Laws of Lesotho

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Abattoir Regulations 1972 (L.N. No.27 of 1972)

Regulation · Made 1972

Agricultural Marketing Act (No. 26 of 1967)

Act · Made 1967-07-06

Agricultural Marketing (Beans, Peas, Maize and Sorghum) Regulations, 1981 (L. N. No. 35 of 1981)

Regulation · Made 1981-08-21

Agricultural Marketing (Cereal and Legume Export) Regulations, 1972 (L. N. No. 33 of 1972)

Regulation · Made 1972-09-15

Agricultural Marketing (Distribution of Dairy Products) Regulations, 1992 (L.N. No. 241 of 1992)

Regulation · Made 1992-10-02

Agricultural Marketing (Egg Control) (Amendment) Regulations, 2014 (L.N. No. 10 of 2014)

Regulation · Made 2014-02-21

Agricultural Marketing (Egg Control) Regulations 1969 (L.N. No. 35 of 1969)

Regulation · Made 1969-08-29

Agricultural Marketing (Import of Maize and Maize Meal) Regulations, 1982 (L. N. No. 78 of 1982)

Regulation · Made 1982-09-24

Agricultural Marketing (Import of Sorghum) Regulations (L.N. No. 53 of 1990)

Regulation · Made 1990

Agricultural Marketing (Import of Sugar) Regulations (L. N. No. 176 of 1989)

Regulation · Made 1989

Co-operative Societies Act (No. 6 of 2000)

Act · Made 2000

Comprehensive National Agriculture Policy (CNAP) for Lesotho 2022-2026

policy · Made 2022-07

Constitution of Lesotho

Constitution · Made 1993-03-27

Declaration of Water Emergency (L. N. No. 44 of 1980)

Regulation · Made 1980-09-16

Deeds Registry Act (No. 12 of 1967)

Act · Made 1967-05-03

Disaster Management Act, 1997 (Act No. 2 of 1997)

Act · Made 1997-05-13

Emergency Food Fund Regulations, 1978 (L.N. No. 26 of 1978)

Regulation · Made 1978-12-19

Environment Act 2001

Act · Made 2001

Repealed

Environment Act 2008 (No. 10 of 2008)

Act · Made 2008

Export and Import Control Act, 1984 (No. 16 of 1984)

Act · Made 1984-06-15

Food Fortification Regulations, 2020

Regulation · Made 2020

Food Grain Self-Sufficiency Fund Regulations, 1980 (L.N. No. 51 of 1980)

Regulation · Made 1980-12-19

Forestry Act 1998 (No. 17 of 1998)

Act · Made 1998-12-18

Fresh Water Fish Regulations (No. 112 of 1951)

Regulation · Made 1951-08-13

Game Preservation Proclamation (No. 33 of 1951)

Act · Made 1951-06-08

Health Sector Strategic Plan 2012/13-2016/17

policy · Made 2013

Historical Monuments, Relics, Fauna and Flora Act, 1967 (No. 41 of 1967)

Act · Made 1967-12-13

Human Rights Commission Act, 2016 (Act 2 of 2016)

Act · Made 2016-06-03

Importation and Exportation of Livestock and Livestock Products Proclamation

Act · Made 1953-01-21

Importation and Exportation of Livestock and Livestock Products Proclamation (Amendment) Act 1984 (No.21 of 1984)

Act · Made 1984-06-19

Industrial Licensing Act, 2014 (Act 10 of 2014)

Act · Made 2014-09-05

Labour Act, 2024 (Act 3 of 2024)

Act · Made 2024-04-02

Land Act, 1979 (Act No. 17 of 1979)

Act · Made 1979

Repealed

Land Act 2010 (Act No. 8 of 2010)

Act · Made 2010

Land Administration Authority Act, 2010 (Act No. 9 of 2010)

Act · Made 2010

Land (Agricultural Lease) Regulations 1992 (L.N. No. 100 of 1992)

Regulation · Made 1992

Land (Amendment) Order, 1986 (No. 27 of 1986)

Regulation · Made 1986

Repealed

Land (Amendment) Order, 1992 (No. 6 of 1992)

Regulation · Made 1992-03-10

Repealed

Land (Amendment) Regulations 1993 (L. N. No. 96 of 1993)

Regulation · Made 1993-03-31

Land Husbandry Act, 1969 (No. 22 of 1969)

Act · Made 1969-04-23

Land Husbandry (Amendment) Act (No. 19 of 1974)

Act · Made 1975-01-14

Land Regulations 1980 (L. N. No. 15 of 1980)

Regulation · Made 1980

Lesotho Electricity and Water Authority (Resolution of Complaints for Water and Sewerage Services) Rules, 2013 (L. N. No. 102 of 2013)

Regulation · Made 2013-08-21

Lesotho Electricity and Water Authority Urban Water Quality of Service and Supply Standards 2013

Regulation · Made 2013-05-01

Lesotho Electricity and Water Authority Water and Sewage Treatment Facilities Safety Standards 2013

Regulation · Made 2013-05-01

Lesotho Electricity Authority Act (No. 12 of 2002)

Act · Made 2002

Lesotho Electricity Authority (Amendment) Act, 2006 (No. 6 of 2006)

Act · Made 2006

Lesotho Electricity Authority (Amendment) Act, 2011 (No. 6 of 2011)

Act · Made 2011

Lesotho Electricity Authority (Application for Licences) Rules, 2012 (L.N. No. 38 of 2012)

Regulation · Made 2012-06-08

Lesotho Electricity Authority (Resolution of Disputes) Rules, 2010 (L.N. No. 34 of 2010)

Regulation · Made 2010

Lesotho Energy Policy 2015-2025

policy · Made 2015

Lesotho Food And Nutrition Policy (LFNP) 2016 - 2025

policy · Made 2016

Lesotho Food and Nutrition Security Strategy and Costed Action Plan (2019–2023)

policy · Made 2019-03-25

Lesotho Highlands Development Authority Compensation Regulations 2017 (L.N. No. 9 of 2017)

Regulation · Made 2017

Lesotho Highlands Development Authority Compensation Policy Phase II

Other · Made 2016-08-25

Lesotho Highlands Development Authority Order (No. 23 of 1986)

Regulation · Made 1986-10-24

Lesotho Iodization Regulation, 1999 (L.N. No. 13 of 1999)

Regulation · Made 1999-03-10

Lesotho National Action Programme in Natural Resource Management, Combating Desertification and Mitigating the Effects of Drought

policy · Made 2015

Lesotho National Strategic Resilience Framework - (2019 – 2030) Building a Resilient and Prosperous Nation

policy · Made 2019-09

Lesotho's Second Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)

policy · Made 2024-09

Lesotho Vision 2020

policy · Made 2000

Lesotho Water and Sanitation Policy

policy · Made 2007-02

LEWA (Licence Fees and Customer Levies for Water and Sewerage Services) Regulations 2013 (L.N. No. 140 of 2013)

Regulation · Made 2013-08-21

LEWA (Resolution of Complaints for Water and Sewerage Services) Rules 2013 (L.N. No. 102 of 2013)

Regulation · Made 2013-08-21

Liremo Control Order 1970 (No. 23 of 1970)

Regulation · Made 1970-06-05

Local Government Act 1996 (No. 6 of 1997)

Act · Made 1997

Local Government (Amendment) Act 2004 (No. 5 of 2004)

Act · Made 2004

Locust Destruction Proclamation (No. 3 of 1925)

Act · Made 1925-02-27

Long-Term Water and Sanitation Strategy – Vol II, Water Sector Programme

policy · Made 2014-05

Milk Hygiene Regulations 1999

Regulation · Made 1999

Millennium Challenge Authority Act, 2008 (Act No. 1 of 2008)

Act · Made 2008

Minerals and Mining Policy 2015

policy · Made 2015

Mines and Minerals Act, 2005 (No. 4 of 2005)

Act · Made 2005

National Biosafety Policy for Lesotho

policy · Made 2005

National Climate Change Policy 2017

policy · Made 2017

National Climate Change Policy Implementation Strategy CCPIS, 2017

policy · Made 2017

National Decentralisation Policy

policy · Made 2014-02

National Development Corporation Strategic Plan (LNDC 2018-2023)

policy · Made 2018

National Environmental Policy

policy · Made 1998

National Health Policy (NHP 2017)

policy · Made 2017

National Implementation Plan for the Stockholm Convention

policy · Made 2009-02-26

National Multi-Sectoral Integrated Strategic Plan For The Prevention And Control Of Noncommunicable Diseases (NCDS): 2014-2020

policy · Made 2014

National Parks Act (No. 11 of 1975)

Act · Made 1975-08-21

National Planning Board Act 1995 (Act No. 12 of 1995)

Act · Made 1995

National Planning Board (Section 105 of the Constitution)

Act · Made 1993-02-05

National Range Resources Management Policy

policy · Made 2014

National Social Protection Strategy of Kingdom of Lesotho 2014/15 – 2018/19

policy · Made 2014

National Strategic Development Plan 2012/13 -2016/17

policy · Made 2012

National Strategic Development Plan (NSDP II) 2018/19-2022/23

policy · Made 2018

National Strategic Plan on Vulnerable Children 2012 - 2017

policy · Made 2012-08

National Strategy on Lesotho’s Biological Diversity

policy · Made 2000

Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC)

policy · Made 2017-12

Penal Code Act, 2012 (Act No. 6 of 2012)

Act · Made 2012

Poverty reduction strategy 2004/2006-2006/2007

policy · Made 2004

Prevention of Corruption and Economic Offences Act 1999 (Act No. 5 Of 1999)

Act · Made 1999

Proclamation of Monuments, Relics, Fauna and Flora (Amendment) Notice, 2004 (L.N. No. 39 of 2004)

Regulation · Made 2004-04-28

Proclamation of Monuments, Relics, Fauna and Flora (Amendment) Notice, 2006 (L.N. No. 81 of 2006)

Regulation · Made 2006

Proclamation of Monuments, Relics, Fauna and Flora (L.N. No. 36 of 1969)

Regulation · Made 1969

Protection of Fresh Water Fish Proclamation. (No. 45 of 1951)

Act · Made 1951-08-24

Public Health (COVID-19) Regulations, 2020

Regulation · Made 2020-04-04

Repealed

Public Health (COVID-19) Regulations, 2020 (L.N. No. 38 of 2020)

Regulation · Made 2020-04-22

Public Health Order (No. 12 of 1970)

Act · Made 1970

Public Health Regulations (No. 25 of 1973)

Regulation · Made 1973

Range Management and Grazing Control (Amendment) Regulations, 1986 (No. 144 of 1986)

Regulation · Made 1986

Range Management and Grazing Control (Amendment) Regulations, 1992 (No. 78 of 1992)

Regulation · Made 1992

Range Management and Grazing Control (Amendment) Regulations 1993 (No. 150 of 1992)

Regulation · Made 1993

Range Management and Grazing Control (Amendment) Regulations 1995 (No. 31 of 1995)

Regulation · Made 1995

Range Management and Grazing Control Regulations 1980 (No. 30 of 1980)

Regulation · Made 1980-09-09

Research and Innovation Policy 2021

policy · Made 2021

Sale of Game Proclamation (No. 5 of 1939)

Act · Made 1939-03-03

Stock Disease Proclamation (Title XXIII)

Act · Made 1896

Stock Theft Act, 2000 (No. 4 of 2000)

Act · Made 2000

Strategic Plan for Agricultural and Rural Statistics for Lesotho (SPARS_LES) 2019/20 - 2023/24

policy · Made 2019

The National Action Plan on Antimicrobial Resistance 2021–2026

policy · Made 2021-03

Tourism Act 2002 (No. 4 of 2002)

Act · Made 2002

Tourism (Amendment) Act, 2006 (No. 1 of 2006)

Act · Made 2006

Town and Country Planning Act (No. 11 of 1980)

Act · Made 1980-07-15

Town and Country Planning (Development) (Amendment) Regulations, 1993 (L.N. No. 111 of 1993)

Regulation · Made 1993

Town and Country Planning (Development) Order (L.N. No. 233 of 1991)

Regulation · Made 1991

Town and Country Planning (Land use and Building use Classes) Order 1991 (L.N. No. 231 of 1991)

Regulation · Made 1991

Trading Enterprises Order 1993 (No. 11 of 1993)

Act · Made 1993-03-07

Water Act, 2008 (No. 15 of 2008)

Act · Made 2008

Water Resources Act 1978 (No. 22 of 1978)

Act · Made 1978-12-11

Repealed

Water Resources Management Policy

policy · Made 1999

Water Resources Regulations 1980 (L. N. No. 22 of 1980)

Regulation · Made 1980

Weeds Eradication Act (No. 18 of 1969)

Act · Made 1969-04-23

Wild Birds Proclamation (No. 43 of 1914)

Act · Made 1914-07-20