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United Republic of Tanzania - Country Profiles

Constitution of the United Republic of Tanzania, 1977.
Date of original text: 1977 (2005)

Policies

National Action Plan on Antimicrobial Resistance (NAP-AMR) 2023 -2028.
Date of text: 01 November 2022
National Environmental Master Plan for Strategic Interventions (2022 – 2032).
Date of text: 01 June 2022
Livestock Sector Transformation Plan (LSTP) 2022/23 - 2026/27.
Date of text: 01 February 2022
National Disaster Management Strategy (NDMS) 2022 – 2027.
Date of text: 2022
Implementation Strategy for the National Environmental Policy (2021) for the period 2022-2032.
Date of text: 01 October 2021

Legislation

Agricultural and rural development

Cooperative Societies Act, 2013 (No. 6 of 2013).
Date of text: 20 October 2013
Crops Laws (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act, 2009 (No. 20 of 2009)
Date of text: 20 November 2010
Tanzania Agricultural Research Institute Act, 2016 (No. 10 of 2016).
Date of text: 23 September 2016
Warehouse Receipts Act, 2005 (Act No. 10 of 2005).
Date of text: 06 June 2006
Sisal Industry Act, 1997 (No. 2 of 1997).
Date of text: 04 April 1997

Cultivated plants

Plant Health Act, 2020, No. 4 of 2020
Date of text: 19 June 2020
Plant Breeders' Rights Act, 2012 (No. 29 of 2012).
Date of text: 01 December 2012
Fertilizers Act, 2009 (No. 9 of 2009).
Date of text: 12 May 2009
Seeds Act, 2003 (No. 18 of 2003).
Date of text: 30 January 2004
Crops Laws (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act, 2009 (No. 20 of 2009)
Date of text: 20 November 2010

Disaster risk management

Disaster Management Act, 2015 (No. 17 of 2015).
Date of text: 11 May 2015

Environment

Environmental Management Act, 2004 (No. 20 of 2004).
Date of text: 08 February 2005
Industrial and Consumer Chemicals (Management and Control) Act, 2003 (No. 3 of 2003).
Date of text: 05 April 2003
Environmental Management (Hazardous Waste Control and Management) Regulations, 2021.
Date of text: 07 May 2021
Environmental Management (Biosafety) Regulations, 2009.
Date of text: 2009
Environmental Impact Assessment and Audit Regulations, 2005 (G.N. No. 349 of 2005).
Date of text: 21 October 2005

Fisheries

Fisheries Act, 2003 (No. 22 of 2003).
Date of text: 13 November 2003
Deep Sea Fisheries Management and Development Act, 2020 (No. 5 of 2020)
Date of text: 19 June 2020
Fisheries Regulations, 2009 (G.N. No. 308 of 2009).
Date of text: 28 August 2009
Tanzania Fisheries Research Institute Act, 2016 (No. 11 of 2016).
Date of text: 23 September 2016
Deep Sea Fisheries Management and Development Regulations, 2021.
Date of text: 20 May 2021

Food and nutrition

Tanzania Food, Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 2003 (No. 1 of 2003).
Date of text: 10 February 2003
Food Security Act, 1991 (Act No. 10 of 1991).
Date of text: 05 August 1991
Meat Industry Act, 2006 (No. 10 of 2006).
Date of text: 2006
Dairy Industry Act, 2004 (No. 8 of 2004).
Date of text: 04 June 2004
Kariakoo Market Corporation Act, 1974 (No. 36 of 1974).
Date of text: 30 October 1974

Forestry

Forest Act, 2002 (Act No. 7 of 2002).
Date of text: 04 June 2002
Forest Regulations, 2004 (G.N. No. 153 of 2004).
Date of text: 2004
Natural Wealth and Resources (Permanent Sovereignty) Act, 2017 (No. 5 of 2017).
Date of text: 05 July 2017
Tanzania Forestry Research Institute Act, 1980 (No. 5 of 1980).
Date of text: 02 February 1980
Forests (Minimum Felling Girth Limits) Order, 1996 (G.N. No. 10 of 1997).
Date of text: 18 December 1996

Gender

National Guidelines for Maistreaming Gender into Environment.
Date of text: 2014

Land and soil

Land Act, 1999 (No. 4 of 1999).
Date of text: 15 May 1999
Land Use Planning Act, 2007 (Act No. 6 of 2007).
Date of text: 11 June 2007
National Land Use Planning Commission Act, 1984 (Act No. 3 of 1984).
Date of text: 17 March 1984
Village Land Act, 1999.
Date of text: 15 May 1999
Environmental Management (Soil Quality Standards) Regulations, 2007.
Date of text: 2007

Livestock

Animal Welfare Act, 2008 (No. 19 of 2008).
Date of text: 06 December 2008
Animal Diseases Act, 2003 (No. 17 of 2003).
Date of text: 30 January 2004
Tanzania Food, Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 2003 (No. 1 of 2003).
Date of text: 10 February 2003
Grazing-land and Animal Feed Resources Act, 2010 (No. 13 of 2010).
Date of text: 20 May 2010
Tanzania Livestock Research Institute Act, 2012 (No. 4 of 2012).
Date of text: 15 June 2012

Sea

Ports Act, 2004 (No. 17 of 2004).
Date of text: 08 February 2005
Merchant Shipping Act, 2003 (No. 21 of 2003).
Date of text: 22 March 2004
Surface and Marine Transport Regulatory Authority Act (No. 9 of 2001).
Date of text: 21 June 2001
Territorial Sea and Exclusive Economic Zone Act, 1989.
Date of text: 12 June 1989
Merchant Shipping (Registration of Ships) Regulations, 2005.
Date of text: 2005

Water

Water Resources Management Act, 2009 (No. 11 of 2009).
Date of text: 12 May 2009
Water Supply and Sanitation Act, 2019 (No. 5 of 2019).
Date of text: 13 February 2019
National Irrigation Act, 2013 (No. 5 of 2013).
Date of text: 20 October 2013
Urban Water Supply Act, 1981 (Act No. 7 of 1981).
Date of text: 22 May 1991
Natural Wealth and Resources (Permanent Sovereignty) Act, 2017 (No. 5 of 2017).
Date of text: 05 July 2017

Wild species and ecosystems

Wildlife Conservation Act.
Date of original text: 01 July 2013 (22 June 2022)
Marine Parks and Reserves Act, 1994 (Act No. 29 of 1994).
Date of text: 17 January 1995
National Parks Act (Cap. 228).
Date of original text: 01 July 1959 (2003)
Antiquities Act No. 10 of 1964, as amended by the Act No.22 of 1979.
Date of text: 01 August 1964
Wildlife Conservation (Wildlife Management Areas) Regulations, 2012 (G.N No. 206 of 2012).
Date of text: 2012

Miscellaneous

Access to Information Act, 2016 (No. 6 of 2016).
Date of text: 23 September 2016
Petroleum Act 2015.
Date of text: 05 July 2015
Public Private Partnership Act, 2010 (No. 18 of 2010).
Date of text: 25 July 2010
Standards Act, 2009 (No. 2 of 2009).
Date of text: 12 March 2009
Investment Act, No. 10 of 2022.
Date of text: 20 February 2023

International Agreements

AFRICAN UNION CONVENTION ON PREVENTING AND COMBATING CORRUPTION.
Date of text: 11 July 2003
African Convention on the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (Revised version).
Date of text: 11 July 2003
Treaty establishing the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa.
Date of text: 05 November 1993

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