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Saint Lucia - Country Profiles

Constitution of Saint Lucia.
Date of text: 1979

Policies

Saint Lucia’s Resilient Ecosystems Adaptation Strategy and Action Plan 2020–2028.
Date of text: 2020
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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Social protection

Poverty Reduction Fund Act Cap. 16.05.
Date of original text: 27 April 1998 (31 December 2001)

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

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

Miscellaneous

Co-operative Societies Act (Act No. 28 of 1999).
Date of text: 07 September 1999
Fiscal Incentives Act Chapter 15.16.
Date of text: 23 April 1974
Standards Act (Act No. 14 of 1990).
Date of text: 07 September 1999
National Utilities Regulatory Commission Act No. 3 of 2016.
Date of text: 16 December 2015
Agriculture and Fisheries Incentives Act No. 13 of 2014.
Date of text: 12 May 2014

International Agreements

Agreement between the Government of Saint Lucia and the Government of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines on the delimitation of the maritime boundary between Saint Lucia and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.
Date of text: 06 July 2017
Agreement establishing the Caribbean Community Common Fisheries Policy.
Date of text: 2014
Economic Partnership Agreement between the CARIFORUM States, of the one part, and the European Community and its Member States, of the other part.
Date of text: 15 August 2008