Laws of Nauru

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Administration of Estates Act 1925 (15 16 Geo. 5 c 23)

Act · Made 1925-04-09

Agricultural Quarantine Act 1999 (No. 5 of 1999)

Act · Made 1999-10-08

Agricultural Quarantine (Amendment) Act 2023

Act · Made 2023-06-07

Agricultural Quarantine (Animals Import) Regulations 2008

Regulation · Made 2009-01-07

Repealed

Agricultural Quarantine (Fees) Regulations (S.L No. 12 of 2015)

Regulation · Made 2015-09-24

Animal Regulations 2000

Regulation · Made 2001-02-07

Animals Act 1982 (Act No.6 of 1982)

Act · Made 1982-08-23

Animals (Amendment) Regulations 2008

Regulation · Made 2009-01-07

Animals (Forms) Regulations 1982

Regulation · Made 1982-09-16

Coastal Fisheries and Aquaculture Act No. 12 of 2020

Act · Made 2020-06-04

Constitution of Nauru

Constitution · Made 1968

Consumer Protection Act 2024 (No. 5 of 2024)

Act · Made 2024-08-20

Custom and Adopted Laws Act 1971 (No. 11 of 1971)

Act · Made 1972-01-05

Custom and Adopted Laws (Amendment) Act 1972 (No. 15 of 1972)

Act · Made 1972-08-18

Custom and Adopted Laws (Amendment) Act 1976 (No. 22 of 1976)

Act · Made 1976-11-10

Custom and Adopted Laws (Amendment) (No. 2) Act 1976 (No. 23 of 1976)

Act · Made 1976-11-10

Development Fund Act 2011 (No. 10 of 2011)

Act · Made 2011-06-22

Disaster Risk Management Act 2008 (No. 15 of 2008)

Act · Made 2008-12-18

Repealed

Environmental Management and Climate Change Act No. 34 of 2020

Act · Made 2020-10-23

Environmental Management and Climate Change (Asbestos Management) Regulations 2024 (SL 32)

Regulation · Made 2024-10-30

Environmental Management and Climate Change (Ban on Single Use Plastic Shopping Bags) Regulations 2021

Regulation · Made 2021-04-23

Environmental Management and Climate Change (Notices) Regulations (SL No. 12 of 2021)

Regulation · Made 2021-06-22

Fisheries Act 1997 Notice S.I. No. 16

Other · Made 2015-11-11

Fisheries Act (No. 18 of 1997)

Act · Made 1997-06-13

Fisheries (Amendment) Act (No. 18 of 2017)

Act · Made 2017-08-03

Fisheries (Amendment) Regulations 2010

Regulation · Made 2010

Fisheries Management Act 2024 (No. 9 of 2024)

Act · Made 2024-08-20

Fisheries (PNA Third Implementing Arrangement) (Amendment) Regulations 2010

Regulation · Made 2010

Fisheries (PNA Third Implementing Arrangement) (Amendment) Regulations 2015 (SL No. 11 of 2015)

Regulation · Made 2015-09-24

Fisheries (PNA Third Implementing Arrangement) Regulations 2009

Regulation · Made 2009

Fisheries Regulations 1998

Regulation · Made 1998

Fishing Licence (FAD closure) Regulations 2009

Regulation · Made 2009

Food Safety Act (No. 4 of 2005)

Act · Made 2005-08-02

Food Safety (Prohibited Imports) Regulations 2016 (SL No. 13 of 2016)

Regulation · Made 2016-06-10

Repealed

Food Safety (Prohibited Imports) (Repeal) Regulations 2025 (SL No.4 of 2025)

Regulation · Made 2025-02-20

Foreign Trusts, Estates and Wills Act 1972 (No. 7 of 1972)

Act · Made 1972-02-17

Framework for Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster Risk Reduction

policy · Made 2015

Intended Nationally Determined Contribution (INDC)

policy · Made 2015

International Seabed Minerals Act 2015 (No. 26 of 2015)

Act · Made 2015-10-23

Repealed

Interpretation Act 1971

Act · Made 1972-01-05

Interpretation (Amendment) Act 1997

Act · Made 1997

Intestates' Estates Act 1952 (15 16 GEO. 6 1 ELIZ. 2, c, 64)

Act · Made 1952-10-30

Lands Act 1976 (Act No. 13 of 1976)

Act · Made 1976-09-23

Larcency Act 1916 (6 and 7 Geo. 5, c. 50)

Act · Made 1916-10-31

Law of Property Act 1925 (15 Geo. 5, c. 20)

Act · Made 1925-04-09

Litter Prohibition Act 1983 (No. 6 of 1983)

Act · Made 1983-10-14

Litter Prohibition (Amendment) Act 2014 (No. 11 of 2014)

Act · Made 2014-08-20

Marine Resources Act 1978 (No. 8 of 1978)

Act · Made 1978-09-15

Repealed

Maritime Security Act 2021

Act · Made 2019-12-20

Maritime Security Regulations 2021

Regulation · Made 2021-08-27

National Disaster Risk Management Act 2016 (No. 2 of 2017)

Act · Made 2017-01-26

National Disaster Risk Management (Amendment) Act 2020

Act · Made 2020

National Heritage Act (No. 23 of 2017)

Act · Made 2017-09-14

National Multi-sectoral Plan on Antimicrobial Resistance for Nauru 2021-2025

policy · Made 2021

National Social Protection Strategy 2022–2032

policy · Made 2022-05

National Sustainable Development Strategy 2005-2025

policy · Made 2005

National Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Implementation Plan

policy · Made 2012-06

National Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Policy

policy · Made 2012-02-07

Native Administration Ordinance 1922 (No. 17 of 1922)

Act · Made 1922-10-24

Repealed

Native Co-operative Societies Ordinance 1935 (No. 2 of 1935)

Act · Made 1935-02-02

Repealed

Nauru Antiquities Ordinance 1935 (No. 3 of 1935)

Act · Made 1935

Repealed

Nauru Climate Smart Agriculture Plan (NaCSAP) 2021-2025

policy · Made 2021-05

Nauru Economic and Climate Resilience Citizenship Act 2024 (No. 15 of 2024)

Act · Made 2024-08-20

Nauru Economic and Climate Resilience Citizenship (Amendment) Regulations 2025 (SL No. 2 of 2025)

Regulation · Made 2025-01-10

Nauru Fisheries and Marine Resources Authority Act 1997

Act · Made 1997

Nauru Fisheries & Marine Resources Authority (Amendment) Act (No. 9 of 2016)

Act · Made 2016-01-29

Nauru Lands Committee (Amendment) Act 2012 (No. 9 of 2012)

Act · Made 2012-10-10

Nauru Lands Committee Ordinance 1956-1963

Act · Made 1956-08-23

Nauru Meteorology Services Act 2024 (No. 6 of 2024)

Act · Made 2024-08-20

Nauru’s Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan

policy · Made 2010

Nauru Seabed Minerals Authority Act 2024 (No. 13 of 2024 )

Act · Made 2024-08-20

Nauru Small Business Enterprises Act 2025

Act · Made 2025-04-09

Nauru Utilities Corporation Act 2011 (No. 13 of 2011)

Act · Made 2011-06-24

Nauru Utilities Corporation (Amendment) Act 2016 (No. 7 of 2016)

Act · Made 2016-01-29

Nauru Utilities Corporation Regulations, 2012 (SL No. 5 of 2012)

Regulation · Made 2012-10-17

Nuclear Test Ban 2014 (No. 327 of 2014)

Act · Made 2014-02-27

Ozone Layer Protection Act (No. 25 of 2017)

Act · Made 2017-11-24

Plant and Animal Quarantine (Amendment) Regulations 2023

Regulation · Made 2023-02-28

Plant and Animals Quarantine Regulations 2004

Regulation · Made 2004-09-03

Plant & Animal Quarantine Regulations 2004

Regulation · Made 2008-07-24

Port Authority Act 2006 (No. 4 of 2006)

Act · Made 2006-06-17

Repealed

Port Authority Act 2015 (No. 9 of 2015)

Act · Made 2015-05-12

Port Authority (Amendment) Act 2014 (No. 6 of 2014)

Act · Made 2006-05-21

Repealed

Port Authority (Amendment) Act 2016 (No. 6 of 2016)

Act · Made 2016-01-29

Port Authority (Amendment) Act (No. 18 of 2019)

Act · Made 2019-07-12

Ports And Navigation Act 2019

Act · Made 2019-12-20

Ports and Navigation (Infringement Notices) Regulations 2021

Regulation · Made 2021-08-27

Regulations governing Fishing in Lagoons 1936 (Administration Order No. 4 of 1936)

Regulation · Made 1936-08-01

Regulations governing Intestate Estates 1938 (Administration Order No. 3 of 1938)

Regulation · Made 1938-03-19

Republic of Nauru National Implementation Plan for Persistent Organic Pollutant (POPs)

policy · Made 2010

Republic of Nauru Updated Nationally Determined Contribution 2025-2035

policy · Made 2025

RONWAN Consolidation Act 2014 (No. 23 of 2014)

Act · Made 2014-10-29

RONWAN Finalisation Act 2014 (No. 19 of 2014)

Act · Made 2014-09

Sea Boundaries Act (No. 16 of 1997)

Act · Made 1997

Sea Boundaries Proclamation 1997

Other · Made 1997-08-12

Shipping Licences Act 2012 (No. 28 of 2012)

Act · Made 2012-12-21

Shipping Registration Act (No. 7 of 1968)

Act · Made 2011-04-15

Repealed

Shipping Registration (Amendment) Act No. 17 of 2017

Act · Made 2017-08-03

Repealed

Shipping (Registration of Foreign Vessels) Act (No. 2 of 2018)

Act · Made 2017-01-26

Repealed

Statute Law Revision Act 2011 - Part 2: Validation and Transitional Provisions (No. 8 of 2011)

Act · Made 2011-04-15

Statute Law Revision Act 2011 - Part CUA of Schedule 1 – Amendment of the Custom and Adopted Laws Act 1971 (No. 8 of 2011)

Act · Made 2011-04-15

Statute Law Revision Act 2011 - Part DIS of Schedule 1 – Amendment of the Disaster Risk Management Act 2008 (No. 8 of 2011)

Act · Made 2011

Repealed

Statute Law Revision Act 2011 - Part FI of Schedule 1 – Amendment of the Fisheries Act 1997 (No. 8 of 2011)

Act · Made 2011-04-15

Statute Law Revision Act 2011 - Part FO of Schedule 1 – Amendment of the Foreign Trusts, Estates and Wills Act 1972 (No. 8 of 2011)

Act · Made 2011-04-15

Statute Law Revision Act 2011 - Part LAN of Schedule 1 – Amendment of the Lands Act 1976 (No. 8 of 2011)

Act · Made 2011-04-15

Statute Law Revision Act 2011 - Part NA of Schedule 1 – Amendment of the Nauru Antiquities Ordinance 1935-1967 (No. 8 of 2011)

Act · Made 2011-04-15

Repealed

Statute Law Revision Act 2011 - Part NLC of Schedule 1 – Amendment of the Nauru Lands Committee Act 1956 (No. 8 of 2011)

Act · Made 2011-04-15

Statute Law Revision Act 2011 - Part SC of Schedule 1 – Amendment of Succession, Probate and Administration Act 1976 (No. 8 of 2011)

Act · Made 2011-04-15

Statute Law Revision Act 2011 - Part WI of Schedule 1 – Amendment of the Wild Birds Preservation Ordinance 1937-1967 (No. 8 of 2011)

Act · Made 2011-04-15

Statute Law Revision Act 2011 - Repeal of Ordinance and Acts (No. 8 of 2011)

Act · Made 2011-04-15

Succession, Probate and Administration Act 1976 (Act No. 21 of 1976)

Act · Made 1976-10-29

Tourism Corporation Act (No. 2 of 2019)

Act · Made 2019-03-22

Trademarks Act 2019

Act · Made 2019-07-12

Trustee Act 1925

Act · Made 1925-04-09

Updated Nationally Determined Contribution

policy · Made 2021

Vessel Registration Act 2024

Act · Made 2024

Wild Birds Preservation Ordinance 1937 (No. 14 of 1937)

Act · Made 1937-11-30