealed

Tobacco Industry Regulation (Validation and Indemnity) (Repeal) Act No. 8 of 2021

Act · Made 2021-05-05

Tourist Board Act

Act · Made 1955-04-01

Tourist Board (Tourism Enterprises) Order, 1985

Regulation · Made 1985-12-10

Tourist Board (Water Sports) Regulations, 1985

Regulation · Made 1985-12-12

Towards Ocean and Coastal Zone Management Policy in Jamaica

policy · Made 2000

Town and Country Planning Act

Act · Made 1958-02-01

Town and Country Planning (Appeal Tribunal) Rules, 1997

Regulation · Made 1997-05-22

Town and Country Planning Authority (Composition, Powers and Duties) Order, 1988

Regulation · Made 1988-08-15

Town and Country Planning (Kingston and Saint Andrew and the Pedro Cays) Provisional Development Order, 2017 (S.I. No. 55 of 2017)

Regulation · Made 2017-05-08

Town and Country Planning (Manchester Parish) Provisional Development Order, 2013 (No. 56E of 2013)

Regulation · Made 2013-03-21

Town and Country Planning (Manchester Parish) Provisional Development Order, 2013 (Confirmation) Notification, 2015 (No. 56A of 2015)

Regulation · Made 2015-04-27

Town and Country Planning (Negril and Green Island Area) Provisional Development Order, 2013 (No. 56F of 2013)

Regulation · Made 2013-03-21

Town and Country Planning (Negril and Green Island Area) Provisional Development Order, 2013 (Confirmation) Notification, 2015 (No. 56A of 2015)

Regulation · Made 2015-04-27

Town and Country Planning (Negril and Green Island Area Local Planning Authority) (Validation and Integrity) Act, 2010 (No. 29 of 2010)

Act · Made 2010-08-31

Town and Country Planning (Portland Parish) Provisional Development Order, 2013 (No. 89C of 2013)

Regulation · Made 2013-06-21

Town and Country Planning (Portland Parish) Provisional Development Order, 2013 (Confirmation) Notification, 2015 (No. 56B of 2015)

Regulation · Made 2015-04-27

Town and Country Planning (Saint Mary) Provisional Development Order, 2017 (No. 41C of 2017)

Regulation · Made 2017

Town and Country Planning (Tree Preservation) Regulations, 1967

Regulation · Made 1967-07-20

Town and Country Planning (Trelawny Parish) Provisional Development Order, 2013 (No. 89B of 2013)

Regulation · Made 2013-06-21

Town and Country Planning (Trelawny Parish) Provisional Development Order, 2013 (Confirmation) Notification, 2015 (No. 61A of 2015)

Regulation · Made 2015-05-04

Towns and Communities Act

Act · Made 1843

Towns Nuisances Prevention Act (Cap. 385)

Act · Made 1887-05-21

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