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Saint Lucia - Country Profiles

Constitution of Saint Lucia.
Date of text: 1979

Policies

Saint Lucia’s National Adaptation Plan 2018–2028.
Date of text: 01 May 2018
Revised Second National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan 2018-2025.
Date of text: 2018
Saint Lucia’s Sectoral Adaptation Strategy and Action Plan for the Agriculture Sector (Agriculture SASAP) 2018-2028.
Date of text: 2018
Saint Lucia’s Sectoral Adaptation Strategy and Action Plan for the Fisheries Sector (Fisheries SASAP) 2018-2028.
Date of text: 2018
Saint Lucia’s Sectoral Adaptation Strategy and Action Plan for the Water Sector (Water SASAP) 2018-2028.
Date of text: 2018
Saint Lucia Forests and Land Resources Department Strategy 2015 – 2025.
Date of text: 01 December 2015
Intended Nationally Determined Contribution of Saint Lucia.
Date of text: 17 November 2015
National Social Protection Policy.
Date of text: 01 February 2015
Saint Lucia Social Protection Policy.
Date of text: 01 February 2015
Food and Nutrition Security Policy and Action Plan
Date of text: 01 September 2013

Legislation

Agricultural and rural development

Agricultural Small Tenancies Act Cap 5.03.
Date of text: 08 September 1983
Praedial Larceny Act Chapter 3.05.
Date of text: 01 March 2008
Agricultural Credit Act Cap 7.02.
Date of text: 30 August 2001
Board of Agriculture Ordinance (No. 9 of 1933).
Date of text: 18 February 1933

Climate change

No legislation available

Cultivated plants

Pesticides and Toxic Chemical Control Act (Cap. 11.15).
Date of text: 27 August 2001
Plant Protection Act (Act No. 21 of 1988).
Date of text: 21 December 1988
Pesticides Control Act, 1975 (No. 7 of 1975).
Date of text: 03 April 1975
Plant Protection Regulations (S.I. No. 66 of 1995).
Date of text: 12 October 1995
Pesticides Control (Labelling of Pesticides), Regulations (S.I. 1987 No. 70).
Date of text: 24 December 1987
Pesticides Control (Registration and Licensing) Regulations (S.I. No. 71 of 1987).
Date of text: 24 December 1987
Plant Protection (Banana Aerial Spraying Levy) Order (S.I. No. 71 of 1999).
Date of text: 18 September 1999

Disaster risk management

Disaster Management Act No. 30 of 2006.
Date of text: 06 October 2006
Proclamation for Declaration of State of Emergency (S.I. No. 39 of 2020).
Date of text: 23 March 2020
Measures to Address Covid-19.
Date of text: 20 March 2020

Environment

Waste Management Act No. 18 of 2004.
Date of text: 20 April 2004
Environmental Protection Levy Act Chapter 15.20.
Date of text: 11 November 2002

Fisheries

Fisheries Act, 1984 (Act No. 10).
Date of text: 18 July 1984
Fisheries Regulations, 1994 (S.I. No. 9 of 1994).
Date of text: 05 March 1994
Fishing Industry (Assistance) Regulations 1973 (S.R.O. No. 25 of 1973).
Date of text: 22 September 1973
Notice of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries on harvesting of sea urchins.
Date of text: 21 October 2002

Food and nutrition

Consumer Protection Act No. 9 of 2016.
Date of text: 19 April 2016
Styrofoam and Plastic Food Service Containers (Prohibition) Act No. 22 of 2019.
Date of text: 02 July 2019
Standards Act (Act No. 14 of 1990).
Date of text: 07 September 1999

Forestry

Forest, Soil and Water Conservation Act Chapter 7.09.
Date of original text: 01 June 1946 (15 July 1983)
Timber Industry Development Board Ordinance, 1963 (No. 24 of 1963).
Date of text: 31 December 1963
Forest, Soil and Water Conservation (Declaration of Protected Forests) Order (S.I. No. 31 of 1986).
Date of text: 10 May 1986
Forest, Soil and Water Conservation (Declaration of Forest Reserves) Order (S.I. No. 53 of 1984).
Date of text: 13 October 1984
Prohibited Areas Proclamation.
Date of text: 1949
Crown Land Forest Produce Rules – Section 48 (Statutory Instruments 45/1946, 9/1951 and 11/1983).
Date of text: 01 August 1946
Forest, Soil and Water Conservation Ordinance (Amendment) Act, 1983 (No. 11 of 1983).
Date of text: 15 July 1983

Land and soil

Land Registration Act Chapter 5.01.
Date of text: 27 March 2006
Physical Planning and Development Act Cap. 5.12.
Date of original text: 01 July 2003 (31 December 2005)
Crown Lands Act Cap. 5.02.
Date of text: 14 October 2002
Land Acquisition Act Chapter 5.04.
Date of text: 12 August 2000
Land Conservation and Improvement Act (No. 10 of 1992).
Date of text: 15 April 1992
Special Development Areas Act, 1998 (Act No. 2 of 1998).
Date of text: 20 January 1998
Land Adjudication Act, 1984 (Act No. 11 of 1984).
Date of text: 08 August 1984

Livestock

Animals Act, 2003 (No. 25 of 2003).
Date of text: 08 September 2003
Government Pasturage Lands Act Chapter 7.10.
Date of text: 01 March 1965
Animals (Diseases and Relocation) Regulations, 1997 (No. 9 of 1997).
Date of text: 15 December 1997

Sea

Maritime Areas Act, 1984 (Act No. 6).
Date of text: 18 July 1984
Parks and Beaches Commission Act, 1983 (Act No. 4 of 1983).
Date of text: 16 March 1983

Water

Water and Sewerage Act Chapter 9.03.
Date of original text: 2005 (20 October 2008)
Water and Sewerage Authority Act, 1984 (Act No. 18).
Date of text: 03 October 1984
Castries Water Supply Ordinance (Chapter 230).
Date of original text: 02 July 1901 (1946)
Water and Sewerage (General Provisions) Regulations (S.I. 104/2008).
Date of text: 19 November 2008
Water and Sewerage Regulations (S. I. No. 47 of 1995).
Date of text: 08 July 1995
Water and Sewerage Authority (Vesting of Lands) (No.1) Order, 1986.
Date of text: 22 March 1986
Public Health (Water Quality Control) Regulations (S.I. No. 14 of 1978).
Date of text: 10 March 1978

Wild species and ecosystems

Saint Lucia National Trust Act, 1975 (No. 16 of 1975).
Date of text: 26 September 1975
Wildlife Protection Act, 1980 (Act No. 9 of 1980).
Date of text: 25 August 1980
Pigeon Island National Park By-law (S.I. No. 47 of 1982).
Date of text: 11 September 1982
Notice of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries on Closure of Sea Turtle Fishery.
Date of text: 10 January 2011

International Agreements

Agreement establishing the Caribbean Community Common Fisheries Policy.
Date of text: 2014
Protocolo al Convenio para el Establecimiento de la Zona de Turismo Sustentable del Caribe (ZTSC).
Date of text: 12 February 2004
Agreement Establishing the Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism.
Date of text: 04 February 2002
Convenio para el Establecimiento de la Zona de Turismo Sustentable del Caribe (ZTSC).
Date of text: 12 December 2001
Agreement establishing common fisheries surveillance zones of participating member States of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States, 1991.
Date of text: 01 January 1970
Convention de délimitation signée à Paris le 4 mars 1981.
Date of text: 04 March 1981