Laws of Papua New Guinea

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380 laws on this page

2015 Papua New Guinea Development Cooperation Policy (PNG DCP)

policy · Made 2015

Agriculture Medium Term Development Plan 2020 – 2022

policy · Made 2020

Animal Disease and Control Act 1952

Act · Made 1952

Animal Disease and Control Regulations 1955

Regulation · Made 1955

Animals Act 1952

Act · Made 1952

Animals Regulation 1967

Regulation · Made 1976

Baby Feed Supplies (Control) Act 1977

Act · Made 1977

Repealed

Baby Feed Supplies (Control) Regulation 1977

Regulation · Made 1977

Barramundi Fishery Management Plan

Other · Made 2004-05-10

Beche-de-mer Fishery Management Plan

Other · Made 2001-09-10

Border Development Authority Act 2008 (No. 13 of 2008)

Act · Made 2008-10-09

Bank of Papua New Guinea — Requirements for Gold Export Licence

Regulation · to confirm · to confirm

Bread Act

Act · Made 1974

Bread Regulation

Regulation · Made 1974

Climate Change (Management) Act 2015 (No. 19 of 2015)

Act · Made 2015-11-20

Climate Change (Management) (Amendment) Act 2021 (No. 25 of 2021)

Act · Made 2022-02-07

Climate Change (Management) (Amendment) Act 2023 (No. 17 of 2023)

Act · Made 2023-10-11

Co-operative Societies Act 1982

Act · Made 1982

Co-operative Societies Regulation 2003 (S.I. No. 1 of 2003)

Regulation · Made 2003-07-10

Cocoa Act 1981

Act · Made 1981

Cocoa Regulation 1982

Regulation · Made 1982

Coffee Industry Corporation (Statutory Functions and Powers) Act 1991

Regulation · Made 1991

Conservation and Environment Protection Authority Act 2014 (No. 9 of 2014)

Act · Made 2014-05-30

Conservation and Environment Protection Authority (Amendment) Act No. 1 of 2019

Act · Made 2019

Conservation Areas Act 1978 (Cap 362)

Act · Made 1978

Repealed

Conservation Areas (Amendment) Act 2014 (No. 2 of 2014)

Act · Made 2014-04-07

Repealed

Constitution of the Independent State of Papua New Guinea (1975)

Constitution · Made 1975-09-15

Continental Shelf (Living Natural Resources) Act (Chapter 210)

Act · Made 1974

Repealed

Continental Shelf (Living Natural Resources) (Amendment) Act 1984 (No. 16 of 1984)

Act · Made 1984-06-04

Repealed

Copra Act 1953

Act · Made 1953

Copra Inspection Regulation 1953

Regulation · Made 1953

Copra Marketing Board Act 1983

Act · Made 1983

Copra Marketing Board Regulation 1985

Regulation · Made 1985

Corporate Bodies (Joint Tenancy) Act 1951 (Cap. 143)

Act · Made 1951

Crocodile Trade (Protection) Act 1974

Act · Made 1974

Crocodile Trade (Protection) (Amendment) Act 2014 (No. 5 of 2014)

Regulation · Made 2014-05-22

Crocodile Trade (Protection) Regulation 1980

Regulation · Made 1980

Customs Act 1951 (Chapter 101)

Act · Made 1951

Customs (Prohibited Imports) Regulation 1973

Regulation · Made 1973

Declaration of designated ports

Other · Made 2022-04-04

Declaration of Fishing Zone by the Governor-General

Other · Made 1978-03-17

Declaration of Sedentary Organisms

Other · Made 2022-04-04

Declaration of the baselines by method of coordinates of base points for purposes of the location of archipelagic baselines

Other · Made 2002-07-25

Disaster Management Act 1984

Act · Made 1984

District Development Authority Act 2014 (No. 40 of 2014)

Act · Made 2014-12-22

District Development Authority (Amendment) Act 2015 (No. 31 of 2015)

Act · Made 2016-01-20

DMPGM - Papua New Guinea mining fiscal regime, submission to the Tax Review Committee (June 2014)

Other · to confirm · to confirm

Dumping of Wastes at Sea Act 1979

Act · Made 1979

Repealed

Emergency (General Powers) Act No. 2 of 2018

Act · Made 2018-05-21

Environment Act 2000 (No. 64 of 2000)

Act · Made 2000

Environment (Amendment) Act 2002 (No. 12 of 2002)

Act · Made 2002-05-10

Environment (Amendment) Act 2010 (No. 6 of 2010)

Act · Made 2010-07-09

Repealed

Environment (Amendment) Act 2012

Act · Made 2012-01-19

Environment (Amendment) Act 2014 (No. 10 of 2014)

Act · Made 2014-05-30

Environment (Amendment) Act No. 49 of 2015

Act · Made 2016-11-23

Environment (Council's Procedure) Regulation 2002

Regulation · Made 2002

Environment (Fees and Charges) Regulation 2002

Regulation · Made 2002

Environment (Permits) Regulation 2002

Regulation · Made 2002

Environment (Prescribed Activities) Regulation 2002

Regulation · Made 2002

Environment (Water Quality Criteria) Regulation 2002

Regulation · Made 2002

Environmental Contaminants Act 1978

Act · Made 1978

Repealed

Environmental Contaminants (Pesticides) Regulation 1988

Regulation · Made 1988

Environmental Planning Act 1978

Act · Made 1978

Repealed

Environmental Planning Regulation 1992

Regulation · Made 1978

Essential Services Act 2002 (No. 13 of 2002)

Act · Made 2002-05-10

Export (Desiccated Coconut) Regulation 1956

Regulation · Made 1956

Export (Fish) (Amendment) Regulations (No. 21 of 1982)

Regulation · Made 1982

Export (Fish) Regulation 1953

Regulation · Made 1953

Fauna (Protection and Control) Act 1966

Act · Made 1966-04-22

Repealed

Fauna (Protection and Control) (Amendment) Act 2014 (No. 3 of 2014)

Regulation · Made 2014-04-07

Repealed

Fauna (Protection and Control) (Amendment) Act (No. 42 of 1974)

Act · Made 1974-07-23

Repealed

Fauna (Protection and Control) Bagiai Wildlife Management Area Rules 1977

Regulation · Made 1977

Fauna (Protection and Control) Balek Wildlife Sanctuary Rules 1977

Regulation · Made 1977

Fauna (Protection and Control) Crown Island Wildlife Sanctuary Rules 1978

Regulation · Made 1978

Fauna (Protection and Control) Garu Wildlife Management Area Rules 1977

Regulation · Made 1977

Fauna (Protection and Control) Maza Wildlife Management Area Rules 1979

Regulation · Made 1977

Fauna (Protection and Control) Mojirau Wildlife Management Area Rules 1978

Regulation · Made 1977

Fauna (Protection and Control) Pokili Wildlife Management Area Rules 1976

Regulation · Made 1977

Fauna (Protection and Control) Ranba Wildlife Management Area Rules 1979

Regulation · Made 1977

Fauna (Protection and Control) Regulation 1968

Regulation · Made 1977

Fauna (Protection and Control) Sawataitai Wildlife Management Area Rules 1978

Regulation · Made 1978

Fauna (Protection and Control) Siwi-Utame Wildlife Management Area Rules 1977

Regulation · Made 1977

Fauna (Protection and Control) Tonda Wildlife Management Area Rules 1976

Regulation · Made 1977

Fisheries Act 1994 (No. 21 of 1994)

Act · Made 1994-08-26

Repealed

Fisheries Act (Chapter No. 214)

Act · Made 1980-01-01

Repealed

Fisheries (Amendment) Regulation 1984

Regulation · Made 1984-12-18

Fisheries (Amendment) Regulation 1989 (S.I. No. 3 of 1989)

Regulation · Made 1989-01-07

Fisheries (Declared Fishing Zone) Act 1977 (No. 6 of 1977)

Act · Made 1977-02-07

Fisheries Management Act, 1998

Act · Made 1998-11-11

Fisheries Management (Amendment) Act, 2012 (No. 2 of 2012)

Act · Made 2012-02-23

Fisheries Management (Amendment) Act, 2015 (No. 1 of 2015)

Act · Made 2015-03-06

Fisheries (Management)(Amendment) Act 2015 (No. 51 of 2015)

Act · Made 2016-11-23

Fisheries Management (Amendment) Regulation 2016 (No. 2 of 2016)

Regulation · Made 2016-01-19

Fisheries Management Regulation 2000

Regulation · Made 2000

Fisheries Processors Act 1982 (Act No. 2 of 1982)

Act · Made 1982-02-16

Fisheries Regulation 1995 (No. 2 of 1995)

Regulation · Made 1995

Fisheries Regulation (Chapter 214)

Regulation · Made 1980-01-01

Fisheries (Torres Strait Protected Zone) Act 1984

Act · Made 1984

Fisheries (Torres Strait Protected Zone) Regulation 1987

Regulation · Made 1987

Fluoridation of Public Water Supplies Act 1965

Act · Made 1965

Fluoridation of Public Water Supplies Regulation 1966

Regulation · Made 1966

Food Sanitation Act 1991

Act · Made 1991

Food Sanitation Regulation 2007 (S. I. No. 1 of 2007)

Regulation · Made 2007

Forest Industries Council Ordinance 1973 (No. 68 of 1973)

Act · Made 1973-10-12

Repealed

Forestry (2007 Budget Amendment) Act 2006 (No. 21 of 2006)

Act · Made 2007-05-16

Forestry (2013 Budget) (Amendment) Act 2012 (No. 15 of 2012)

Act · Made 2012-01-30

Forestry Act 1991

Act · Made 1991

Forestry Act (Chapter No. 216)

Act · Made 1976

Repealed

Forestry (Amendment) Act 1993 (No. 1 of 1993)

Act · Made 1993-04-21

Forestry (Amendment) Act 2000 (No. 36 of 2000)

Act · Made 2001-01-29

Forestry (Amendment) Act 2005 (No. 3 of 2005)

Act · Made 2005-08-11

Forestry (Amendment) Act 2007 (No. 19 of 2007)

Act · Made 2007-12-12

Forestry (Amendment) Act No. 2 of 2019

Act · Made 2019

Forestry (Amendment) Act No. 4 of 2010

Act · Made 2010

Forestry (Amendment No. 2) Act 1996 (No. 27 of 1996)

Act · Made 1996-10-11

Forestry and Climate Change Framework for Action 2009–2015

policy · Made 2009

Forestry (Private Dealings) Act (Chap. No. 217)

Act · Made 1976

Repealed

Forestry (Private Dealings) Regulation (Chap. No. 217)

Regulation · Made 1976

Forestry Regulation (Chap. 216)

Regulation · Made 1976

Repealed

Forestry Regulations (No. 3 of 1998)

Regulation · Made 1998

Guidelines for Issuing Timber Authorities 1995

Other · Made 1995-03

Harbours (Amendment) Act No. 23 of 2013

Act · Made 2014-02-17

Harbours Board Act 1963

Act · Made 1963

Harbours Board (General) By-laws 1967

Regulation · Made 1967

Harbours Board (Inflammable Liquid and Dangerous Goods) By-laws 1976

Regulation · Made 1976

Imported Fish and Fishery Products Directive

Regulation · Made 2016-04-20

Independent Consumer and Competition Commission Act 2002

Act · Made 2002

Independent Consumer and Competition Commission (Amendment) Act 2014 (No. 6 of 2014)

Act · Made 2014-05-22

Independent Consumer and Competition Commission (Amendment) Act No. 9 of 2018

Act · Made 2018-09-07

Infants and Young Children's Food Supply (Control) Act 2023 (No. 18 of 2023)

Act · Made 2023-08-09

International Trade (Fauna and Flora) Act 1979

Act · Made 1979

International Trade (Fauna and Flora) (Amendment) Act 2003 (No. 33 of 2003)

Act · Made 2004-03-13

International Trade (Fauna and Flora) (Amendment) Act 2014 (No. 4 of 2014)

Act · Made 2014-04-07

International Trade (Fauna and Flora) (Fauna) Regulation 1982

Regulation · Made 1982

Interpretation Act 1975

Act · Made 1975

Interpretation (Amendment) Act 2015 (No. 52 of 2015)

Act · Made 2016-11-23

Interpretation (Application of Laws) Act 1977 (No. 3)

Act · Made 1977-02-04

Investment Promotion Act No. 8 of 1992

Act · Made 1992

Investment Promotion (Amendment) Act 2022 (No. 20 of 2022)

Act · Made 2022-05-16

Investment Promotion (Amendment) Act 2023 (No. 2 of 2023)

Act · Made 2023-01-11

Investment Promotion Regulation 1992

Regulation · Made 1992

Land Act

Act · Made 1996-08-01

Land (Amendment) Act 2015 (No. 53 of 2015)

Act · Made 2016-11-23

Land (Amendment) Act, 2016 (No. 18 of 2016)

Act · Made 2016-12-13

Land (Amendment) Act 2018 (No. 10 of 2018)

Act · Made 2018-10-17

Land (Amendment) Act 2022 (No. 53 of 2022)

Act · Made 2022-03-23

Land Commission Act 2022 (No. 47 of 2022)

Act · Made 2022-09-02

Land Disputes Settlement Act 1975

Act · Made 1974

Land Disputes Settlement Regulation 1975

Regulation · Made 1975

Land Groups Incorporation Act (Chapter 147)

Act · Made 1974

Land Groups Incorporation (Amendment) Act 2009 (No. 29 of 2009)

Act · Made 2009-03-19

Land Groups Incorporation (Amendment) Act 2018 (No. 15 of 2018)

Act · Made 2018-11-09

Land Groups Incorporation Regulation (Chapter 147)

Regulation · Made 1974

Land (Ownership of Freeholds) Act 1976

Act · Made 1964-02-20

Land (Ownership of Freeholds) Regulation 1977

Regulation · Made 1977

Land Registration Act

Act · Made 1981

Land Registration (Amendment) Act 2009 (No. 21 of 2009)

Act · Made 2009-03-19

Land Registration (Amendment) Act 2022 (No. 54 of 2022)

Act · Made 2022-10-04

Land Registration Regulation 1999

Regulation · Made 1999

Land Regulation 1999

Regulation · Made 1999

Land (Tenure Conversion) Act 1963

Act · Made 1964-02-20

Land (Tenure Conversion) Regulation 1964

Regulation · Made 1964-02-20

Land Titles Commission Act 1962

Act · Made 1962

Repealed

Landlord and Tenant (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1975

Act · Made 1975

Law of Property (Execution of Powers) Act 1975

Act · Made 1975

Lea City Authority Act 2015 (No. 11 of 2015)

Act · Made 2015-10-02

Licences Act (TNG) 1923

Act · Made 1923

Licences Regulation 1934

Regulation · Made 1934

Local-level Government Administration (Amendment) Act 2014 (No. 47 of 2014)

Act · Made 2014-12-22

Local-level Governments Administration Act 1997 (No. 33 of 1997)

Act · Made 1997

Logging Code of Practice 1996

Other · Made 1996-04

Management of Fish Aggregating Device (FAD) for the Tuna Fishery in Papua New Guinea

Other · Made 2015-08-05

Management Policy for the implementation of reference point for the Tuna Fishery in Papua New Guinea

policy · Made 2015-08-05

Manam Resettlement Authority Act 2016 (No. 2 of 2016)

Act · Made 2016-06-29

Marine Pollution (Ballast Water Control) Act 2013 (No. 31 of 2013)

Act · Made 2015-05-30

Marine Pollution (Liability and Cost Recovery) Act 2013 (No. 32 of 2013)

Act · Made 2014-05-30

Marine Pollution (Preparedness and Response) Act 2013 (No. 33 of 2013)

Act · Made 2014-05-30

Marine Pollution (Preparedness and Response)(Amendment) Act 2015 (No. 55 of 2015)

Act · Made 2016-11-23

Marine Pollution (Sea Dumping) Act No. 37 of 2013

Act · Made 2014-09-19

Marine Pollution (Ships and Installations) Act 2013 (No. 34 of 2013)

Act · Made 2014-05-30

Maritime Zones Act No. 47 of 2015

Act · Made 2015

Medicines and Cosmetics Act 1999 (No. 10 of 1999)

Act · Made 1999

Medicines and Cosmetics (Amendment) Act 2016 (No. 20 of 2016)

Act · Made 2016-12-13

Medium Term Development Plan III 2018-2022

policy · Made 2018

Medium Term Development Plan IV 2023 - 2027

policy · Made 2023

Merchant Shipping Act 1975

Act · Made 1975

Merchant Shipping (Amendment) Act 2016 (No. 21 of 2016)

Act · Made 2016-12-13

Merchant Shipping (Registration) Regulation 2014

Regulation · Made 2014-07-25

Mineral Resources Authority Act 2005 (certified copy)

Act · to confirm · to confirm

Repealed

Mineral Resources Authority Act No. 6 of 2018

Act · Made 2018-07-05

Mining Act 1992 (PacLII consolidated)

Act · to confirm · to confirm

Mining (Amendment) Act No. 58 of 2015

Act · Made 2016-11-23

Mining Development Act 1955

Act · Made 1955

Mining Development Regulation 1957

Regulation · Made 1957

Mining Regulation 1992

Regulation · Made 1992

Ministry of Mining - Ministerial update on the mining sector (c. Feb-Mar 2024)

Other · to confirm · to confirm

MRA - Alluvial Mining Policy (PDF)

Other · to confirm · to confirm

MRA - Launch of Resource Evaluation Code of Practice for alluvial mining (Sep 2024)

Act · to confirm · to confirm

MRA - Minister Dilu to present stakeholders' views on the proposed National Gold Corporation (16 May 2024)

Other · to confirm · to confirm

MRA - Permitting (types of tenement)

Other · to confirm · to confirm

MRA - PM Hon Marape on the National Gold Corporation Bill (16 May 2024)

Other · to confirm · to confirm

MRA - Scheduled Fees

Other · to confirm · to confirm

MRA - State revenue does not reflect mineral export volume, law reform is needed (16 May 2024)

Act · to confirm · to confirm

Mt Hagen City Authority Act 2015 (No. 12 of 2015)

Act · Made 2015-10-02

Mulitaka Resettlement Authority Act 2024 (No. 24 of 2024)

Act · Made 2024-12-23

National Action Plan on Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) 2019 - 2023

policy · Made 2019-08

National Action Plan to eliminate Child Labour in Papua New Guinea

policy · Made 2015-04-14

National Agricultural Research Institute Act 1996

Act · Made 1996-09-18

National Agriculture and Livestock Implementation Plan 2024-2033 Downstream processing and commercialization

policy · Made 2023-11

National Agriculture Development Plan 2007-2016

policy · Made 2007

National Agriculture Quarantine and Inspection Authority Act 1997

Act · Made 1997

National Agriculture Sector Plan (NASP) 2024-2033

policy · Made 2024-02-10

National Aquaculture Development Policy 2004

policy · Made 2004

National Beche-de-mer Fishery Management Plan 2018

Other · Made 2018-06-06

National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan 2007

policy · Made 2007-10

National Capital District Commission (Land Tax) Regulation 1991

Regulation · Made 1991

National Capital District Water Supply and Sewerage Act 1996 (No. 19 of 1996)

Act · Made 1996

Repealed

National Cultural Property (Preservation) Act 1965

Act · Made 1978

National Cultural Property (Preservation)(Amendment) Act 2015 (No. 59 of 2015)

Act · Made 2016-11-23

National Cultural Property (Preservation) Regulation

Regulation · Made 1965

National Development Bank Act 2007 (No. 5 of 2007)

Act · Made 2007-06-18

National Energy Authority Act No. 6 of 2021

Act · Made 2021-06-10

National Energy Authority (Amendment) Act 2023 (No. 11 of 2023)

Act · Made 2023-08-09

National Fish Aggregating Device Management Policy

policy · Made 2002

National Fisheries Authority Mandatory Measures to Mitigate the Spread of the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) (Circular 09/20)

Regulation · Made 2020-03-23

National Food Security Policy 2018-2027

policy · Made 2018

National Forest Plan

policy · Made 2007

National Forest Policy

policy · Made 1991-09

National Health Administration Act No. 35 of 1997

Act · Made 1997

National Health Plan 2011 - 2020

policy · Made 2010-06

National Implementation Plan for management of persistent organic pollutants in Papua New Guinea

policy · Made 2006

National Institute of Standards and Industrial Technology Act No. 21 of 1993

Act · Made 1993

National Land Registration Act 1977

Act · Made 1977

Repealed

National Marine Aquarium Fishery Management and Development Plan 2015

policy · Made 2015-03-27

National Maritime Safety Authority Act 2003

Act · Made 2003

National Maritime Safety Authority (Amendment) Act No. 60 of 2015

Act · Made 2016-11-23

National Medicines Policy 2014

policy · Made 2014-03

National Mud Crab Fishery Management Plan 2019

Other · Made 2019-09-17

National Oceans Policy 2020 - 2030

policy · Made 2020

National Pandemic Act 2020 (Act No. 8 of 2020)

Act · Made 2020-06-16

National Parks Act 1982

Act · Made 1982

Repealed

National Parks and Gardens Ordinance (No. 70 of 1966)

Act · Made 1966-07-11

National Parks By-laws 1974

Regulation · Made 1974

National Parks Regulation 1984

Regulation · Made 1984

National Petroleum Authority Act 2025 (No. 1 of 2025)

Act · Made 2025-03-28

National Plan of Action on Sharks and Rays 2021 – 2024

policy · Made 2021-07-02

National Policy for Women and Gender Equality 2011 – 2015

policy · Made 2011

National Procurement Act No. 12 of 2018

Act · Made 2018

National Public Service - Gender Equity & Social Inclusion (GESI) Policy

policy · Made 2013

National REDD+ Development Guidelines

policy · Made 2023-07

National REDD+ Strategy of Papua New Guinea for the period of 2017 – 2027

policy · Made 2017-03-27

National Seas Act 1977

Act · Made 1977

National Shark Longline Management Plan 2002

Other · Made 2003-02-27

National Social Protection Policy 2015 - 2020

policy · Made 2015-03

National Strategy for Responsible Sustainable Development for Papua New Guinea (StaRS) 2nd Edition

policy · Made 2014-01

National Sustainable Land Use Policy for Papua New Guinea

policy · Made 2014

National Sustainable Land Use Policy for Papua New Guinea 2022-2032

policy · Made 2023

National Trade Act No. 3 of 2023

Act · Made 2023-01-19

National Tuna Fishery Management and Development Plan

policy · Made 2014-09-25

National Water Supply and Sanitation Act 2016 (No. 52 of 2016)

Act · Made 2017-01-26

National Water Supply and Sanitation (Amendment) Act 2020 (No. 18 of 2020)

Act · Made 2020-11-02

National Water Supply and Sewerage Act 1986

Act · Made 1986

Repealed

Notice of designated fisheries ports in Papua New Guinea

Regulation · Made 2024-03-13

Notice of prohibition of fishing activity

Regulation · Made 2022-04-02

Notice of prohibition of taking sedentary organisms

Regulation · Made 2022-04-02

Offshore Seas Proclamation 1978

Other · Made 1978-03-28

Oil and Gas Act 1998

Act · Made 1998

Oil and Gas Act (Amendment) Act 2015 (No. 7 of 2015)

Act · Made 2015-08-12

Oil and Gas Act (Amendment) Act 2016 (No. 25 of 2016)

Act · Made 2016-12-13

Oil and Gas (Amendment) Act 2025 (No. 2 of 2025)

Act · Made 2025-03-28

Oil and Gas Regulation 1999

Regulation · Made 1999

Oil and Gas Regulation, 2002

Regulation · Made 2002

Oil Palm Industry Corporation Act 1992

Act · Made 1992

Organic Law on Provincial Governments and Local-level Governments

Act · Made 1995

Organic Law on Provincial Governments and Local-Level Governments (Amendment) (No. 13) Law 2014

Act · Made 2014-05-14

Packaging Act

Act · Made 1974

Packaging Regulation 1975

Regulation · Made 1975

Palm Oil Industry Stabilization Funds Act 1983

Act · Made 1983

Papua New Guinea Development Strategic Plan 2010-2030

policy · Made 2010-03

Papua New Guinea E-agriculture Strategy

policy · Made 2018-03

Papua New Guinea Fisheries Strategic Plan 2021–2030

policy · Made 2021

Papua New Guinea Mid Term Development Plan 2011-2015

policy · Made 2010-10

Papua New Guinea - National Biodiversity Strategic Action Plan 2019-2024

policy · Made 2019

Papua New Guinea National Climate Compatible Development Management Policy

policy · Made 2014-08-04

Papua New Guinea National Environmental Management Strategy 2021-2025

policy · Made 2020

Papua New Guinea National Nutrition Policy 2016-2026

policy · Made 2016

Papua New Guinea National Trade Policy 2017 - 2032

policy · Made 2017-07

Papua New Guinea Planning and Monitoring Responsibility Act 2016

Act · Made 2016

Papua New Guinea Policy on Protected Areas

policy · Made 2014-10

Papua New Guinea Preparedness and Response Plan (Covid-19)

policy · Made 2020-03-02

Papua New Guinea’s Enhanced Nationally Determined Contribution 2020

policy · Made 2020-12

Papua New Guinea's Intended Nationally Determined Contribution (INDC) Under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

policy · Made 2015-09

Papua New Guinea’s National Adaptation Plan

policy · Made 2023

Papua New Guinea's National Biosafety Framework

policy · Made 2005-10-20

Papua New Guinea Standard on Fish and Fishery Product

Regulation · Made 2019-12-18

Papua New Guinea Vision 2050

policy · Made 2009-11

Papua New Guinea Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WaSH) Policy 2015-2030

policy · Made 2015

Petroleum (Submerged Lands) Act 1967

Act · Made 1967-11-22

Physical Planning Act 1989

Act · Made 1989

Physical Planning (Amendment) Act 2016 (No. 27 of 2016)

Act · Made 2016-12-13

Physical Planning (Amendment) Act 2022 (No. 55 of 2022)

Act · Made 2022-03-23

Physical Planning (Consequential Amendment) Act 1989 (No. 33 of 1989)

Act · Made 1989-12-04

Physical Planning Regulation 1990

Regulation · Made 1990

Plant Disease and Control Act 1953 (Cap. 220)

Act · Made 1953

Plant Disease and Control Regulation 1956 (Cap. 220)

Regulation · Made 1956

Poisons and Dangerous Substances Act 1952

Act · Made 1952

Poisons and Dangerous Substances Regulation 1953

Regulation · Made 1952

Prevention of Pollution of the Sea Act 1979

Act · Made 1979

Repealed

Prevention of Pollution of the Sea Regulation 1980

Regulation · Made 1980

Repealed

Procedures of the identification, scaling and reporting (including royalty self-assessment) on logs harvested from natural forest logging operations

Other · Made 1996-09-26

Protected Areas Act (No. 9 of 2024)

Act · Made 2024-02-20

Protected Areas Policy Implementation Plan 2018-2028

policy · Made 2017-11

Protection of the Sea (Shipping Levy) Act 2004 (No. 8 of 2003)

Act · Made 2003-11-11

Provincial Governments Administration Act 1997 (No. 7 of 1997)

Act · Made 1997

Provincial Governments and Local-Level Governments (Consequential Amendment) Act 1995 (No. 17 of 1995)

Act · Made 1995-09-19

Public Health Act 1973

Act · Made 1973

Public Health (Amendment) Act 1998 (No. 22 of 1998)

Act · Made 1998-08-06

Public Health (Amendment) Act 2015 (No. 44 of 2015)

Act · Made 2016-02-09

Public Health (Amendment) Act 2020 (No. 3 of 2020)

Act · Made 2020-04-09

Public Health (Dairy Farms) Regulation 1973

Regulation · Made 1973

Public Health (Drinking Water) Regulation 1984

Regulation · Made 1984

Public Health (Sanitation and General) Regulation 1973

Regulation · Made 1973

Public Health (Septic Tanks) Regulation 1973

Regulation · Made 1973

Public Health (Sewerage) Regulation 1973

Regulation · Made 1973

Public Health (Underground Water Tanks) Regulation 1973

Regulation · Made 1973

Public Notice of closure of license applications for the live mud crab and fish maw fishery in Gulf and Western Provinces

Regulation · Made 2020

Public Notice on the establishment of tuna effort limits in Archipelagic Waters and Exclusive Economic Zone

Regulation · Made 2015

Public Private Partnership Act 2014 (No. 30 of 2014)

Act · Made 2014-10-21

Public Private Partnership (Amendment) Act 2022 (No. 4 of 2022)

Act · Made 2022-03-04

Public Private Partnership (Amendment) Act 2023 (No. 14 of 2023)

Act · Made 2023-08-09

Quarantine Act 1953

Act · Made 1953

Quarantine Regulation 1956

Regulation · Made 1956

Roadmap for coastal fisheries and marine aquaculture for Papua New Guinea: 2017–2026

policy · Made 2017

Rubber Act

Act · Made 1953

Repealed

Rubber Industry Development Act 2022 (No. 49 of 2022)

Act · Made 2022-04-21

Rubber Regulation 1954

Regulation · Made 1982

Rural Development Bank Act 1965

Act · Made 1965

Repealed

Rural Development Bank Regulation 1967

Regulation · Made 1967

Sale of Stolen Cattle Prevention Act 1960

Act · Made 1960

Slaughtering Act 1964

Act · Made 1964

Slaughtering (Amendment) Act 1991 (No. 4 of 1991)

Act · Made 1991-05-30

Slaughtering (Amendment) Act 2003 (No. 1 of 2003)

Act · Made 2003-05-16

Slaughtering Regulation 1965

Regulation · Made 1964

Small and Medium Enterprises Corporation Act 2014 (No. 32 of 2014)

Act · Made 2014-10-21

Small Craft Act No. 23 of 2011

Act · Made 2011

Spice Industry Act 1989

Regulation · Made 1989

Customs (Prohibited Exports) Regulation 1963 [Chapter 101B]

Regulation · PNG Customs Service

Strata Title Act 2022 (No. 56 of 2022)

Act · Made 2022-10-04

Strata Title (Management) Act 2022 (No. 57 of 2022)

Act · Made 2022-03-23

Survey Act 1969

Act · Made 1969

Survey (Amendment) Act 2016 (No. 28 of 2016)

Act · Made 2016-12-13

Survey (Amendment) Act 2022 (No. 59 of 2022)

Act · Made 2022-03-23

Survey Co-ordination Act 1967

Act · Made 1967

Survey Co-ordination (Amendment) Act 2022 (No. 60 of 2022)

Act · Made 2022-03-23

Survey Co-ordination Regulation 1969

Regulation · Made 1969

Survey Regulation 1970

Regulation · Made 1970

Torres Strait and Western Province Tropical Rock Lobster Fishery Management Plan

Other · Made 2002

Torres Strait Treaty (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 1984 (No. 26 of 1984)

Act · Made 1984-06-04

Repealed

Tourism Promotion Authority Act 1993

Regulation · Made 1993

Trade Wastewater Policy

policy · Made 2018-02-22

Trial Fishing Policy

Other · Made 2001-10

Tuna Resources Management Act (Chapter No. 224)

Act · Made 1977

Repealed

Unconventional Hydrocarbons Act 2015 (No. 41 of 2015)

Act · Made 2016-02-05

Underlying Law Act No. 13 of 2000

Act · Made 2000-08-18

United Nations Paris Agreement (Implementation) Act 2016 (No. 4 of 2016)

Act · Made 2016

Valuation Act 1967

Act · Made 1967

Valuation (Amendment) Act 2016 (No. 32 of 2016)

Act · Made 2016-12-13

Valuation (Amendment) Act 2022 (No. 61 of 2022)

Act · Made 2022-10-04

Valuation Regulation 1967

Regulation · Made 1967

Veterinary Surgeons Act 1966 (Cap. 98)

Act · Made 1966

Veterinary Surgeons Regulation 1967 (Cap. 98)

Regulation · Made 1967

Village Courts Act 1989

Act · Made 1989

Village Courts (Amendment) Act 2014 (No. 33 of 2014)

Act · Made 2014-10-21

Village Courts (Amendment) Act 2014 (No. 7 of 2014)

Act · Made 2014-05-22

Village Courts (Amendment) Act 2018 (No. 8 of 2018)

Act · Made 2018-07-19

Village Courts (Amendment) Regulation 1989 (No. 8 of 1989)

Regulation · Made 1989

Village Courts Regulation 1974

Regulation · Made 1974

Water Resources Act 1982

Act · Made 1982

Repealed

Water Resources Regulation 1982

Regulation · Made 1982

Whaling Act

Act · Made 1974