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Maldives - Country Profiles

Constitution of Maldives.
Date of text: 2008

Policies

Maldives Fifth Tourism Master Plan 2023-2027.
Date of text: 2023
Water and Sewerage Master Plan 2021-2035.
Date of text: 2021
National Water and Sewerage Strategic Plan 2020-2025
Date of text: 2020
Update of Nationally Determined Contribution of Maldives, 2020.
Date of text: 2020
Maldives National Plan of Action to Prevent, Deter and Eliminate Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing (NPOA-IUU).
Date of text: 01 July 2019

Legislation

Cultivated plants

Plant Quarantine Regulation.
Date of text: 0000

Disaster risk management

Disaster Management Act 2006.
Date of text: 03 October 2007

Environment

Environmental Protection and Preservation Act of Maldives (Law No. 4/93).
Date of text: 1993
Waste Management Act, no. 24 of 2022.
Date of text: 18 December 2022
Regulations on Registration and Billing for Waste Management Services, no. R/115 of 2023.
Date of text: 28 May 2023
Presidential Decree no. 9/2021 to ban the production and sales of single-use plastic products.
Date of text: 29 December 2021
Waste Management Regulations, no. R/58 of 2013.
Date of text: 05 August 2013

Fisheries

Fisheries Act of the Maldives (No. 14/2019).
Date of text: 2019
General Fisheries Regulation of the Maldives [Regulation No. R-75/2020].
Date of text: 30 August 2020
Law No. 1/74 relating to Fishing in the lagoons of Maldives (enacted 1374 Hejira, amended by laws 19 of 1971 and 22 of 1975).
Date of text: 1975
Regulation No: 2020/R-92 on the General Process of Issuing Licenses and Permits for Fishing, Fishing Related Activities and Aquaculture Activities.
Date of text: 03 October 2020
Regulation No: 2020/R-91 on issuing permits for the establishment of fisheries project.
Date of text: 03 October 2020

Food and nutrition

Export and Import Act (Act No. 31 of 1979).
Date of text: 15 September 1979
National Standard for Carbon Monoxide Treated Fish.
Date of text: 2017
National Standard for Labelling Prepackaged Food.
Date of text: 2014
General Regulation for Food Establishments and Services.
Date of text: 2007

Forestry

Regulations on the protection and maintenance of forestry in the Maldives rural areas, no. R/92 of 2022.
Date of text: 04 June 2022

Gender

Maldives Family Act No. 4/2000.
Date of text: 12 December 2000

Land and soil

Maldivian Land Act (Act No. 1 of 2002).
Date of text: 2002

Sea

Maritime Zones of Maldives Act (No. 6/96).
Date of text: 1996
Amendment of article 1 of the Constitution of Maldives.
Date of text: 15 April 1975
Regulation no. 2020/R-100 on Conduction of Marine Research in the Maldives.
Date of text: 19 October 2020

Water

Water and Sewerage Act, no. 8 of 2020.
Date of text: 05 August 2020
Regulations no. R-105/2023 on Registration of Water and Sewerage Service Systems and Issuance of Licenses and Permits for the Use and Operation of Water and Sewerage Systems.
Date of text: 18 May 2023
Regulation on the provision of house connections under water and sewerage projects in inhabited islands, no. R/90 of 2022.
Date of text: 25 May 2022
Water Resources Protection and Management Regulations, no. R/22 of 2021.
Date of text: 11 February 2021
General Regulations on Water and Sewerage Services in the Maldives, no. R/23 of 2021.
Date of text: 11 February 2021

Wild species and ecosystems

The International Trade Controls on Endangered Species (CITES) Act, no. 13 of 2022.
Date of text: 20 July 2022
The Natural Resources and Naturally Protected Species Regulations, no. R/25 of 2021.
Date of text: 17 February 2021
Regulations no. 2023/R-98 on Control of International Trade in Endangered Species and Registration of Traders and Goods.
Date of text: 20 April 2023
Protected Areas Regulation (No. 2018/R-78).
Date of text: 2018
Regulation on the Protection and Conservation of Environment in the Tourism Industry.
Date of text: 2006

Miscellaneous

Co-operatives Societies Act (Act No. 2 of 2007).
Date of text: 01 July 2007
Consumer Protection Act (Act No. 1 of 1996).
Date of text: 01 April 1996
The Energy Act, no. 18 of 2021.
Date of text: 11 October 2021
Prevention and prohibition of corruption Act.
Date of text: 2000
Law on Foreign Investments (1979)
Date of text: 1979

International Agreements

Agreement on Trade and Economic Cooperation between the Government of the People's Republic of China and the Republic of Maldives.
Date of text: 28 March 2004
Agreement between India and Maldives on Maritime Boundary in The Arabian Sea and Related Matters.
Date of text: 24 July 1978
Agreement between Sri Lanka, India and the Maldives on the Determination of Trijunction Point between the three Countries in the Gulf of Mannar.
Date of text: 31 July 1976

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