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Kiribati - Country Profiles

Constitution of Kiribati.
Date of text: 1979

Policies

Kiribati Development Plan 2020-2023.
Date of text: 2021
Kiribati Agriculture Strategy 2020 – 2030.
Date of text: 01 March 2020
Kiribati Climate Change Policy.
Date of text: 01 June 2018
Kiribati 20 Year Vision 2016-2036.
Date of text: 2016
Kiribati Development Plan 2016-2019.
Date of text: 2016

Legislation

Agricultural and rural development

Biosecurity Act, 2011 (No. 2 of 2011).
Date of text: 05 September 2011

Climate change

Disaster Risk Management and Climate Change Act 2019.
Date of text: 2019
Order for controlling the import/export of Hydrofluorocarbons substances and their mixtures.
Date of text: 19 July 2021

Cultivated plants

Biosecurity Act, 2011 (No. 2 of 2011).
Date of text: 05 September 2011
Plants Ordinance [Cap 72].
Date of original text: 1976 (1980)
Quarantine Ordinance [Cap 85].
Date of original text: 01 January 1931 (1977)
Notice of Infected Area under the Plants Ordinance (L.N. No. 2 of 1984).
Date of text: 05 January 1984

Disaster risk management

Disaster Risk Management and Climate Change Act 2019.
Date of text: 2019

Environment

Environment Act 1999 (Act No. 9 of 1999).
Date of original text: 21 March 2000 (04 September 2007)
Special Fund (Waste Material Recovery) Act 2004.
Date of text: 03 February 2004
Environment Regulations 2001.
Date of text: 13 December 2001
Maritime (Amendment) Act No. 1 of 2019.
Date of text: 15 April 2019

Fisheries

Fisheries Act (No. 6 of 2010).
Date of text: 03 September 2010
Fisheries (Amendment) Act No. 22 of 2021.
Date of text: 21 December 2021
Council Regulation (EC) No. 893/2007 on the conclusion of a Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Kiribati.
Date of text: 23 July 2007
Fisheries (Pacific Island States' Treaty with the United States of America) Act 1988.
Date of text: 1988
Notice to publish conservation management measures for Kiribati flagged and foreign fishing vessels.
Date of text: 23 July 2020

Food and nutrition

Food Safety Act (No. 5 of 2006).
Date of text: 30 August 2007
Consumer Protection Act (No. 11 of 2001).
Date of text: 2001
Consumer Protection (Amendment) Act 2009 (No. 3 of 2009).
Date of text: 08 May 2009

Land and soil

Land Planning Ordinance.
Date of original text: 1972 (1977)
Law of Property Act 1925.
Date of text: 09 April 1925
Squatters (Recovery of Land) Act 2005.
Date of text: 2005
Limitation Act 2004 (No. 1 of 2004).
Date of text: 09 September 2004
Land Registration Grievance Tribunal Act 2002 (No. 7 of 2002).
Date of text: 06 June 2002

Livestock

Animals (Control of Experiments) Ordinance [Cap 2].
Date of original text: 11 September 1957 (1977)
Biosecurity Act, 2011 (No. 2 of 2011).
Date of text: 05 September 2011
Quarantine Ordinance [Cap 85].
Date of original text: 01 January 1931 (1977)
Importation of Animals Regulations, 1965 (L.N. No. 27).
Date of text: 1965
Importation of Animals (Amendment) Regulations, 1998 (L.N. No. 63 of 1998).
Date of text: 10 November 1998

Sea

Maritime Act 2017.
Date of text: 2017
Marine Zones (Declaration) Act 2011 (No. 4 of 2011).
Date of text: 05 September 2011
Shipping (Amendment) Act 1998 (No. 3 of 1998).
Date of text: 01 November 1990
Kiribati Ports Authority Act 1990 (No. 13 of 1990).
Date of text: 1990
Prohibited Areas Ordinance [Cap 77].
Date of original text: 22 March 1957 (1977)

Water

Public Utilities Ordinance.
Date of original text: 1977 (1977)
Public Utilities (Amendment) (No 1) Act 1999 (No. 4 of 1999).
Date of text: 21 March 2000
Public Utilities (Amendment) (No. 2) Act 1999 (No. 12 of 1999).
Date of text: 21 March 2000
Public Utilities (Amended Act) Act 1983.
Date of text: 19 May 1983

Wild species and ecosystems

Wildlife Conservation Ordinance.
Date of original text: 29 May 1975 (1977)
Phoenix Islands Protected Area Conservation Trust Act 2009 (No. 1 of 2009).
Date of text: 08 May 2009
Southern Line Islands Marine Protected Area Regulations 2020.
Date of text: 30 July 2020
Phoenix Islands Protected Area Regulations 2008.
Date of text: 07 February 2008
Birds Fully Protected Throughout the Gilbert Islands Order 1979.
Date of text: 18 June 1979

Miscellaneous

Co-operative Societies Ordinance [Cap 14].
Date of original text: 01 September 1951 (1977)
Foreign Investments Act No. 14 of 2018.
Date of text: 24 December 2018
Seabed Minerals Act 2017 (No. 1 of 2017).
Date of text: 18 May 2017
State-Owned Enterprises Act 2013 (No. 2 of 2013).
Date of text: 17 May 2013
Small Enterprise Development Act 2001 (No. 2 of 2001).
Date of text: 27 June 2001

International Agreements

Agreement between Tuvalu and Kiribati concerning their maritime boundary.
Date of text: 29 August 2012
Agreement between the Government of the Cook Islands and the Government of the Republic of Kiribati concerning the delimitation of the maritime boundary between the Cook Islands and the Republic of Kiribati.
Date of text: 29 August 2012
Agreement between the Government of New Zealand and the Government of the Republic of Kiribati concerning the delimitation of the maritime boundaries between Tokelau and Kiribati.
Date of text: 29 August 2012