Laws of Vanuatu

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393 laws on this page

2021-2023 Department of Climate Change Strategic Plan

policy · Made 2020

Abattoirs Act (Cap. 99)

Act · Made 1977

Repealed

Agreement on port state measures to prevent, deter and eliminate illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing (Ratification) Act No. 23 of 2013

Act · Made 2014-01-14

Agricultural Fee Regulation (Order No. 177 of 2021)

Regulation · Made 2021-09-29

Agricultural Fees Act (Cap. 74)

Act · Made 1973

Agricultural Fees (Amendment) Act (No. 6 of 2002)

Act · Made 2002

Agricultural Fees Regulation (Amendment) Order (No. 75 of 2013)

Regulation · Made 2013-05-29

Agricultural Fees Regulations (Cap. 74)

Regulation · Made 1973

Agricultural Fees Regulations (No. 99 of 2012)

Regulation · Made 2012-07-26

Agriculture Act No. 17 of 2018

Act · Made 2018-08-28

Agriculture (Amendment) Act No.25 of 2024

Act · Made 2024-12-05

Alienated Lands Act (Cap. 145)

Act · Made 1982

Animal Disease (Control) Act 1992 (Cap. 220)

Act · Made 1992-12-16

Animal Disease (Control) (Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations (Cap. 220)

Regulation · Made 2000-10-16

Animal Disease (Control) (Stock Feeds) Regulation (Cap. 220)

Regulation · Made 2002-11-25

Animal Importation and Quarantine Act (CAP. 201)

Act · Made 1988-06-13

Animal Importation and Quarantine (Amendment) Act 2014 (No. 37 of 2014)

Act · Made 2014-12-19

Animal Importation and Quarantine (Amendment) Act (No. 45 of 1989)

Act · Made 1989-07-12

Animal Importation and Quarantine Regulations (Amendment) Order 2006 (No. 32 of 2006)

Regulation · Made 2006-08-25

Animal Importation and Quarantine Regulations (Cap. 201)

Regulation · Made 1994-06-13

Animal Imports Act (Cap. 98)

Act · Made 1977

Repealed

Aquaculture Development Plan 2008-2013

policy · Made 2008

Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal, Rotterdam Convention on Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade and Minamata Convention on Mercury (Ratification) Act No. 9 of 2018

Act · Made 2018-07-06

Brucellosis (Eradication) Act (Cap. 102)

Act · Made 1977

Repealed

Bureau of Standards Act No. 14 of 2016

Act · Made 2017-04-18

Business Licence Act [Cap 249]

Act · Made 1998-08-01

Butcheries Act (Cap. 100)

Act · Made 1977

Repealed

Cattle (Export) Act (Cap. 97)

Act · Made 1977-09-22

Cattle (Slaughter, Spaying and Castration) Act (Cap. 103)

Act · Made 1979-11-30

Cattle Trespass Act (Cap. 15)

Act · Made 1941

Closed Districts Act

Act · Made 1941-07-01

Co-operative Societies Act (Cap. 152)

Act · Made 1982-07-20

Co-operative Societies Rules (Cap. 152)

Regulation · Made 1987

Cocoa Act (Cap. 139)

Act · Made 1981-02-01

Cocoa (Amendment) Act 1992 (No. 29 of 1992)

Act · Made 1992-12-16

Cocoa Regulations (Cap. 139)

Regulation · Made 1982

Conservation and Measurement Measure for Deep-Bottom Fish Fishery Order 2012 (No. 87 of 2012)

Regulation · Made 2012-07-02

Constitution of Vanuatu

Constitution · Made 1979

Control of Nocturnal Noise Act (Cap. 40)

Act · Made 1965-10-26

Convention on the Conservation and the Management of High Sea Fisheries Resources in the North Pacific Ocean (Ratification) Act No. 18 of 2016

Act · Made 2016-12-20

Copra Inspection Act (Cap. 32)

Act · Made 1964-01-28

Custom Land Management Act (No.33 of 2013)

Act · Made 2013

Custom Land Management (Amendment) Act (No. 12 of 2014)

Act · Made 2014-06-19

Customary Land Tribunal Act (Cap. 271)

Act · Made 2001-12-03

Repealed

Customary Land Tribunal (Amendment) Act (No. 2 of 2011)

Act · Made 2011-08-23

Repealed

Customary Land Tribunal (Repeal) Act 2013 (No. 34 of 2013)

Act · Made 2014-01-16

Customs Act No. 7 of 2013

Act · Made 2013-11-04

Customs (Amendment) Act No. 3 of 2019

Act · Made 2019-06-24

Customs (Prohibited Export) Regulations Order 2014 (No. 114 of 2014)

Regulation · Made 2014-06-16

Customs (Prohibited Import) Regulations Order 2014 (No. 115 of 2014)

Regulation · Made 2014-06-16

Decentralization Act

Act · Made 1994-07-11

Decentralization (Amendment) Act No. 12 of 2019

Act · Made 2019-12-23

Decision No. 015: Request for a state of emergency for purposes of strengthening prevention and containment measures in response to the Covid-19 pandemic

Other · Made 2020-03-24

Decision No. 016: Vanuatu Government Recommended Financial and Economic Stimulus - Covid-19

Other · Made 2020-03-30

Declaration of Marine Reserve (Espiritu Santo Island) (Cap. 315)

Regulation · Made 1983-11-21

Declaration of Matnakara Water Protection Zone (Tagabe River) (Cap 281)

Regulation · Made 2004-07-12

Declarations of Prescribed Commodities for purposes of the Vanuatu Commodities Marketing Board Act (Cap. 133)

Regulation · Made 1982

Definition of Land Boundaries Act (Cap. 14)

Act · Made 1941-01-13

Department of Climate Change Strategic Plan 2021-2023

policy · Made 2020

Derelict Vessel (Disposal) Act (Cap. 9)

Act · Made 1923

Development Bank of Vanuatu Act (Cap. 169)

Act · Made 1983

Development Bank of Vanuatu (Amendment) Act (No. 19 of 1989)

Act · Made 1989-06-19

Disaster Risk Management Act (No. 23 of 2019)

Act · Made 2019-12-23

Disaster Risk Reduction and Disaster Management National Action Plan (2006-2016)

policy · Made 2006-05

Electricity Supply (Amendment) Act No. 13 of 2010

Act · Made 2010-12-30

Electricity Supply (Amendment) Act No. 37 of 2019

Act · Made 2020-01-10

Electricity Supply (CAP. 65)

Act · Made 1972-03-24

Environmental Impact Assessment Regulations (Amendment) Order 2012 (G.N. No. 102 of 2012)

Regulation · Made 2012-07-17

Environmental Impact Assessment Regulations (G.N. No. 175 of 2011)

Regulation · Made 2011

Environmental Management and Conservation Act - Act 12 of 2002 (Cap. 283)

Act · Made 2002

Environmental Management and Conservation (Amendment) Act (No. 28 of 2010)

Act · Made 2010-12-30

Environmental Management and Conservation (Amendment) Act No. 6 of 2019

Act · Made 2019-06-24

Eradication of Bovine Tuberculosis Act (Cap. 59)

Act · Made 1970

Repealed

Essential Commodities Act (Cap. 76)

Act · Made 1973

Explosives Act (Cap. 6)

Act · Made 1917

Expropriation for Public Utility Act [Cap 36]

Act · Made 1964-09-17

Female Cattle (Prohibition of Slaughter and Spaying) Regulations (Cap. 103)

Regulation · Made 1980

Fencing Act (Cap. 13)

Act · Made 1941

Fisheries Act 1982

Act · Made 1982

Repealed

Fisheries Act (Cap. 315)

Act · Made 2005-12-30

Repealed

Fisheries Act (No. 10 of 2014)

Act · Made 2014-06-19

Fisheries (Amendment) Act (No. 2 of 1989)

Act · Made 1989-04-13

Repealed

Fisheries (Amendment) Act No. 38 of 2019

Act · Made 2020-01-10

Fisheries (Coconut Crabs) Regulations (Cap. 315)

Regulation · Made 1991-08-05

Fisheries (Consequential Repeals) Act No. 22 of 1983

Act · Made 1983

Fisheries (Registration of Foreign Fishing Vessels) Order

Regulation · Made 0000

Fisheries (Registration of Foreign Fishing Vessels) Order (Cap. 315)

Regulation · Made 1983-09-01

Fisheries Regulations (Amendment) Order 2012 (S.I. No. 181 of 2012)

Regulation · Made 2012-12-19

Fisheries Regulations (Amendment) Order 2012 (S.I. No. 182 of 2012)

Regulation · Made 2012-12-19

Fisheries Regulations (Amendment) Order 2012 (S.I. No. 88 of 2012)

Regulation · Made 2012-07-02

Fisheries Regulations (Amendment) Order 2013 (S.I. No. 141 of 2013)

Regulation · Made 2013-10-03

Fisheries Regulations (Amendment) Order 2013 (S.I. No. 26 of 2013)

Regulation · Made 2013-02-01

Fisheries Regulations (Amendment) Order 2014 (S.I. No. 11 of 2014)

Regulation · Made 2014-02-03

Fisheries Regulations (Cap. 315)

Regulation · Made 1983-09-01

Repealed

Fisheries Regulations Order, 2009

Regulation · Made 2009-03-20

Food (Control) Act 1993 (Cap. 228)

Act · Made 1993-06-21

Food (Control) Act (Cap. 128)

Act · Made 1981

Repealed

Food (Control) Act - Penalty Notice Regulation Order 2010 (No. 54 of 2010)

Regulation · Made 2010-07-26

Food (Control) (Amendment) Act (No. 27 of 2009)

Act · Made 2009-10-19

Food (Control) Regulation 2007 (No. 37 of 2007)

Regulation · Made 2007

Foreign Fishing License Fees and Locally-Based Foreign Fishing Vessel License Fees Order 2011 (S.I. No. 220 of 2011)

Regulation · Made 2011-11-30

Foreign Investment Act No.25 of 2019

Act · Made 2019-12-23

Foreign Investment (Amendment) Act No. 32 of 2021

Act · Made 2021-12-10

Foreshore Development Act (Cap. 90)

Act · Made 1975

Foreshore Development (Amendment) Act 2013 (No. 17 of 2013)

Act · Made 2013-10-14

Foreshore Development (Amendment) Act No. 11 of 2019

Act · Made 2019-12-23

Forest Policy 2013 – 2023

policy · Made 2013-01

Forestry (2014 Sandalwood Harvesting Season) Order 2014 (No. 128 of 2014)

Regulation · Made 2014-07-08

Repealed

Forestry Act (Cap. 147)

Act · Made 1982-07-26

Repealed

Forestry Act (Cap. 276)

Act · Made 2001-12-30

Repealed

Forestry Act No. 31 of 2019

Act · Made 2019-12-23

Forestry (Amendment) Act 1993 (No. 15 of 1994)

Act · Made 1993-06-21

Repealed

Forestry (Amendment) Act 1994 (No. 21 of 1994)

Act · Made 1994

Repealed

Forestry (Amendment) Act 1997 (No. 11 of 1997)

Act · Made 1997

Repealed

Forestry (Control of Mobile Sawmills) Regulations (Cap. 276)

Regulation · Made 1996-08-05

Forestry (Management and Control of Sandalwood Trade and Exports) Regulations (Cap. 276)

Regulation · Made 1997-02-03

Forestry (Management and Control of Sandalwood Trade and Exports) Order 2008 (No. 62 of 2008)

Regulation · Made 2008-12-15

Forestry (Maximum Annual Quantity for Harvesting Sandalwood) Order 2006 (No. 24 of 2006)

Regulation · Made 2006-07-15

Forestry Regulations (Cap. 147)

Regulation · Made 1984-01-01

Repealed

Forestry Regulations (Cap. 276)

Regulation · Made 2003

Forestry (Restriction on the Felling of Sandalwood) (Cap. 276)

Regulation · Made 1999-05-27

Repealed

Forestry (Restriction on the Felling of Sandalwood) (Repeal) Order 2006 (No. 25 of 2006)

Regulation · Made 2006-07-15

Forestry Rights Registration and Timber Harvest Guarantee (Amendment) Act 2012 (No. 8 of 2012)

Act · Made 2012-05-30

Repealed

Forestry Rights Registration and Timber Harvest Guarantee Act (No. 28 of 2000)

Act · Made 2000-09-12

Repealed

Form for the Application for Approval for Change of Lease Type Order 2014 (No. 161 of 2014)

Regulation · Made 2014-08-22

Form for the Application for Approval for Rural subdivision (Rural Lands) Order 2014 (No. 160 of 2014)

Regulation · Made 2014-08-22

Form for the Application for Lease on State Land (Urban) Order 2014 (No. 158 of 2014)

Regulation · Made 2014-09-01

Form for the Application for Negotiators Certificate Order 2014 (No. 159 of 2014)

Regulation · Made 2014-08-22

Freehold Titles Act (Cap. 233)

Act · Made 1994-12-28

General Conditions for Foreign Fishing Vessels and and Locally Based Foreign Fishing Vessels (2) (Cap. 315)

Regulation · Made 2003-12-22

General Conditions for Foreign Fishing Vessels and Locally Based Foreign Fishing Vessels (1) (Cap. 315)

Regulation · Made 2003-12-04

Geographical Indications (Wine) Act (Cap. 269)

Act · Made 2000-05-03

Geothermal Act No. 40 of 2019

Act · Made 2020-07-16

Geothermal Energy Act [Cap 197]

Act · Made 1987-08-10

Repealed

Geothermal Energy (Prospecting Licences) Regulations

Regulation · Made 1987

Government Act (CAP 243)

Act · Made 1998-08-24

Government (Amendment) Act No. 42 of 2019

Act · Made 2020-01-10

Government Contracts and Tenders (Amendment) Act No. 44 of 2019

Act · Made 2020-01-10

Government Contracts and Tenders (CAP 245)

Act · Made 1998-09-21

Import of Goods (Control) Act (Cap. 176)

Act · Made 1984-06-18

Import of Plants Act (Cap. 34)

Act · Made 1964

Industrial Development Act No. 19 of 2014

Act · Made 2014-06-19

Industrial Hemp and Medical Cannabis Act No. 31 of 2021

Act · Made 2021-12-10

Intended Nationally Determined Contribution (INDC) of Vanuatu

policy · Made 2016

International Trade (Fauna and Flora) Act (Cap. 210)

Act · Made 1991-02-11

International Trade (Fauna and Flora) Regulations (Cap. 210)

Regulation · Made 1991-02-11

Kava Act (No. 7 of 2002)

Act · Made 2002

Land Acquisition Act (Cap. 215)

Act · Made 1992-11-26

Land Acquisition (Amendment) Act 2014 (No. 31 of 2014)

Act · Made 2014-12-19

Land Acquisition (Amendment) Act (No. 34 of 2000)

Act · Made 2000-09-12

Land Acquisition (Amendment) Act No. 5 of 2017

Act · Made 2017-06-30

Land Leases Act (Cap. 163)

Act · Made 1984-03-01

Land Leases (Amendment) Act 1995 (Act No. 2 of 1995)

Act · Made 1995

Land Leases (Amendment) Act, 2003 (No. 24 of 2003)

Act · Made 2003-12-01

Land Leases (Amendment) Act, 2004 (No. 11 of 2004)

Act · Made 2004-12-30

Land Leases (Amendment) Act, 2006 (No. 35 of 2006)

Act · Made 2006-12-28

Land Leases (Amendment) Act, 2007 (No. 5 of 2007)

Act · Made 2007-07-10

Land Leases (Amendment) Act, 2014 (No. 31 of 2014)

Act · Made 2014-12-19

Land Leases (Amendment) Act, 2016 (No. 10 of 2016)

Act · Made 2016-06-07

Land Leases (Amendment) Act No. 2 of 2017

Act · Made 2017-06-30

Land Leases (Amendment) Act (No. 30 of 1988)

Act · Made 1989-01-18

Land Leases (Amendment) Act (No. 38 of 1989)

Act · Made 1989-12-19

Land Leases General Rules (Cap. 163)

Regulation · Made 1984-03-01

Land Leases General Rules (Cap. 163)

Regulation · Made 1984

Land Leases Prescribed Forms Order (Cap. 163)

Regulation · Made 1984

Land Leases Refund of Fees Rules Order 2006 (No. 7 of 2006)

Regulation · Made 2006-01-20

Land Reform Act (Cap. 123)

Act · Made 1980-07-30

Land Reform (Amendment) Act 2013 (No. 31 of 2013)

Act · Made 2013

Land Reform (Amendment) Act 2014 (No. 11 of 2014)

Act · Made 2014-06-19

Land Reform (Amendment) Act (No. 35 of 2000)

Act · Made 2000-09-12

Land Reform (Amendment) Act (No. 6 of 1992)

Act · Made 1992-06-23

Land Reform Procedure Rules Published (Cap 123)

Regulation · Made 1982-10-01

Land Reform (Rural Alienated Land) Regulations

Regulation · Made 1980

Land Reform (Rural land Corporation) Regulations

Regulation · Made 1980

Land Sector Framework 2009-2018 - A prosperous, equitable & sustainable Land sector for Vanuatu

policy · Made 2009-07

Land Surveyors Act (Cap. 175)

Act · Made 1985-02-11

Land Surveyors (Amendment) Act 2003 (No. 23 of 2003)

Act · Made 2003-12-01

Land Surveyors Regulations (Cap. 175)

Regulation · Made 1985

Land Valuers Registration Act (Cap. 289)

Act · Made 2002-12-31

Land Valuers Registration (Prescribed Fees and Forms) (Cap. 289)

Regulation · Made 2003-11-17

Lands Referee Act (Cap. 148)

Act · Made 1982

Lands Referee (Amendment) Act (No. 16 of 1989)

Act · Made 1982

Livestock Management Act No. 19 of 2018

Act · Made 2018-08-28

Locally based Foreign Fishing Licence (Prescribed Forms) (Cap. 315)

Regulation · Made 2003-12-08

Maritime Act (Cap. 131)

Act · Made 1981-04-13

Maritime (Amendment) Act 1996 (No. 13 of 1996)

Act · Made 1996-12-30

Maritime (Amendment) Act 1998 (No. 31 of 1998)

Act · Made 1998-12-28

Maritime (Amendment) Act 2008 (No. 13 of 2008)

Act · Made 2008

Maritime (Conventions) Act [CAP 155]

Act · Made 1982-11-25

Repealed

Maritime (Conventions) Act No. 39 of 2017

Act · Made 2018-01-26

Maritime (Conventions) Amendment Act (No. 36 of 2003)

Act · Made 2003-12-18

Repealed

Maritime (Protection of Mammals) Regulations (Cap 131)

Regulation · Made 1988-10-12

Maritime (Radio) Regulations (Cap 131)

Regulation · Made 1980-08-31

Maritime Regulations (Cap 131)

Regulation · Made 1990-09-03

Maritime Sector Regulatory Act No. 26 of 2016

Act · Made 2017-04-19

Maritime Zones Act 1981 (Cap. 138)

Act · Made 1981-12-15

Repealed

Maritime Zones Act 2010 (No. 6 of 2010)

Act · Made 2010-06-18

Meat Industry Act 1991 (Cap. 213)

Act · Made 1991-06-17

Meat Industry Advisory Board (Cap. 213)

Regulation · Made 2001-01-25

Meat Industry (Amendment) Act 1992 (No. 27 of 1992)

Act · Made 1992-12-16

Meat Industry (Approved Establishments) Regulations (Cap. 213)

Regulation · Made 1994-04-25

Meat Industry (Ban on Defrosting of Poultry) Regulation Order 2007 (No. 25 of 2007)

Regulation · Made 2007-07-13

Meat Industry Regulations (Amendment) Order 2012 (No. 100 of 2012)

Regulation · Made 2012-07-26

Meat Industry Regulations (Cap. 213)

Regulation · Made 1992-06-15

Meat Supply Act (Cap. 51)

Act · Made 1967

Repealed

Meteorology, Geological Hazards and Climate Change Act 2016 (No. 25 of 2016)

Act · Made 2017-01-26

Mines and Minerals Act (Cap. 190)

Act · Made 1986-09-01

Mines and Minerals (Licences) Amendment Order 2006 (No. 12 of 2006)

Regulation · Made 2006-04-04

Mines and Minerals (Licences) Regulations (Cap. 190)

Regulation · Made 1986

Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Forestry, Fisheries and Biosecurity Corporate Plan 2014-2018

policy · Made 2014

Municipalities Act

Act · Made 1980-12-08

National Adaptation Programme for Action (NAPA)

policy · Made 2007

National Biodiversity Conservation Strategy 1999

policy · Made 1999-11

National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan 2018 – 2030

policy · Made 2018

National Cyclone Support Plan 2016-2017

policy · Made 2016-11-14

National Disaster Act (Cap. 267)

Act · Made 2000-09-12

Repealed

National Environmental Health Policy and Strategy 2012-2016

policy · Made 2012

National Fruits and Vegetables Strategy 2017 – 2027

policy · Made 2017

National Gender Equality Policy 2015-2019

policy · Made 2015-06

National Gender Equality Policy 2020-2030

policy · Made 2020

National Green Energy Fund Act No. 10 of 2018

Act · Made 2018-07-23

National Industrial Development Strategy: Shaping the Future of Value Addition in Vanuatu 2018-2022

policy · Made 2018

National Integrated Coastal Management Framework and Implementation Strategy for Vanuatu

policy · Made 2010-12-04

National Land Subdivision Policy 2019

policy · Made 2019-04

National Livestock Policy 2015 – 2030

policy · Made 2015

National Livestock Sector Policy Action Plan, Monitoring and Evaluation Framework 2015-2030

policy · Made 2015

National Parks Act (Cap. 224)

Act · Made 1993-06-21

National Policy for the Management of Vanuatu Tuna Fisheries

policy · Made 2014-08-29

National Policy on Climate Change and Disaster-Induced Displacement 2018

policy · Made 2018

National Sustainable Development Plan 2016 – 2030 - Monitoring and Evaluation Framework

policy · Made 2017-07

National Sustainable Development Plan 2016 to 2030

policy · Made 2016-11

National Waste Management and Pollution Control Strategy and Implementation Plan 2016 – 2020

policy · Made 2016

National Youth Authority Act No. 6 of 2018

Act · Made 2018-07-06

Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC) Implementation Roadmap 2019

policy · Made 2019-03-01

Night Under-water Fishing (Prohibition) Joint Regulation (No. 7 of 1963)

Regulation · Made 1963

Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Advisory #8

Other · Made 2020-03-20

Overarching Productive Sector Policy 2012-2017

policy · Made 2012

Overarching Productive Sector Policy 2025–2030: Vanuatu’s Agricultural and Agro-Industry Sector

policy · Made 2025-06-01

Ozone Layer Protection Act 2010 (No. 27 of 2010)

Act · Made 2010-12-30

Repealed

Ozone Layer Protection Act No. 22 of 2019

Act · Made 2019-12-23

Ozone Layer Protection (Amendment) Act 2014 (No. 4 of 2014)

Act · Made 2014-06-19

Repealed

Ozone Layer Protection (Fees and Penalty Notices) Regulation Order 2011 (No. 100 of 2011)

Regulation · Made 2011-03-21

Paris Agreement (Ratification) Act No. 9 of 2016

Act · Made 2016-06-27

Penal Code (CAP 135)

Act · Made 1981-08-07

Penalty Notice Regulation Order 2014 (No. 138 of 2014)

Regulation · Made 2014-07-18

Pesticides (Control) Act 1993 (Cap. 226)

Act · Made 1993-06-21

Petroleum (Exploration and Production) Act (Cap. 227)

Act · Made 1993-06-21

Petroleum Regulations (Cap. 227)

Regulation · Made 1997-08-01

Physical Planning Act (Cap. 193)

Act · Made 1986

Physical Planning (Amendment) Act No. 26 of 2021

Act · Made 2021-12-10

Physical Planning (Fees For Application) (Cap. 193)

Regulation · Made 1993-08-17

Plant Protection Act 1997 (Cap. 239)

Act · Made 1997-12-01

Plant Protection (Amendment) Act 2013 (No. 26 of 2013)

Act · Made 2014-01-14

Plant Protection (Control of Quarantine Pest) (Cap. 239)

Regulation · Made 1999-05-04

Plant Protection (Kava Export Fee) (Cap. 239)

Regulation · Made 1999-04-21

Planted Forest Act No. 7 of 2015

Act · Made 2018-05-24

Pollution Control Act 2013 (No. 10 of 2013)

Act · Made 2013-10-14

Port Vila Urban Land Leases Selection Committee Rules (Cap. 163)

Regulation · Made 1995-01-01

Ports Act (Cap. 26)

Act · Made 1957-12-31

Ports (Amendment) Act (No. 11 of 1999)

Act · Made 1999-12-28

Ports (Amendment) Act No. 18 of 2021

Act · Made 2021-07-20

Ports (Amendment) Act (No. 32 of 1998)

Act · Made 1998-12-28

Powers of Assistant Registrar of Co-operative Societies (Order No. 6 of 2006)

Regulation · Made 2006-03-03

Preservation of Sites and Artefacts (Amendment) Act 2008 (No. 21 of 2008)

Act · Made 2008

Preservation of Sites and Artifacts Act (Cap. 39)

Act · Made 1965

Preservation of Sites and Artifacts (Yasur Volcano) (Cap. 39)

Regulation · Made 1993-04-13

Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act (Cap. 78)

Act · Made 1974-02-13

Prevention of Spread of Noxious Weeds Act (Cap. 44)

Act · Made 1966

Price Control Act (Chapter 86)

Act · Made 1974-08-29

Repealed

Price Monitoring and Consumer Affairs (Act No. 5 of 2023)

Act · Made 2023-03-30

Priorities and Action Agenda 2006 – 2015

policy · Made 2006

Private Waste Operator’s License Fees Order No. 16 of 2018

Regulation · Made 2018-02-01

Prohibition on Import of Beef from Europe (Cap. 228)

Regulation · Made 2001-06-20

Prohibition on the Importation of Copra (Cap. 176)

Regulation · Made 2004-04-30

Prohibition on the Importation of Poultry Products Order 2012 (No. 13 of 2012)

Regulation · Made 2012-02-07

Protection of Traditional Knowledge and Expressions of Culture Act No. 21 of 2019

Act · Made 2019-12-23

Public Health Act (Cap. 234)

Act · Made 1994

Public Health (Aerated Water, Ice And Ice-Cream) Act (Cap. 56)

Act · Made 1970

Public Health (Amendment) Act No. 11 of 2018

Act · Made 2018-07-06

Public Health (Amendment) Act No. 3 of 2021

Act · Made 2021-05-07

Quarantine Act

Act · Made 1909

Quarry Act 2013 (No. 9 of 2013)

Act · Made 2013-10-14

Quarry (Amendment) Act 2016 (No. 17 of 2016)

Act · Made 2016-12-20

Regulation to protect wildlife (No. 5 of 1962)

Regulation · Made 1962-06-05

Restriction of Movement of Agriculture Goods in Port Vila and Control of Movement of Vessels in Port Vila (Order No. 11 of 2021)

Regulation · Made 2021-02-12

Rhinoceros Beetle (Prevention) Act (Cap. 28)

Act · Made 1961

Right to Information Act 2016 (No. 13 of 2016)

Act · Made 2016-12-20

Right to Information (Amendment) Act No. 4 of 2019

Act · Made 2019-06-24

Schedule to the Ozone Layer Protection Act No. 27 of 2010 (Amendment) Order 2012 (No. 112 of 2012)

Regulation · Made 2012-08-16

Repealed

Shipping Act (Cap. 53)

Act · Made 1968-07-20

Shipping (Amendment) Act 2008 (No. 12 of 2008)

Act · Made 2008-06-12

Shipping (Amendment) Act 2014 (No. 21 of 2014)

Act · Made 2014-06-19

Shipping (Amendment) Act 2015 (No. 9 of 2015)

Act · Made 2015-08-04

Shipping (Amendment) Act (No. 33 of 1998)

Act · Made 1998-12-28

Shipping (Registration of Vessels) Regulations (Cap. 53)

Regulation · Made 1999-01-22

Small Business Development Act No. 11 of 2021

Act · Made 2021-07-20

Standard Operating Procedures for the Department of Water

Other · Made 2020-07

Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provision) Act 2010 (No. 2 of 2010)

Act · Made 2010-07-15

Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2016 (No. 16 of 2016)

Act · Made 2016-12-20

Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2016 (No. 6 of 2016)

Act · Made 2016-06-27

Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act No. 2 of 2021

Act · Made 2021-05-07

Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act No. 37 of 2021

Act · Made 2021-12-10

Strata Title Regulations (Cap 266)

Regulation · Made 2003-03-24

Strata Titles Act (Cap. 266)

Act · Made 2000

Strata Titles (Amendment) Act 2003 (No. 21 of 2003)

Act · Made 2003-12-01

Strata Titles (Amendment) Act 2013 (No. 8 of 2013)

Act · Made 2013-10-14

Strata Titles (Amendment) Act 2014 (No. 38 of 2014)

Act · Made 2014-12-19

Strata Titles (Amendment) Act No. 4 of 2017

Act · Made 2017-06-30

Succession Probate and Administration Regulation 1972 (No.7 of 1972)

Regulation · Made 1972

Supply of Electricity (District) Act (CAP 96)

Act · Made 1977-09-20

Tobacco Control Act No. 19 of 2008

Act · Made 2009-02-16

Trade Policy Framework Update 2019-2025

policy · Made 2020-03-23

Trespass (Punishment) Act (Cap. 47)

Act · Made 1966

Trustee Act 1925

Act · Made 1925-04-09

Turtles (Protection and Conservation) Regulations

Regulation · Made 1974

United Nations Convention against Corruption (Ratification) Act No. 15 of 2010

Act · Made 2010-10-22

Urban Land (Repeal) Act (No. 22 of 2003)

Act · Made 2003-12-01

Urban Lands Act (No. 23 of 1993)

Act · Made 1993-09-06

Repealed

Utilities Regulatory Authority Act 2007 (No. 11 of 2007)

Act · Made 2008-01-14

Utilities Regulatory Authority (Amendment) Act 2013 (No. 12 of 2013)

Act · Made 2013-10-14

Utilities Regulatory Authority (Amendment) Act 2016 (No. 19 of 2016)

Act · Made 2016-12-20

Utilities Regulatory Authority (Amendment) Act (No. 18 of 2010)

Act · Made 2010-12-30

Valuation of Land Act (Cap. 288)

Act · Made 2002-12-31

Valuation of Land (Amendment) Act No. 1 of 2012

Act · Made 2012-05-30

Vanuatu Agricultural Research and Technical Centre Act (Cap. 286)

Act · Made 2002-12-31

Vanuatu Agricultural Research and Technical Centre (Amendment) Act 2008 (No. 9 of 2008)

Act · Made 2008-06-11

Vanuatu Agriculture College Act (Cap. 314)

Act · Made 2005-12-30

Vanuatu Agriculture College (Amendment) Act (No. 1 of 2007)

Act · Made 2007-05-31

Vanuatu Agriculture Development Bank Act 2006 (No. 20 of 2006)

Act · Made 2006-07-17

Vanuatu Agriculture Development Bank (Amendment) Act No. 16 of 2021

Act · Made 2021-07-20

Vanuatu Agriculture Sector Policy 2015-2030 (ASP)

policy · Made 2015

Vanuatu Agritourism Plan of Action

policy · Made 2016-12

Vanuatu Aid Management Policy

policy · Made 2018

Vanuatu Chamber of Agriculture Act 2010 (No. 19 of 2010)

Act · Made 2010-12-30

Repealed

Vanuatu Climate Change and Disaster Risk Reduction Policy 2016-2030

policy · Made 2015

Vanuatu Commodities Marketing Board Act (Cap. 133)

Act · Made 1981

Vanuatu Commodities Marketing Board (Amendment) Act 1993 (Act No. 14 of 1993)

Act · Made 1993-06-21

Vanuatu Commodities Marketing Board (Amendment) Act 1994 (Act No. 2 of 1994)

Act · Made 1994

Vanuatu Commodities Marketing Board (Amendment) Act 2003 (Act No. 25 of 2003)

Act · Made 2003-12-01

Vanuatu Commodities Marketing Board (Amendment) Act 2005 (No. 15 of 2005)

Act · Made 2005-07-14

Vanuatu Commodities Marketing Board (Amendment) Act (Act No. 16 of 1989)

Act · Made 1989-06-19

Vanuatu Commodities Marketing Board (Copra) Regulations (Cap. 133)

Regulation · Made 1986-04-25

Vanuatu Food Safety, Security & Nutrition Policy

policy · Made 2022

Vanuatu Government Trade Policy Framework

policy · Made 2012-06-29

Vanuatu Infrastructure Strategic Investment Plan 2015 – 2024

policy · Made 2015

Vanuatu International Fishing Fleet Management Policy

policy · Made 2015-07-09

Vanuatu Land Use Planning Policy

policy · Made 2013-08-08

Vanuatu Loss and Damage Policy with an Implementation Roadmap

policy · Made 2025

Vanuatu Low Emissions Development Strategy

policy · Made 2022-12

Vanuatu Maritime Authority Act (No. 29 of 1998)

Act · Made 1998-12-28

Repealed

Vanuatu Maritime Authority (Amendment) Act (No. 2 of 2004)

Act · Made 2004-12-23

Repealed

Vanuatu Maritime Authority (Amendment) Act (No. 29 of 2002)

Act · Made 2002-12-31

Repealed

Vanuatu Maritime Authority (Amendment) Act (No. 9 of 2003)

Act · Made 2003-07-21

Repealed

Vanuatu Maritime Authority (Repeal) Act (No. 22 of 2007)

Act · Made 2007-12-31

Vanuatu National Action Plan to reduce releases of Unintentional Persistent Organic Pollutants 2018 - 2022

policy · Made 2018-06-28

Vanuatu National Biosecurity Policy 2016-2030

policy · Made 2016

Vanuatu National Coconut Crab Fishery Management Plan

Other · Made 2012-12-13

Vanuatu National Coconut Strategy 2016 – 2025

policy · Made 2016

Vanuatu National Deep-Bottom Fish Fishery Management Plan 2016

Other · Made 2016-03-29

Vanuatu National Environment Policy and Implementation Plan 2016-2030

policy · Made 2016

Vanuatu National Fisheries Sector Policy 2016-2031

policy · Made 2016-12-14

Vanuatu National Implementation Plan for Safe and Secure Community Drinking Water

policy · Made 2018-08-21

Vanuatu National Invasive Species Strategy and Action Plan 2014-2020

policy · Made 2013

Vanuatu National Marine Aquarium Trade Management Plan 2008

policy · Made 2008-05-14

Vanuatu National Nutrition Policy & Strategic Plan 2016-2020

policy · Made 2016

Vanuatu National Plan for Implementation (NIP) of the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants

policy · Made 2011-04-08

Vanuatu National Plan of Action on Food and Nutrition Security 2013-2015

policy · Made 2013

Vanuatu National Plan of Action on Sharks 2015 – 2018

policy · Made 2014-08-29

Vanuatu National Plan of Action To Prevent, Deter and Eliminate Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing 2015

policy · Made 2015-06-04

Vanuatu National Roadmap for Coastal Fisheries 2019-2030

policy · Made 2019-03-20

Vanuatu National Sea Cucumber Fishery Management Plan 2019–2024

policy · Made 2019-07

Vanuatu National Waste Management Policy and Action Plan 2011-2016

policy · Made 2011-04

Vanuatu National Water Policy 2017 – 2030

policy · Made 2017

Vanuatu National Water Strategy 2008–2018

policy · Made 2008

Vanuatu National Water Strategy 2018 – 2030

policy · Made 2018

Vanuatu NDC Forest Investment Strategy (including Project Pipeline)

policy · Made 2025

Vanuatu Primary Producers Authority Act No. 18 of 2018

Act · Made 2018-08-28

Vanuatu’s National Ocean Policy 2016

policy · Made 2016-03-30

Vanuatu's Nationally Determined Contribution 3.0 (2025-2035)

policy · Made 2025

Vanuatu’s Revised and Enhanced 1st Nationally Determined Contribution 2021–2030

policy · Made 2021

Vanuatu Strategic Tourism Action Plan 2014 - 2018

policy · Made 2013-12

Waste Management Act No. 24 of 2014

Act · Made 2014-06-19

Waste Management (Penalty Notice) Regulation Order No. 17 of 2018

Regulation · Made 2018-02-01

Waste Management Regulations Order No. 15 of 2018

Regulation · Made 2018-02-01

Water Resources Management Act 2002 (Cap. 281)

Act · Made 2002-12-31

Water Resources Management (Amendment) Act No. 32 of 2016

Act · Made 2017-01-26

Water Supply Act (Cap. 24)

Act · Made 1955

Water Supply (Amendment) Act 2016 (No. 31 of 2016)

Act · Made 2017-01-26

Water Supply (Amendment) Act (No 28 of 1993)

Act · Made 1993-12-17

Water Supply (Amendment) Act (No. 9 of 1993)

Act · Made 1993-06-21

Water Supply Apparatus Act (Cap. 87)

Act · Made 1974

Water Supply (Fees And Charges) Regulations

Regulation · Made 1985

Wild Bird (Protection) Act (Cap. 30)

Act · Made 1962-06-05