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Papua New Guinea - Country Profiles

Constitution of the Independent State of Papua New Guinea (1975).
Date of text: 15 September 1975

Policies

Medium Term Development Plan IV 2023 - 2027.
Date of text: 2023
PNG-Australia Western Province Strategy 2022 to 2030.
Date of text: 01 November 2022
Papua New Guinea Fisheries Strategic Plan 2021–2030.
Date of text: 2021
Papua New Guinea’s Enhanced Nationally Determined Contribution 2020.
Date of text: 01 December 2020
Agriculture Medium Term Development Plan 2020 – 2022.
Date of text: 2020

Legislation

Agricultural and rural development

National Development Bank Act 2007 (No. 5 of 2007).
Date of text: 18 June 2007
National Agricultural Research Institute Act 1996.
Date of original text: 18 September 1996 (2006)
Rural Development Bank Regulation 1967.
Date of original text: 1967 (25 November 2006)
Licences Regulation 1934.
Date of original text: 1934 (25 November 2006)

Climate change

United Nations Paris Agreement (Implementation) Act 2016 (No. 4 of 2016).
Date of text: 2016
Climate Change (Management) Act 2015 (No. 19 of 2015).
Date of text: 20 November 2015
Climate Change (Management) (Amendment) Act 2023 (No. 17 of 2023).
Date of text: 11 October 2023
Climate Change (Management) (Amendment) Act 2021 (No. 25 of 2021).
Date of text: 07 February 2022

Cultivated plants

Oil Palm Industry Corporation Act 1992.
Date of original text: 1992 (2006)
Copra Marketing Board Act 1983.
Date of original text: 1983 (2006)
Palm Oil Industry Stabilization Funds Act 1983.
Date of original text: 1983 (2006)
Copra Act 1953.
Date of original text: 1953 (2006)
Plant Disease and Control Act 1953 (Cap. 220).
Date of original text: 1953 (2006)

Disaster risk management

Disaster Management Act 1984.
Date of original text: 1984 (2006)
National Pandemic Act 2020 (Act No. 8 of 2020).
Date of text: 16 June 2020
Emergency (General Powers) Act No. 2 of 2018.
Date of text: 21 May 2018

Environment

Environment Act 2000 (No. 64 of 2000).
Date of original text: 2000 (2006)
Conservation and Environment Protection Authority Act 2014 (No. 9 of 2014).
Date of text: 30 May 2014
Disaster Management Act 1984.
Date of original text: 1984 (2006)
Poisons and Dangerous Substances Act 1952.
Date of original text: 1952 (2006)
Environment (Council's Procedure) Regulation 2002.
Date of original text: 2002 (25 November 2006)

Fisheries

Fisheries Management Act, 1998.
Date of original text: 11 November 1998 (2006)
Fisheries (Torres Strait Protected Zone) Act 1984.
Date of original text: 1984 (2006)
Fisheries (Declared Fishing Zone) Act 1977 (No. 6 of 1977).
Date of text: 07 February 1977
Fisheries Management Regulation 2000.
Date of original text: 2000 (25 November 2006)
Notice of prohibition of fishing activity.
Date of text: 02 April 2022

Food and nutrition

Food Sanitation Act 1991.
Date of original text: 1991 (2006)
Slaughtering Act 1964.
Date of original text: 1964 (2006)
Papua New Guinea Standard on Fish and Fishery Product.
Date of text: 18 December 2019
Infants and Young Children's Food Supply (Control) Act 2023 (No. 18 of 2023).
Date of text: 09 August 2023
Independent Consumer and Competition Commission Act 2002.
Date of text: 2002

Forestry

Forestry Act 1991.
Date of original text: 1991 (2006)
Rubber Industry Development Act 2022 (No. 49 of 2022).
Date of text: 21 April 2022
Forestry Regulations (No. 3 of 1998).
Date of original text: 1998 (25 November 2006)
Forestry (Private Dealings) Regulation (Chap. No. 217).
Date of text: 1976
Procedures of the identification, scaling and reporting (including royalty self-assessment) on logs harvested from natural forest logging operations.
Date of text: 26 September 1996

Land and soil

Land Act.
Date of original text: 01 August 1996 (2006)
Strata Title Act 2022 (No. 56 of 2022).
Date of text: 04 October 2022
Land Commission Act 2022 (No. 47 of 2022).
Date of text: 02 September 2022
Strata Title (Management) Act 2022 (No. 57 of 2022).
Date of text: 23 March 2022
Manam Resettlement Authority Act 2016 (No. 2 of 2016).
Date of text: 29 June 2016

Livestock

Slaughtering Act 1964.
Date of original text: 1964 (2006)
Animal Disease and Control Act 1952.
Date of original text: 1952 (25 November 2006)
Medicines and Cosmetics Act 1999 (No. 10 of 1999).
Date of text: 1999
National Agriculture Quarantine and Inspection Authority Act 1997.
Date of original text: 1997 (2006)
Veterinary Surgeons Act 1966 (Cap. 98).
Date of original text: 1966 (2006)

Sea

Maritime Zones Act No. 47 of 2015.
Date of text: 2015
Marine Pollution (Ballast Water Control) Act 2013 (No. 31 of 2013).
Date of text: 30 May 2015
Marine Pollution (Sea Dumping) Act No. 37 of 2013.
Date of text: 19 September 2014
Marine Pollution (Ships and Installations) Act 2013 (No. 34 of 2013).
Date of text: 30 May 2014
Marine Pollution (Preparedness and Response) Act 2013 (No. 33 of 2013).
Date of text: 30 May 2014

Water

Environment Act 2000 (No. 64 of 2000).
Date of original text: 2000 (2006)
National Water Supply and Sanitation Act 2016 (No. 52 of 2016).
Date of text: 26 January 2017
Essential Services Act 2002 (No. 13 of 2002).
Date of text: 10 May 2002
Fluoridation of Public Water Supplies Act 1965.
Date of original text: 1965 (2006)
Environment (Water Quality Criteria) Regulation 2002.
Date of original text: 2002 (25 November 2006)

Wild species and ecosystems

Conservation and Environment Protection Authority Act 2014 (No. 9 of 2014).
Date of text: 30 May 2014
Fauna (Protection and Control) Act 1966.
Date of original text: 22 April 1966 (1976)
International Trade (Fauna and Flora) Act 1979.
Date of original text: 1979 (2006)
Conservation Areas Act 1978 (Cap 362).
Date of original text: 1978 (2006)
National Cultural Property (Preservation) Act 1965.
Date of original text: 1978 (2006)

Miscellaneous

National Health Administration Act No. 35 of 1997.
Date of text: 1997
Organic Law on Provincial Governments and Local-level Governments .
Date of original text: 1995 (1998)
Co-operative Societies Act 1982.
Date of original text: 1982 (2006)
Public Private Partnership Act 2014 (No. 30 of 2014).
Date of text: 21 October 2014
National Institute of Standards and Industrial Technology Act No. 21 of 1993.
Date of text: 1993

International Agreements

Papua New Guinea-Australia Comprehensive Strategic and Economic Partnership.
Date of text: 2010
Framework Treaty guiding relations between the Independent State of Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands.
Date of text: 27 July 2004
Basic Agreement between the Government of Solomon Islands and the Government of Papua New Guinea on Border Arrangements.
Date of text: 24 July 2004

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