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Gambia - Country Profiles

Constitution of The Gambia.
Date of original text: 1996 (2018)

Policies

National Agroforestry Strategy for The Gambia. 2022-2032.
Date of text: 2022
The Gambia's Long-Term Climate-Neutral Development Strategy 2050.
Date of text: 2022
Second Nationally Determined Contribution of The Gambia.
Date of text: 12 September 2021
The Gambia 2050 Climate Vision.
Date of text: 01 March 2021
National Nutrition Policy (2021-2025).
Date of text: 2021

Legislation

Agricultural and rural development

National Agricultural Research Board Act (No. 15 of 1993).
Date of text: 29 June 1993
National Agricultural Research Institute Regulations, 1993.
Date of text: 18 October 1993

Cultivated plants

Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides Control and Management Act (No. 12 of 1994).
Date of text: 24 May 1994
Plant Importation and Regulation Act.
Date of original text: 31 March 1936 (1963)
Importation of Plants Regulations.
Date of original text: 31 March 1936 (1963)

Disaster risk management

Petroleum Products Emergency Supply Plan Regulations 2017.
Date of text: 2017

Environment

National Environment Management Act, 1994 (Act No. 13 of 1994).
Date of text: 14 April 1994
Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides Control and Management Act (No. 12 of 1994).
Date of text: 24 May 1994
Petroleum Products Act - Act no. 12 of 2016.
Date of text: 30 December 2016
Environmental Quality Standards Regulations, 1999.
Date of text: 1999
Environmental Impact Assessment Regulations, 2014.
Date of text: 27 August 2014

Fisheries

Fisheries Act, 2007 (No. 20 of 2007).
Date of text: 08 October 2007
Fisheries Regulations, 2008 (No. 2008-6).
Date of text: 09 June 2008
Council Regulation (EC) No. 634/94 on the conclusion of the Protocol establishing the fishing rights and financial compensation provided for in the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Government of the Republic of the Gambia on fishing off the Gambia for the period 1 July 1993 to 30 June 1996.
Date of text: 10 March 1994
Fisheries Marketing Corporation Act, 1977.
Date of original text: 1977 (1980)
Fishery Products Regulations, 2011
Date of text: 2011

Food and nutrition

The Gambia Consumer Protection Act, 2014.
Date of text: 2014
Food Safety and Quality Act, 2011
Date of text: 22 June 2011
Essential Commodities Act, no. 21 of 2015.
Date of text: 30 December 2015
Fishery Products Regulations, 2011
Date of text: 2011

Forestry

Forest Act, no. 3 of 2018.
Date of text: 27 April 2018
Declaration of Forest Parks
Date of text: 2009
Forest Regulations, 1998.
Date of text: 1988
Provinces' Lands Protected Trees Regulations (No. 6 of 1952).
Date of text: 1952

Gender

The Women's Act, no. 12 of 2010.
Date of text: 28 May 2010
The Gambia Women Enterprise Fund Act, no. 6 of 2020.
Date of text: 20 October 2020

Land and soil

Land Commission Act, No. 12 of 2007
Date of text: 05 October 2007
Land Acquisition and Compensation Act, No. 5 of 1991
Date of text: 27 December 1991
Survey Act, 1990 (Act No. 4 of 1991).
Date of text: 27 December 1990
Physical Planning and Development Control Act, 1990 (Act No. 1 of 1991).
Date of text: 26 December 1990
Land (Registration of Deeds) Act
Date of text: 14 July 1980

Livestock

Medicines and Related Products Act, 2014
Date of text: 2014
Food Safety and Quality Act, 2011
Date of text: 22 June 2011
Pharmacy Act, 2014
Date of text: 10 December 2014

Sea

Marine Pollution Act 2013.
Date of text: 2013
Merchant Shipping Act, 2013.
Date of text: 2013
The Maritime Zones Act, no. 2 of 2019.
Date of text: 10 July 2019
Continental Shelf Act (No. 1 of 1965).
Date of text: 18 June 1965

Water

National Water Resources Council Act, 1979 (Water Act).
Date of text: 1979
Gambia Public Utilities Regulatory Authority Act, 2001.
Date of text: 24 December 2001
PURA Enforcement Regulations 2010.
Date of text: 24 December 2010
Resolution N° 9/CEG 5/DS portant adhésion de la République de Guinee-Bissau à l'OMVG.
Date of text: 28 July 1983
Common Guidelines on Minimum Quality of Service Standards for Water and Sanitation.
Date of text: 01 November 2008

Wild species and ecosystems

Biodiversity and Wildlife Act
Date of text: 2003
Wild Animals, Birds and Fish Preservation Act.
Date of original text: 1916 (01 July 1966)
Wildlife Conservation Regulations, 1978 (L.N. No. 36 of 1978).
Date of text: 21 December 1978
Wildlife Conservation (Sale) Regulations, 1977 (L. N. No. 10 of 1977).
Date of text: 01 September 1977
Review of the species and seasons for legal hunting under Schedule III, section 68 of the Wildlife Conservation Act, 1977.
Date of text: 14 February 1977

Miscellaneous

Renewable Energy Act 2013 (Cap 32.05).
Date of text: 2013
The Gambia Public Procurement Act 2022.
Date of text: 2022
The Access to Information Act, no. 10 of 2021.
Date of text: 08 August 2021
Petroleum Commission Act - Act no. 13 of 2021.
Date of text: 25 July 2021
The National Human Rights Commission Act, no. 08 of 2017.
Date of text: 13 January 2018

International Agreements

AFRICAN UNION CONVENTION ON PREVENTING AND COMBATING CORRUPTION.
Date of text: 11 July 2003
African Convention on the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (Revised version).
Date of text: 11 July 2003
Ministerial Declaration on the Senegalo-Mauritanian Aquifer Basin.
Date of text: 29 September 2021

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