Laws of Tonga

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Act of Constitution of Tonga

Constitution · Made 1875-11-01

Act of Constitution of Tonga (Amendment), Act 10 of 2018

Act · Made 2021-07-29

Act of Constitution of Tonga (Amendment) Act 1997

Act · Made 1997

Act of Constitution of Tonga (Amendment) Act 2010 (Act 14 of 2010)

Act · Made 2010-05-06

Act of Constitution of Tonga (Amendment) Act 2021

Act · Made 2021

Act of Constitution of Tonga (Amendment) (No. 2) Act 2010

Act · Made 2010-11-24

Act of Constitution of Tonga (Amendment) (No. 3) Act 2010 (Act No. 39 of 2010)

Act · Made 2010-09-20

Administration of Estates Act 1925

Act · Made 1925-04-09

Agricultural Commodities Export Act 2002

Act · Made 2002-10-29

An Act to amend the Act of Constitution of Tonga (Act No. 2 of 2009)

Act · Made 2009-06-29

Animal Diseases Act

Act · Made 1979-09-28

Animal Diseases (Amendment) Act 2002 (No. 10 of 2002)

Act · Made 2002-07-22

Anti-Corruption Commissioner Act No. 13 of 2007

Act · Made 2007-09-13

Aquaculture Management Act, 2003 (Act No. 15 of 2003)

Act · Made 2003-11-18

Aquaculture Management (Amendment) Act 2005 (No. 12 of 2005)

Act · Made 2006-01-10

Aquaculture Management (Amendment) Act 2009 (No. 22 of 2009)

Act · Made 2010-03-02

Aquaculture Management Regulations

Regulation · Made 2008-09-16

Repealed

Aquaculture Management Regulations 2020

Regulation · Made 2022-06-08

Aquaculture Management Regulations 2022

Regulation · Made 2024-05-07

Biosafety Act 2009 (No. 19 of 2009)

Act · Made 2010-03-02

Birds and Fish Preservation Act

Act · Made 1903

Birds and Fish Preservation (Amendment) Act, 1974 (Act No. 24)

Act · Made 1974-09-17

Birds and Fish Preservation (Amendment) Act, 1989 (Act No. 20 of 1989)

Act · Made 1989-12-22

Business Licences Act 2002 (No. 23 of 2002)

Act · Made 2002-12-23

Business Licences (Amendment) Act 2012 (No. 21 of 2012)

Act · Made 2012-11-21

Business Licences (Amendment) Regulations 2010

Regulation · Made 2010-10-13

Repealed

Business Licences Regulations 2012

Regulation · Made 2012-12-18

Business Licenses Regulations 2007

Regulation · Made 2007-03-23

Repealed

Civil Law Act

Act · Made 1966-10-18

Co-operative Societies Act

Act · Made 1973-12-19

Co-operative Societies Rules

Regulation · Made 1973

Consumer Protection Act No. 15 of 2000

Act · Made 2000-11-07

Consumer Protection (Amendment) Act 2009 (No. 26 of 2009)

Act · Made 2009

Consumer Protection (Product Safety & Labelling Standards) Regulations (CAP. 17.04.01 Regulation 1)

Regulation · Made 2006

Continental Shelf Act (Cap. 63)

Act · Made 1970

Repealed

Continental Shelf (Repeal) Act 2009 (No. 18 of 2009)

Act · Made 2009-01-20

Copra Act

Act · Made 1926-07-26

Corporate Plan 2014/15 – 2016/17

policy · Made 2014

Criminal Offences Act

Act · Made 1926-09-06

Crown Proceedings Act

Act · Made 1961-11-02

Disaster Risk Management Act (No. 11 of 2021)

Act · Made 2021-08-25

Diseases of Plants Regulations

Regulation · Made 1964-12-22

District and Town Officers Act (Cap. 3)

Act · Made 1930-08-08

District and Town Officers (Amendment) Act 2012.(No. 20 of 2012)

Act · Made 2012-11-21

Districts (Animal Enclosure) (Amendment) Regulations 2015

Regulation · Made 2016-01-07

Districts (Animal Enclosure) Regulations 2009

Regulation · Made 2009-04-23

Electricity Act 2007 (No. 11 of 2007)

Act · Made 2007-09-13

Repealed

Electricity (Amendment) Act 2010 (No. 37 of 2010)

Act · Made 2010-09-24

Repealed

Emergency Fund Act (CAP 26.22)

Act · Made 2008

Emergency Management Act 2007 (No. 14 of 2007)

Act · Made 2007-09-13

Repealed

Emergency Management (Amendment) Act 2014 (No. 14 of 2014)

Act · Made 2014-12-03

Repealed

Emergency Powers Act

Act · Made 1959-09-14

Energy Act 14 of 2021

Act · Made 2021-11-22

Environment Management Act 2010 (No. 27 of 2010)

Act · Made 2010-08-27

Environment Management (Amendment) Act 2015 (No. 6 of 2015)

Act · Made 2015-10-15

Environment Management (Litter and Waste Control) Regulations 2016

Regulation · Made 2016

Environmental Impact Assessment Act 2003 (Act No. 16 of 2003)

Act · Made 2003-11-18

Environmental Impact Assessment Regulations 2010

Regulation · Made 2010

Fisheries Act 1989 (Act No. 18)

Act · Made 1989-10-18

Repealed

Fisheries (Amendment) Act 1993 (Act No. 19 of 1993)

Act · Made 1993-10-27

Repealed

Fisheries (Coastal Communities) (Amendment) Regulations 2016

Regulation · Made 2016-12-14

Fisheries (Coastal Communities) (Amendment) Regulations 2017

Regulation · Made 2017

Fisheries (Coastal Communities) (Amendment) Regulations 2023

Regulation · Made 2022-02-10

Fisheries (Coastal Communities) Regulations 2009

Regulation · Made 2009

Fisheries (Conservation and Management) Regulations 1994

Regulation · Made 1994-09-20

Fisheries (Fishing Vessels) Licensing Regulations 2020

Regulation · Made 2020-06-08

Fisheries (Limu Tanga’u) Regulations 2009

Regulation · Made 2009-10-29

Fisheries (Local Fishing) Regulations 1995 (No. 5 of 1995)

Regulation · Made 1995-05-31

Fisheries (Local Fishing) Regulations 2009

Regulation · Made 2009-04-29

Fisheries Management Act 2002 (No. 26 of 2002)

Act · Made 2004-11-12

Fisheries Management (Amendment) Act No. 11 of 2004

Act · Made 2004-12-21

Fisheries Management (Amendment) Act No. 20 of 2009

Act · Made 2009-10-29

Fisheries Management (Conservation) (Amendment) Regulations 2013

Regulation · Made 2013-10-01

Fisheries Management (Conservation) (Amendment) Regulations 2014

Regulation · Made 2014-10-21

Fisheries Management (Conservation) Regulations 2008

Regulation · Made 2008-06-06

Fisheries Management (Processing and Export)(Amendment) Regulations 2010

Regulation · Made 2010-10-06

Fisheries Management (Processing and Export) Regulations 2008

Regulation · Made 2008-06-06

Fisheries Regulations 1992

Regulation · Made 1992

Fisheries (Vessel Monitoring System) Regulations 2009

Regulation · Made 2009-05-27

Food Act 2014 (No. 18 of 2014)

Act · Made 2014-10-16

Repealed

Food Act No. 3 of 2020

Act · Made 2020-10-29

Foreign Investment Regulations 2006

Regulation · Made 2006

Forest Produce Regulations

Regulation · Made 1979

Forests Act

Act · Made 1961-11-02

Form for Application for Allotment (CAP. 132G)

Other · Made 1947-01-23

Fruit Export (Buttercup Squash) (Amendment) Regulations 1994 (GS 5 of 1994)

Regulation · Made 1994-10-13

Fruit Export (Buttercup Squash) Regulations 1993 (GS 2 of 1993)

Regulation · Made 1993-08-03

Fruit Export (Vanilla) Regulations 1993 (GS 1 of 1993)

Regulation · Made 1993-07-22

Garbage Act

Act · Made 1949-06-11

Government Act

Act · Made 1903

Government (Amendment) Act 2010 (No. 22 of 2010)

Act · Made 2010-11-24

Government (Amendment) Act (No. 35 of 2002)

Act · Made 2004-03-17

Government (Amendment) (No. 2) Act 2010 (No. 22 of 2010)

Act · Made 2010

Government (Hihifo District Villages) Regulations 2000 (GS 8A of 2000)

Regulation · Made 2000-08-24

Harbours Act

Act · Made 1903

Harbours (Amendment) Act 1990 (No. 14 of 1990)

Act · Made 1990-10-11

Harbours (Amendment) Act (No. 11 of 1998)

Act · Made 1998-10-29

Harbours (Amendment) Act (No. 24 of 1992)

Act · Made 1992-12-14

Harbours (Amendment No. 1) Act 1994 (No. 5 of 1994)

Act · Made 1994-06-23

Harbours (Amendment No. 2) Act 1992 (No. 30 of 1992)

Act · Made 1992-11-17

Harbours (Amendment No. 2) Act 1994 (No. 3 of 1994)

Act · Made 1994-06-23

Hazardous Wastes and Chemicals Act 2010 (No. 28 of 2010)

Act · Made 2010-08-27

Health Services Act 1991

Act · Made 1991-02-04

Infested Areas Declarations

Other · Made 1965-04-22

Joint National Action Plan On Climate Change Adaptation And Disaster Risk Management 2010–2015

policy · Made 2010-07

Joint National Action Plan on Climate Change and Disaster Risk Management 2018-2028

policy · Made 2018-05

Kingdom of Tonga National Plan of Action for Sharks 2014-2016

policy · Made 2013-11

Land Act

Act · Made 1927-08-23

Land (Amendment) Act 1993 (Act No. 18 of 1993)

Act · Made 1994-01-03

Land (Amendment) Act 1997 (Act No. 3 of 1997)

Act · Made 1997-06-17

Land (Amendment) Act 1999 (No. 19 of 1999)

Act · Made 1999-12-14

Land (Amendment) Act 1999 (No. 8 of 1999)

Act · Made 1999-07-01

Land (Amendment) Act 2002 (No. 16 of 2002)

Act · Made 2002-12-20

Land (Amendment) Act 2013 (No. 1 of 2013)

Act · Made 2013-04-23

Land (Amendment) Act (No 13 of 1990)

Act · Made 1990-08-08

Land (Amendment) Act (No. 18 of 1991)

Act · Made 1992-02-04

Land (Amendment) Act (No 23 of 1991)

Act · Made 1992-02-04

Land Court Rules 1991

Regulation · Made 1991-11-14

Land (Occupation by Aliens) Regulations (CAP. 132A)

Regulation · Made 1929-03-08

Land (Quarry) Regulations

Regulation · Made 1985

Land (Removal of Sand) Regulations

Regulation · Made 1936-03-27

Land (Timber) Regulations

Regulation · Made 1943

Larcency Act 1916

Act · Made 1916-10-31

Law of Property Act 1925

Act · Made 1925-04-09

Marine Pollution Prevention Act (No. 8 of 2002)

Act · Made 2005-01-17

Marine Pollution Prevention (Amendment) Act 2009 (No. 14 of 2009)

Act · Made 2010-01-20

Maritime Zones Act 2009 (No. 10 of 2009)

Act · Made 2010-04-23

Market Notice No. 1 of 1995 (GS 10B of 1995)

Regulation · Made 1995-12-20

Market Notice No. 2 of 1995 (GS 10B of 1995)

Regulation · Made 1995-12-14

Market Regulations

Regulation · Made 1971

Markets Act

Act · Made 1976-01-30

Meteorology Act 2017 (No. 1 of 2017)

Act · Made 2017-03-30

Minerals Act

Act · Made 1949-11-25

Miscellaneous Amendments (General) Act 2010 (No. 46 of 2010)

Act · Made 2010-10-01

Miscellaneous Amendments (Privy Council) Act 2010 (No. 42 of 2010)

Act · Made 2010-10-01

National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan

policy · Made 2006

National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan to 2030

policy · Made 2018

National Coastal Fishery Management and Development Plan 2023 - 2026

policy · Made 2022-11-14

National Forest Policy for Tonga

policy · Made 2009-12

National Implementation Plan of Tonga for the Stockholm Convention on persistent organic pollutants

policy · Made 2009

National Plan of Action for Nutrition 1995

policy · Made 1995

National Sea Cucumber Fishery Management and Development Plan

policy · Made 2007

National Sea Cucumber Fishery Management and Development Plan 2021

policy · Made 2021-05-17

National Spatial Planning and Management Act 2012 (No. 7 of 2012)

Act · Made 2012-09-17

National Strategy for Prevention and Control of Non-Communicable Diseases 2015-2020

policy · Made 2014-08

Niuatoputapu Villages Regulations 2000 (GS 8B of 2000)

Regulation · Made 2000-08-24

Notice on Prescribed Treatment for Bunchy Top (Cap. 127C)

Other · Made 1968-09-26

Noxious Weeds Act

Act · Made 1917-09-04

Occupier's Liability Act 1984

Act · Made 1984-03-13

Ozone Layer Protection Act 2010 (No. 23 of 2010)

Act · Made 2010-08-27

Ozone Layer Protection (Amendment) Act 2014 (No. 2 of 2014)

Act · Made 2014-06-19

Ozone Layer Protection (Amendment) Act (No. 4 of 2021)

Act · Made 2021-08-10

Parks and Reserves Act

Act · Made 1977-03-31

Personal Property Securities Act 2010 (No. 33 of 2010)

Act · Made 2010-09-20

Personal Property Securities Regulations 2011

Regulation · Made 2011

Pesticides Act 2002 (Act No. 7 of 2002)

Act · Made 2002-10-29

Petroleum Act

Act · Made 1959-09-14

Repealed

Petroleum (Amendment) Act 1997 (No. 20 of 1997)

Act · Made 1998-01-14

Repealed

Petroleum Mining Act

Act · Made 1970-01-30

Petroleum Mining Regulations

Regulation · Made 1985

Petroleum Regulations

Regulation · Made 1960

Plant Quarantine Act

Act · Made 1982-08-31

Plant Quarantine (Amendment) Act, 2009 (No. 21 of 2009)

Act · Made 2009-03-02

Plant Quarantine (Amendment) Act (No. 10 of 1995)

Act · Made 1995-10-12

Plant Quarantine (Fees) Regulation 1997 (GS 7 of 1997)

Regulation · Made 1997-10-31

Plant Quarantine Regulations 1995

Regulation · Made 1995-12-14

Plant Quarantine (Squash and Vanilla) (Fees) Regulations

Regulation · Made 1997

Ports Authority Act (No. 8 of 1998)

Act · Made 1998-10-29

Ports Authority (Provision of Information by Ships’ Masters) Code of Practice 2006 (GS 5 of 2006)

Other · Made 2006-04-06

Ports Management Act (No. 26 of 2001)

Act · Made 2002-09-21

Pounds and Animals Act

Act · Made 1918-09-26

Pounds and Animals (Amendment) Act (No. 10 of 1989)

Act · Made 1989-10-18

Proclamation concerning the Teleki Tokelau and Teleki Tonga Islands of 15 June 1972

Other · Made 1972-06-15

Proclamation of Noxious Weeds by the Prime Minister

Other · Made 1929

Prohibited Areas Ordinance

Act · Made 1957-03-22

Protection of Geographical Indications Act 2002 (No. 17 of 2002)

Act · Made 2002-12-23

Protection of Geographical Indications Regulations

Regulation · Made 2009

Public Enterprises Act 2002 (Act No. 25 of 2002)

Act · Made 2002-10-21

Public Finance Management Act No. 27 of 2002

Act · Made 2002

Public Health Act

Act · Made 1916-09-23

Repealed

Public Health Act 1992

Act · Made 1993-05-18

Public Health (Amendment) Act 2002 (No. 6 of 2002)

Act · Made 2002-07-16

Public Health (Amendment) Act 2005 (No. 13 of 2005)

Act · Made 2006-01-10

Public Health (Amendment) (No. 2) Act 2002 (No. 40 of 2002)

Act · Made 2004-03-17

Public Health (Bakeries and Bread Vendors) Regulations

Regulation · Made 1940

Public Health (Meat) Regulations

Regulation · Made 1967

Public Health (Mosquito Control) Regulations

Regulation · Made 1938

Public Procurement (Amendment) Regulations 2020

Regulation · Made 2021-01-15

Public Procurement Regulations

Regulation · Made 2015

Quarantine Act

Act · Made 1928-04-15

Refuse Dumping Ground Regulations

Regulation · Made 1936

Registration of Environmental Impact Assessment Consultant's Regulations 2021

Regulation · Made 2021-12-01

Renewable Energy Act 2008 (No. 10 of 2008)

Act · Made 2009-06-01

Repealed

Renewable Energy (Amendment) Act (No. 9 of 2009)

Act · Made 2010-03-30

Repealed

Restaurants and Food Store Regulations

Regulation · Made 1940

Rhinoceros Beetle Act

Act · Made 1912-09-21

Royal Estates Act (Cap. 6)

Act · Made 1927-08-12

Royal Proclamation concerning boundaries of the Kingdom of Tonga

Act · Made 1887-08-24

Sandalwood Regulations 2016

Regulation · Made 2016-06-16

Sanitary Superintendence Regulations

Regulation · Made 1929

Seabed Minerals Act 2014 (No. 10 of 2014)

Act · Made 2014-08-20

Shipping Act (CAP. 22.09)

Act · Made 1973-02-28

Shipping (Amendment) Act 1999 (No. 20 of 1999)

Act · Made 1999-11-03

Shipping (Amendment) Act 2001 (No. 23 of 2001)

Act · Made 2001-07-11

Shipping (Amendment) Act 2002 (No. 38 of 2002)

Act · Made 2002-03-17

Shipping (Amendment) Act 2003 (No. 11 of 2003)

Act · Made 2003-09-11

Shipping (Amendment) Act (No.6 of 2022)

Act · Made 2022-10-26

Shipping (International Ship and Port Facility Security) Regulations 2004

Regulation · Made 2004

Shipping (Registration) (Amendment) Regulations 2003 (GS 25 of 2003)

Regulation · Made 2003

Shipping (Registration) Regulations 2002

Regulation · Made 2002

Special Management Area Order (GS No. 20 of 2004)

Regulation · Made 2004-10-15

Stowage of Gear Regulations (G. 4 of 1974)

Regulation · Made 1974-01-31

Talamahu Market Regulations 1995 (GS 10A of 1995)

Regulation · Made 1995-12-20

Territorial Sea and Exclusive Economic Zone Act, 1978

Act · Made 1979-06-25

Territorial Sea and Exclusive Economic Zone Act 1978 (Amendment) Act, 1989 (Act No. 19 of 1989)

Act · Made 1989-11-09

Tonga Agriculture Sector Plan 2016-2020

policy · Made 2016

Tonga Aquaculture Commodity Development Plan 2010-2014

policy · Made 2010

Tonga Climate Change Fund Act No. 5 of 2021

Act · Made 2021-08-24

Tonga Climate Change Fund Regulations 2024

Regulation · Made 2024-09-13

Tonga Climate Change Policy - A Resilient Tonga by 2035

policy · Made 2016-02

Tonga Deepwater Fishery Management Plan 2017-2019

policy · Made 2017-03

Tonga Deepwater Snapper Fishery Management and Development Plan 2020 - 2023

policy · Made 2020-01

Tonga Development Bank Act

Act · Made 1977-08-31

Repealed

Tonga Development Bank Act 2014 (No. 9 of 2014)

Act · Made 2014-08-20

Tonga Development Bank (Amendment) Act 1991 (No. 12 of 1991)

Act · Made 1991-10-25

Repealed

Tonga Development Bank (Amendment) Act 2002 (No. 21 of 2002)

Act · Made 2002-12-23

Repealed

Tonga Electric Power Board Act

Act · Made 1949-10-24

Repealed

Tonga Electric Power Board (Amendment) Act 2000 (No. 25 of 2000)

Act · Made 2000-11-07

Repealed

Tonga Electric Power Board (Amendment) Act 2002 (No. 4 of 2002)

Act · Made 2002-10-14

Repealed

Tonga Electric Power Board (Amendment) Act 2003 (No. 23 of 2003)

Act · Made 2003-11-18

Repealed

Tonga Electric Power Board (Repeal) Act 2007 (No. 12 of 2007)

Act · Made 2007-09-13

Tonga Fisheries Sector Plan 2016-2024 (TFSP)

policy · Made 2016

Tonga Low Emission Development Strategy 2021-2050

policy · Made 2021-11

Tonga Marine Aquarium Fishery Management and Development Plan 2017-2019

policy · Made 2017-06

Tonga Marine Aquarium Fishery Management and Development Plan 2020 - 2021

policy · Made 2020-03

Tonga Millennium Development Goals, Final Report September 2015

policy · Made 2015-09

Tonga National Aquaculture Management & Development Plan (2014 – 2019)

policy · Made 2014-06

Tonga National Fisheries Policy 2018

policy · Made 2018-03

Tonga National Implementation Plan for Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) of 2020

policy · Made 2020-01

Tonga National Invasive Species Strategy and Action Plan 2013-2020

policy · Made 2013

Tonga National Marine Seaweed (Limutanga’u) Fisheries Management and Development Plan 2012- 2013

policy · Made 2012-10

Tonga National Multisectoral Plan on Antimicrobial Resistance 2017-2022

policy · Made 2017

Tonga National Tuna Fisheries Management and Development Plan (2015–2017)

policy · Made 2015-02

Tonga’s Intended Nationally Determined Contributions

policy · Made 2015-12-04

Tonga’s Second Nationally Determined Contribution 2020

policy · Made 2020-12

Tonga Strategic Development Framework (2015-2025)

policy · Made 2015-05

Tonga Tourism Authority Act 2012 (No. 25 of 2012)

Act · Made 2013-01-04

Tonga Water Board Act 2000 (Act No. 32 of 2000)

Act · Made 2001-08-08

Tourist Act

Act · Made 1977-01-01

Repealed

Tourist (Amendment) Act 1990 (No. 16 of 1990)

Act · Made 1990-11-07

Repealed

Tourist (Amendment) Act (No. 6 of 1993)

Act · Made 1993-08-26

Repealed

Town Regulations Act

Act · Made 1903

Village Regulations

Regulation · Made 1957

Waste Management Act, 2005 (No. 11 of 2005)

Act · Made 2006-01-10

Waste Management (Amendment) Act 2009 (No. 25 of 2009)

Act · Made 2010-04-23

Waste Management (Amendment) Act 2014 (No. 16 of 2014)

Act · Made 2014-10-16

Waste Management (Plastic Levy) Regulations 2013

Regulation · Made 2013-07-01

Water Resources Act 2020 (No. 2 of 2020)

Act · Made 2020-10-21

Water Supply Regulations

Regulation · Made 1963

Whale Watching and Swimming Act 2008 (No. 22 of 2008)

Act · Made 2008-10-28

Whale Watching and Swimming Regulations 2013

Regulation · Made 2013-03-17

Whaling Industry Act

Act · Made 1935-07-03

Repealed

Wharves Act (CAP. 22.12)

Act · Made 1903

Wills Act, 1837 (C. 26)

Act · Made 1837-07-03

Wills Amendment Act 1852

Act · Made 1852-06-17