| Vanuatu - Legislation - Statutory Index by Year - Part 4 |
Part 1
1980 (Regulations) /
1980 (Acts)
/ 1981 / 1982
/ 1983 / 1984
/ 1985
Part 2
1986
/ 1987 / 1988
/ 1989 / 1990
/ 1991 / 1992
Part 3
1993 /
1994
/ 1995 /
1996
/ 1997 /
1998
Part 4
1999 / 2000
/ 2001 / 2002
/ 2003 / 2004 /
2005 / 2006 /
2007 / 2008 /
2009
/ 2010 /
2011
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Foreign Investment (Amendment) Act Assent:
29 June 1999 |
No. 1 |
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Assent: 10 September 1999 |
No. 2 |
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Compensation Strikers (Amendment) Act Assent: 10 September 1999 |
No. 3 |
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Road Traffic (Control) Amendment Act Assent: 10 September 1999 |
No. 4 |
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State Law Office (Amendment) Act Assent: 10
September 1999 |
No. 5 |
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Chambers of Commerce and Industry of Vanuatu (Amendment) Act Assent: 10 September 1999 |
No. 6 |
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Leadership Code (Amendment) Act Assent: 10 September 1999 |
No. 7 |
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Import Duties (Consolidation) (Customs Valuation Amendment) Act Assent: 10 September 1999 |
No. 8 |
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Business Licence (Amendment) Act Assent:
10 September 1999 |
No. 9 |
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Public Finance and Economic Management (Amendment) Act Assent: 10 September 1999 |
No. 10 |
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Assent: 10 September 1999 |
No. 11 |
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Coastal Trading (Control) (Repeal) Act Assent:
10 September 1999 |
No. 12 |
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Vanuatu National Training Council Act Assent: 10eptember 1999 |
No. 13 |
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Commencement: 1 October 1999 |
No. 14 |
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Assent: 10 September 1999 |
No. 15 |
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Assent: 10
September 1999 |
No. 16 |
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Airport Departure Tax (International Flights) (Repeal) Act Assent: 10 September 1999 |
No. 17 |
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Assent: 28 March 2000 |
No. 1 |
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SUPPLEMENTARY APPROPRIATION (1999) ACT Assent: 28 March 2000 |
No. 2 |
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Assent: 20 April 2000 |
No. 3 |
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BETTING CONTROL (AMENDMENT) ACT Assent: 24 April 2000 |
No. 4 |
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VALUE ADDED TAX (AMENDMENT) ACT Assent: 24 April 2000 |
No. 5 |
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BUSINESS LICENCE (AMENDMENT) ACT Assent: 24 April 2000 |
No. 6 |
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Assent: 20 April 2000 |
No. 7 |
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Assent:
20 April 2000 |
No. 8 |
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IMPORT DUTIES (CONSOLIDATION) (AMENDMENT) ACT Assent: 20 April 2000 |
No. 9 |
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Assent: 24 April 2000 |
No. 10 |
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PARLIAMENT (MEMBERS' EXPENSES AND ALLOWANCES) (AMENDMENT) ACT Assent: 24 April 2000 |
No. 11 |
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PUBLIC FINANCE AND ECONOMIC MANAGEMENT
(AMENDMENT) ACT Assent: 24 April 2000 Commencement: 11 March 2002 |
No. 12 |
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BROADCASTING AND TELEVISION (AMENDMENT) ACT Assent: 24 April 2000 |
No. 13 |
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Assent: 5 May 2000 |
No. 14 |
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VANUATU NATIONAL PROVIDENT FUND (AMENDMENT) ACT Assent: 5 May 2000 |
No. 15 |
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VANUATU INTERACTIVE GAMING ACT Assent: 5 May 2000 |
No. 16 |
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DECENTRALIZATION (AMENDMENT) ACT Assent: 5 May 2000 |
No. 17 |
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PUBLIC SERVICE (AMENDMENT) ACT Assent:
31 August 2000 |
No. 18 |
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Assent: 5 May 2000 |
No. 19 |
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NURSES ACT Commencement: 25 February 2002 |
No. 20 |
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ELECTRICITY SUPPLY (AMENDMENT) ACT Assent: 5 May 2000 |
No. 21 |
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SUPPLY OF ELECTRICITY (DISTRICTS) (AMENDMENT) ACT Assent: 5 May 2000 |
No. 22 |
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GOVERNMENT (AMENDMENT) ACT Assent: 31 August 2000 Commencement: 31 August 2000 |
No. 23 |
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Assent: 12
September 2000 |
No. 24 |
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E-BUSINESS ACT Assent: 12 September 2000 Commencement: 6 November 2000 |
No. 25 |
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INTERNATIONAL COMPANIES (E-COMMERCE AMENDMENT) ACT Assent: 12 September 2000 |
No. 26 |
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COMPANIES (E-COMMERCE AMENDMENT) ACT Assent: 12 September 2000 Commencement: 6 November 2000 |
No. 27 |
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FORESTRY RIGHTS REGISTRATION AND TIMBER HARVEST
GUARANTEE ACT Assent: 12 September 2000 Commencement: 09 October 2000 |
No. 28 |
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Assent: 12
September 2000 |
No. 29 |
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VANUATU NATIONAL PROVIDENT FUND (AMENDMENT No. 2) ACT Assent: 12 September 2000 |
No. 30 |
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Assent: 12
September 2000 |
No. 31 |
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CHAMBER OF COMMERCE & INDUSTRY OF VANUATU (AMENDMENT) ACT Assent:
12 September 2000 |
No. 32 |
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FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS REPORTING ACT Assent:
12 September 2000 |
No. 33 |
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LAND ACQUISITION (AMENDMENT) ACT Assent: 12 September 2000 Commencement: 05 February 2001 |
No. 34 |
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LAND REFORM (AMENDMENT) ACT Assent: 12 September 2000 Commencement: 5 February 2001 |
No. 35 |
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EXPENDITURE REVIEW AND AUDIT (AMENDMENT) ACT Assent: 12 September 2000 Commencement: 09 October 2000 |
No. 36 |
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PUBLIC SERVICE (AMENDMENT) ACT Assent: 12 September 2000 |
No. 37 |
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GOVERNMENT (AMENDMENT) ACT Assent: 12 September 2000 Commencement: 16 October 2000 |
No. 38 |
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LIQUOR LICENSING (AMENDMENT) ACT Assent: 12 September 2000 Commencement: 20 November 2000 |
No. 39 |
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MEAT INDUSTRY (AMENDMENT) ACT Assent: 12 September 2000 Commencement: 09 October 2000 |
No. 40 |
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DECENTRALIZATION (AMENDMENT) ACT Assent: 10 October 2000 Commencement: 10 October 2000 |
No. 41 |
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COPYRIGHT AND RELATED RIGHTS ACT Assent: 29 December 2000 Commencement: 08 February 2011 |
No. 42 |
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APPROPRIATION (2001) ACT Assent: 29 December 2000 Commencement: 1 January 2001 |
No. 43 |
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SUPPLEMENTARY APPROPRIATION (2000) ACT Assent:
29 December 2000 |
No. 44 |
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VALUE ADDED TAX (AMENDMENT) ACT Assent: 29 December 2000 Commencement: 29 January 2001 |
No. 45 |
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ROAD TRAFFIC (CONTROL) (AMENDMENT) ACT Assent:
29 December 2000 |
No.46 |
| BETTING CONTROL (AMENDMENT) ACT Assent: 29 December 2000 Commencement: 1 January 2001 |
No. 47 |
| LIQUOR LICENSING (AMENDMENT) ACT Assent: 29 December 2000 Commencement: 1 January 2001 |
No. 48 |
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VANUATU INTERACTIVE GAMING (AMENDMENT) ACT Assent: 29 December 2000 Commencement: 19 August 2002 |
No. 49 |
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BUSINESS LICENCE (AMENDMENT) ACT Assent: 29 December 2000 Commencement: 1 January 2001 |
No. 50 |
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Assent: 29 December 2000 Commencement: 08 February 2011 |
No. 51 |
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Assent: 29 December 2000 Commencement: 08 February 2011 |
No. 52 |
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GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATIONS (WINE) ACT Assent: 29 December 2000
Commencement: 3 May 2004 |
No. 53 |
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JUDICIAL SERVICES AND COURTS ACT Assent: 29 December 2000
Commencement: 2 June 2003 |
No. 54 |
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MUNICIPALITIES (AMENDMENT) ACT ASSENT 25TH MAY 2001 COMMENCEMENT 31ST MAY 2001 |
No. 1 |
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BETTING CONTROL (AMENDMENT) ACT ASSENT 29 June 2001 COMMENCEMENT 1 July 2001 |
No. 2 |
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GAMING (CONTROL) (AMENDMENT) ACT ASSENT 29 June 2001 COMMENCEMENT 1 July 2001 |
No. 3 |
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CASINO CONTROL (AMENDMENT) ACT ASSENT 29 June 2001 COMMENCEMENT 1 July 2001 |
No. 4 |
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FOREIGN INVESTMENT (AMENDMENT) ACT ASSENT 29 June 2001 COMMENCEMENT 16 July 2001 |
No. 5 |
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VANUATU NATIONAL PROVIDENT FUND (AMENDMENT) ACT ASSENT 29 June 2001 COMMENCEMENT 22 October 2001 |
No. 6 |
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CUSTOMARY
LAND TRIBUNAL ACT Assent 3 December 2001 Commencement 10 December 2001 |
No. 7 |
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PUBLIC SERVICE (AMENDMENT) ACT Assent: 30 December 2001 Commencement: 11 February 2002 |
No. 8 |
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STATE LAW OFFICE (AMENDMENT) ACT
Assent: 30 December 2001 Commencement: 11 February 2002 |
No. 9 |
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ACTS OF PARLIAMENT (AMENDMENT) ACT Assent: 30 December 2001 Commencement: 11 February 2002 |
No. 10 |
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GOVERNMENT CONTRACT AND TENDERS (AMENDMENT) ACT Assent: 30 December 2001 Commencement: 11 March 2002 |
No. 11 |
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PUBIC FINANCE AND ECONOMIC MANAGEMENT (AMENDMENT) ACT Assent: 30 December 2001 Commencement: 11 March 2002 |
No. 12 |
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NATIONAL BANK OF VANUATU (AMENDMENT) ACT Assent: 30 December 2001 Commencement: 11 March 2002 |
No. 13 |
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VANUATU FINANCIAL SERVICES COMMISSION (AMENDMENT) ACT Assent: 30 December 2001 Commencement: 11 March 2002 |
No. 14 |
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ISLAND COURTS (AMENDMENT) ACT Assent: 30th December 2001 Commencement: 25 February 2002 |
No. 15 |
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EMPLOYMENT (AMENDMENT) ACT Assent: 31 December 2001 Commencement: 11 February 2002 |
No. 16 |
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MUTUAL ASSISTANCE IN CRIMINAL MATTERS (AMENDMENT) ACT Assent: 30 December 2001 Commencement: 1 May 2001 |
No. 17 |
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LEGAL PRACTITIONERS (AMENDMENT) ACT Assent: 30 December 2001 Commencement: 11 February 2002 |
No. 18 |
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WORK PERMIT (AMENDMENT) ACT Assent: 30 December 2001 Commencement: 11 February 2002 |
No. 19 |
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REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE (AMENDMENT) ACT ASSENT 22 November 2001 COMMENCEMENT 22 November 2001 |
No. 20 |
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EDUCATION ACT Assent: 30th December 2001 Commencement: 25th February 2002 |
No. 21 |
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ACP-EU PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT ACT Assent: 30 December 2001 Commencement: 15 April 2002 |
No. 22 |
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VANUATU MARITIME AUTHORITY (AMENDMENT) ACT (not commenced) |
No. 23 |
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VANUATU INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ACT Assent: 30th December 2001 Commencement: 25th February 2002 |
No. 24 |
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VANUATU INSTITUTE OF TEACHER EDUCATION ACT Assent: 30th December 2001 Commencement: 25th January 2002 |
No. 25 |
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Assent: 30 December 2001 (not commenced) |
No. 26 |
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CONVENTION AGAINST ILLICIT TRAFFIC IN NARCOTIC DRUGS AND
PSYCHOTROPIC SUBSTANCES ACT
COMMENCEMENT 15 September 2003 |
No. 27 |
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VALUE ADDED TAX (AMENDMENT) ACT ASSENT 30 December 2001 COMMENCEMENT 31 December 2001 |
No. 28 |
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BUSINESS LICENCE (AMENDMENT) ACT ASSENT: 30 December 2001 COMMENCEMENT 1 January 2002 |
No. 29 |
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ASSENT: 30 December 2001 COMMENCEMENT 1 January 2002 |
No. 30 |
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ROAD TRAFFIC (CONTROL) (AMENDMENT) ACT ASSENT: 30 December 2001 COMMENCEMENT 1 January 2002 |
No. 31 |
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LIQUOR LICENSING (AMENDMENT) ACT ASSENT: 30 December 2001 COMMENCEMENT 1 January 2002 |
No. 32 |
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ASSENT: 30 December 2001 COMMENCEMENT 1 January 2002 |
No. 33 |
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IMPORT DUTIES (CONSOLIDATION) (AMENDMENT) ACT ASSENT: 30 December 2001 COMMENCEMENT 1 January 2002 |
No. 34 |
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ASSENT 30 December 2001 COMMENCEMENT 1 January 2002 |
No. 35 |
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SUPPLEMENTARY APPROPRIATION (2001) ACT ASSENT 30 December 2001 COMMENCEMENT 1 January 2001 |
No. 36 |
ACTS 2002
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ASSENT: 31st December 2002 COMMENCEMENT: 3 February 2003 |
No. 1 |
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FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS REPORTING (TERRORISM AMENDMENT) ACT ASSENT: 31st December 2002 COMMENCEMENT: 3 February 2003 |
No. 2 |
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INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION FOR THE SUPPRESSION OF THE FINANCING OF TERRORISM ASSENT: 31st December 2002 COMMENCEMENT: 15 September 2003 |
No. 3 |
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ASSENT: 31st December 2002 COMMENCEMENT: 1 January 2003 |
No. 4 |
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FIREARMS AND AMMUNITION SPECIAL PURCHASE ACT ASSENT 31st December 2002 COMMENCEMENT 12 July 2000 |
No. 5 |
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AGRICULTURAL FEES AMENDMENT ACT ASSENT 31st December 2002 COMMENCEMENT 3 February 2003 |
No. 6 |
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Assent: 31st December 2002 Commencement: 22nd September 2008 |
No. 7 |
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PUBLIC FINANCE AND ECONOMIC MANAGEMENT AMENDMENT ACT Assent: 31st December 2002 Commencement: 3 February 2003 |
No. 8 |
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WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT ACT Assent: 31st December 2002 Commencement: 10 March 2003 |
No. 9 |
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NATIONAL TOURISM OFFICE AMENDMENT ACT Assent: 31st December 2002 Commencement: 3 May 2004 |
No. 10 |
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CIVIL AVIATION (RATIFICATION) ACT Assent: 31st December 2002 Commencement: 3 February 2003 |
No. 11 |
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ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT CONSERVATION ACT Assent: 31st December 2002 Commencement: 10 March 2002 |
No. 12 |
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Assent: 31st December 2002 Commencement: 3 February 2003 |
No. 13 |
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MUTUAL ASSISTANCE IN CRIMINAL MATTERS ACT Assent: 31st December 2002 Commencement: 3 February 2003 |
No. 14 |
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VANUATU AGRICULTURE RESEARCH AND TECHNICAL CENTRE ACT Assent: 31st December 2002 Commencement: 1 January 2003 |
No. 15 |
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Assent: 31st December 2002 Commencement: 3 February 2003 |
No. 16 |
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Assent: 31st December 2002 Commencement: 1 January 2003 |
No. 17 |
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Assent: 31st December 2002 Commencement: 1 January 2003 |
No. 18 |
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VANUATU FINANCIAL SERVICES COMMISSION (AMENDMENT) ACT Assent: 31st December 2002 Commencement: 1 January 2003 |
No. 19 |
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FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS REPORTING AMENDMENT ACT ASSENT 31st December 2002 COMMENCEMENT 1 January 2003 |
No. 20 |
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FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS (AMENDMENT) ACT Assent: 31st December 2002 Commencement: 20 January 2003 |
No. 21 |
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Assent: 31st December 2002 Commencement: 10 March 2003 |
No. 22 |
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Assent: 31st December 2002 Commencement: 10 March 2003 |
No. 23 |
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EXCISE ACT ASSENT: 31st December 2002 COMMENCEMENT: 1 January 2003 |
No. 24 |
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Assent: 31st December 2002 Commencement: 1 January 2003 |
No. 25 |
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Assent: 31st December 2002 Commencement: 1 July 2003 |
No. 26 |
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Assent: 31st December 2002 Commencement: 1 July 2003 |
No. 27 |
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VALUE ADDED TAX (AMENDMENT) ACT ASSENT: 31st December 2002 COMMENCEMENT: 20th January 2003 except Item 3 of the Schedule which commenced on 1st August 1998 and Item 2 of the Schedule which commenced on 1st January 2003 |
No. 28 |
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VANUATU MARITIME AUTHORITY (AMENDMENT) ACT ASSENT: 31st December 2002 COMMENCEMENT: 1 January 2003 |
No. 29 |
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VANUATU INTERACTIVE GAMING (AMENDMENT) ACT ASSENT: 31st December 2002 COMMENCEMENT: 1 January 2003 |
No. 30 |
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IMPORT DUTIES (CONSOLIDATION) (AMENDMENT) ACT ASSENT: 31st December 2002 COMMENCEMENT: 1 January 2003 |
No. 31 |
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ASSENT: 31st December 2002 COMMENCEMENT: 1 January 2003 |
No. 32 |
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SUPPLEMENTARY APPROPRIATION (2001 AND 2002) ACT ASSENT: 31st December 2002 COMMENCEMENT: 1 January 2002, except Section 1 and Schedule 1 which commenced on 1 January 2001 |
No. 33 |
(*not yet published in gazette. Available in electronic format only.)
1. Trademarks Act
2. Patents Act
3. Designs Act
4. Judicial Services and Courts (Amendment) Act
5. Pacific Agreement on Closer Economic Relations (PACER) Act
6. Pacific Island Countries Trade Agreement (Ratification) Act
7. Public Prosecutors Act
8. Criminal Procedure Code (Amendment) Act
9. Vanuatu Maritime Authority (Amendment) Act
11. Broadcasting and Television (Amendment) Act
10. Labour (Work Permits) (Amendment) Act*
12. Vanuatu National Sports Council (Amendment) Act*
13. Excise (Amendment) Act
14. Debits Tax (Amendment) Act
15. Customs (Amendment) Act
16. Import Duties (Consolidation) (Amendment) Act
17. Penal Code (Amendment) Act 2003
18. Public Prosecutors (Amendment) Act 2003
19. United Nations Convention Against Transnational Organised Crime (Ratification) Act 2003
20. Consolidation of the French and English Texts of the Laws of Vanuatu Act 2003
21. The Strata Titles Amendment Act 2003
22. The Urban Land (Repeal) Act 2003
23.
24. The Land Leases (Amendment) Act 2003 [Assent: 01/12/2003 Commencement: 01/07/2004]
25. Vanuatu Commodities Marketing Board (Amendment)Act 2003
26. The Debits Tax (Amendment) Act 2003
27. The Import Duties (Consolidation) (Amendment) Act 2003
28. The Chambers of Commerce and Industry of Vanuatu (Amendment) Act 2003
29. The Vanuatu National Provident Fund (Amendment) Act 2003
30. The Value Added Tax (Amendment) Act 2003
31. The Road Traffic (Control) (Amendment) Act 2003
32. The Appropriation (2004) Act 2003
33. The Supplementary Appropriation (2003) Act 2003
34.
35. The Agreement on the International Dolphin Conservation Program (Ratification) Act 2003 [Assent: 18/12/2003 Commencement: 03/11/2008]
36.
37. The Maritime (Conventions) Amendment Act 2003
38. The Betting (Control) (Repeal) Act 2003
1. The Constitution (Fourth Amendment) Act 2004
2. Vanuatu Maritime Authority (Amendment) Act 2004
3. Immigration (Amendment) Act 2004
4. Referendum Act 2004
5. The Business Licence (Amendment) Act 2004
6. Value Added Tax (Amendment) Act 2004
7. The Debits Tax (Repeal) Act 2004
8. The Import Duties (Consolidation) (Amendment) Act 2004
9. The Labour (Works Permits) (Amendment) Act 2004
10. The Supplementary Appropriation (2004) Act 2004
11. The Land Leases (Amendment) Act 2004 [Assent: 30/12/2004 Commencement: 27/12/2006]
1. The Appropriation (2005) Act 2005
2.
3. The Official Salaries (Amendment) Act 2005
4. Parliament
(Members’ Expenses and Allowance) (Amendment) Act 2005
Assent: 14/07/2005 Commencement: 01/01/2005
5. Civil Aviation
(Amendment) Act 2005
Assent: 14/07/2005 Commencement: 29/08/2005
6. Casino Control
(Amendment) Act 2005
Assent: 14/07/2005 Commencement: 24/07/2005
7. World Health Organisation Framework Convention on Tobacco Control
(Ratification) Act 2005
Assent: 14/07/2005 Commencement: 05/09/2005
8. Gaming (Control)
(Amendment) Act 2005
Assent: 14/07/2005 Commencement: 24/07/2005
9. Labour (Work
Permits) (Amendment) Act 2005
Assent: 14/07/2005 Commencment: 29/08/2005
10. Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling,
Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on their Destruction
(Ratification) Act 2005
Assent: 14/07/2005 Commencement: 31/08/2005
11. Comprehension Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (Ratification) Act 2005
Assent: 14/07/2005 Commencement: 31/08/2005
12. Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants
(Ratification) Act 2005
Assent: 14/07/2005 Commencement: 31/08/2005
13. Agreement Establishing the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat
(Ratification) Act 2005
Assent: 14/07/2005 Commencement: 31/08/2005
14. The Convention on the Prohibition of the Development,
Production, Stockpiling and use of Chemical Weapons and on their
Destruction (Ratification) Act 2005
Assent: 14/07/2005 Commencement: 31/08/2005
15. Vanuatu Commodities Marketing Board (Amendment) Act 2005
Assent: 14/07/2005 Commencement: 06/01/2006
16. Multi Lateral Treaty on Fisheries and Related Amendments
(Ratification) Act 2005
Assent: 14/07/2005 Commencement: 19/09/2005
17. Convention on the Conservation and Management of Tuna Stocks
and other Highly Migratory Fish Stocks in the Western and Central
Pacific Ocean (Ratification) Act 2005
Assent: 14/07/2005 Commencement:
19/09/2005
18. Parliament (Administration) Act 2005
Assent: 14/07/2005 Commencement: 27/03/2006
19. Import Duties
(Consolidation) (Amendment) Act 2005
Assent: 14/07/2005 Commencement: 24/07/2005
20. Value Added Tax
(Amendment) Act 2005
Assent: 14/07/2005 Commencement: 24/07/2005
21. Agreement Establishing the South Pacific Regional Environment
Programme (SPREP) (Ratification) Act 2005
Assent: 14/07/2005 Commencement: 12/09/2005
22. Immigration
(Amendment) Act 2005
Assent: 14/07/2005 Commencement: 29/08/2005
23.
Protocol for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts of Violence
at Airports Serving International Civil Aviation Supplementary to the
Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of
Civil Aviation (Ratification) Act 2005
Assent: 14/07/2005 Commencement: 26/09/2005
24. Pacific Islands
Civil Aviation Treaty (Ratification) Act 2005
Assent: 14/07/2005 Commencement: 29/08/2005
25. Protocols to Amend the Convention on International Civil
Aviation (Ratification) Act 2005
Assent: 14/07/2005 Commencement: 26/09/2005
26. Convention for the Unification of certain Rules for
International Carriage by Air (Ratification) Act 2005
Assent: 14/07/2005 Commencement: 26/09/2005
27. Convention on the Marking of Plastic Explosives for the
Purpose of detection (Ratification) Act 2005
Assent: 14/07/2005 Commencement: 26/09/2005
28. Financial Transactions Reporting (Amendment) Act 2005
Assent: 30/12/2005 Commencement: 24/02/2006
29. The Counter Terrorism and Transnational Organised Crime Act 2005
Assent: 30/12/2005 Commencement: 24/02/2006
30.
The Proceeds of Crime (Amendment) Act 2005Assent: 30/12/2005 Commencement: 24/02/2006
31. Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters (Amendment) Act 2005
Assent: 30/12/2005 Commencement: 24/02/2006
32. The National Language Council Act 2005 (Gazetted in Ordinary Gazette No. 11 of 2006)
Assent: 30/12/2005 Commencement: 10/04/2006
33. The Road Traffic (Control) (Amendment) Act 2005
Assent: 30/12/2005 Commencement: 27/12/1989
34. Vanuatu Tourism Offfice (Amendment) Act 2005
Assent: 30/12/2005 Commencement: 24/02/2006
35. The Vanuatu Financial Services Commission (Amendment) Act 2005
Assent: 30/12/2005 Commencement: 05/06/2006
36. The Unit Trusts Act 2005
Assent: 30/12/2006 Commencement: 05/06/2006
37. The protected Cell Companies Act 2005
Assent: 30/12/2005 Commencement: 05/06/2006
38. The Mutual Funds Act 2005
Assent: 30/12/2005 Commencement: 05/06/2006
39. The Prevention of Fraud (Investments) (Amendment) Act 2005
Assent: 30/12/2005 Commencement: 05/06/2006
40. The Equal Remuneration Convention (Ratification) Act 2005
Assent: 30/12/2005 Commencement: 03/07/2006
41. The Discrimination (Employment and Occupation) Convention (Ratification) Act 2005
Assent: 30/12/2005 Commencement: 03/07/2006
42. The Minimum Age Convention (Ratification) Act 2005
Assent: 30/12/2005 Commencement: 03/07/2006
43. Penal Code (Amendment) Act 2005
Assent: 30/12/2005 Commencement: 01/03/2007
44. The Seafarers’ Identity Documents (Revised) Convention (Ratification) Act 2005
Assent: 30/12/2005 Commencement: 03/07/2006
45. Business Licence (Amendment) Act 2005
Assent: 30/12/2005 Commencement: 01/01/2006
46. The Import Duties (Consolidation) (Amendment) Act 2006
Assent: 30/12/2005 Commencement: 01/01/2006
47. Value Added Tax (Amendment) Act 2005
Assent: 30/12/2005 Commencement: 01/01/2006
48. Church of Melanesia (Vanuatu) Trust Board Act 2005
Assent: 30/12/2005 Commencement: 7/08/2006
50. Public Holidays (Amendment) Act 2005
Assent: 30/12/2005 Commencement: 20/02/2006
51. Vanuatu Agriculture College Act 2005
Assent: 30/12/2005 Commencement: 24/02/2006
52. Appropriation (2006) Act 2005
Assent: 30/12/2005 Commencement: 01/01/2006
53. Supplementary Appropriation (2005) Act 2005
Assent: 30/12/2005 Commencement: 01/01/2006
54. The Insurance Act 2005
Assent: 30/12/2005 Commencement: 5/06/2005
55. Fisheries Act 2005
Assent: 30/12/2005 Commencement: 27/03/2006
1. Business Licence (Amendment) Act 2006
Assent: 24/04/2006 Commencement: 01/01/2006
2. Import Duties (Consolidation) (Amendment) Act 2006
Assent: 25/04/2006 Commencement: 01/01/2006
3. Export Duties (Amendment) Act 2006
Assent: 25/04/2006 Commencement: 01/01/2006
4. Forced Labour Convention (Ratification) Act 2006
Assent: 24/04/2006 Commencement: 7/08/2006
5. Abolition of Forced Labour Convention (Ratification) Act 2006
Assent: 24/04/2006 Commencement: 7/08/2006
6. Right to organize and Collective Bargaining Convention (Ratification) 2006
Assent: 24/04/2006 Commencement: 7/08/2006
7. Worst forms of Child Labour Convention (Ratification) Act 2006
Assent: 24/04/2006 Commencement: 7/08/2006
8. Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise Convention (Ratification) Act 2006
Assent: 24/04/2006 Commencement: 7/08/2006
Assent: 13/04/2006 Commencement: 20/04/2006
10. Correctional Services Act 2006
Assent: 17/07/2006 Commencement: 7/08/2006
11. Prisons (Administration) (Repeal) Act 2006
Assent: 17/07/2006 Commencement: 28/08/2006
12. Police (Amendment) Act 2006
Assent: 17/07/2006 Commencement: 28/08/2006
13. Business Licence (Amendment) Act 2006
Assent: 17/07/2006 Commencement: 01/01/2006
14. Criminal Procedure Code (Amendment) Act 2006
Assent: 17/07/2006 Commencement: 12/02/2007
15. Judicial Services and Courts (Amendment) Act 2006
Assent: 17/07/2006 Commencement: 12/02/2007
16. Suspension of Sentences (Repeal) Act 2006
Assent: 17/07/2006 Commencement: 12/02/2007
17. Island Courts (Amendment) Act 2006
Assent: 17/07/2006 Commencement: 12/02/2007
18. Financial Transactions and Reporting (Amendment) Act 2006
Assent: 17/07/2006 Commencement: 28/08/2006
19. Export Duties (Amendment) Act 2006
Assent: 17/07/2006 Commencement: 02/10/2006
20. Vanuatu Agriculture Development Bank Act 2006
Assent: 17/07/2006 Commencement: 11/09/2006
21. Postal Services (Amendment) Act 2006
Assent: 17/07/2006 Commencement: 11/09/2006
22. Road Traffic (Control) (Amendment) Act 2006
Assent:17/07/2006 Commencement: 11/09/2006
23. National Council of Chiefs Act 2006
Assent: 17/07/2006 Commencement: 11/09/2006
24. Constitution (Fifth Amendment) Act 2006
Assent: 30/11/2006 Commencement: 05/02/2007
Assent: 12/12/2006 Commencement: 01/03/2007
Assent: 12/12/2006 Commencement: 05/02/2007
Assent: 12/12/2006 Commencement: 05/02/2007
Assent: 12/12/2006 Commencement: 05/02/2007
29. Island Courts (Amendment) Act 2006
Assent: 12/12/2006 Commencement: 05/02/2007
30. Civil Aviation (Amendment) Act 2006
Assent: 12/12/2006 Commencement: 29/01/2007
31. Constitution of The Asian-Pacific Postal Union (Ratification) Act 2006
Assent: 12/12/2006 Commencement: 29/01/2007
Assent: 12/12/2006 Commencement: 29/01/2007
33. Pacific Islands Air Services Agreement (PIASA) (Ratification) Act 2006
Assent: 12/12/2006 Commencement: 29/01/2007
34. Telecommunication (Amendment) Act 2006
Assent: 30/11/2006 Commencement: 01/12/2006
35. Land Lease (Amendment) Act 2006
Assent: 18/12/2006 Commencement: 01/01/2007
36. Import Duties (Consolidation) (Amendment) Act 2006
Assent: 28/12/2006 Commencement: 01/01/2007
37. Business Licence (Amendment) Act 2006
Assent: 28/12/2006 Commencement: 01/01/2007
38. Excise Tax (Amendment) Act 2006
Assent: 28/12/2006 Commencement: 01/01/2007
39. Value Added Tax (Amendment) Act 2006
Assent: 28/12/2006 Commencement: 22/01/2007
40. Stamp Duties (Amendment) Act 2006
Assent: 28/12/2006 Commencement: 01/01/2007
41. Road Traffic (Control) (Amendment) Act 2006
Assent: 28/12/2006 Commencement: 01/01/2007
42. Appropriation (2007) Act 2006
Assent: 28/12/2006 Commencement: 01/01/2007
43. Supplementary Appropriation (2006) Act 2006
Assent: 28/12/2006 Commencement: 01/01/2007
44. Parliament (Members’ Expenses and Allowances) (Amendment) Act 2006
Assent: 28/12/2006 Commencement: 01/01/2007
45. International Companies (Amendment) Act
Assent: 28/12/2006 Commencement: 22/01/2007
1. Vanuatu Agriculture College (Amendment) Act 2007
2. Stamp Duties (Amendment) Act 2007
Assent: 10/07/2007 Commencement: 14/01/2008
3. Value Added Tax (Amendment) Act 2007
4. Vanuatu National Training Council (Amendment) Act 2007
5. Land Leases (Amendment) Act 2007
6. Vanuatu Foreign Investment Promotion )Amendment) Act 2007
Assent: 10/07/2007 Commencement: 23/03/2009
7. Decentralization and Local Government Regions (Amendment) Act 2007
8. Vanuatu National Provident Fund (Amendment) Act 2007
Assent: 24/12/2007 Commencement: 01/01/2008
9. Government Proceedings Act 2007
Assent: 14/01/2008 Commencement: 25/03/2008
10. Aviation Security Act 2007
Assent: 24/12/2007 Commencement: 25/02/2008
11. Utilities Regulatory Authority Act 2007
Assent: 14/01/2008 Commencement: 11/02/2008
12. Multilateral Treaty on Fisheries Amendments (Ratification) Act 2007
Assent: 24/12/2007 Commencement: 25/02/2008
13. Correctional Services (Amendment) Act 2007
Commencement: 18/02/2008
14. Penal Code (Amendment) Act 2007
Assent: 24/12/2007 Commencement: 18/02/2008
15. Telecommunications (Amendment) Act 2007
Assent: 6/12/2007 Commencement: 10/12/2007
16. Waigani Convention (Ratification) Act 2007
Assent: 6/12/2007 Commencement: 10/12/2007
17. E-Business (Amendment) Act 2007
Assent: 24/12/2007 Commencement: 11/02/2008
18. The Agreement Establishing the Melanesian Spearhead Group (Ratification) Act 2007
Assent: 24/12/2007 Commencement: 15/05/2008
19. Business Licence (Amendment) Act 2007
Assent: 24/12/2007 Commencement: 01/01/2008
20. Customs (Amendment) Act 2007
Assent: 14/01/2008 Commencement: 11/02/2008
21. Expenditure Review and Audit (Amendment) Act 2007
Assent: 14/01/2008 Commencement: 11/02/2008
22. The Vanuatu Maritime Authority (Repeal) Act 2007
Assent: 31/12/2007 Commencement: 01/01/2008
23. Seasonal Employment Act 2007
Assent: 14/01/2008 Commencement: 04/02/2008
24. Road Traffic (Control) (Amendment) Act 2007
Assent: 14/01/2008 Commencement: 11/02/2008
25. Export Duties (Amendment) Act 2007
Assent: 14/01/2008 Commencement: 17/03/2008
26. Appropriation (2008) Act 2007
Assent: 24/12/2007 Commencement: 01/01/2008
27. Supplementary Appropriation (2007) Act 2007
Assent: 24/12/2007 Commencement: 01/01/2008
28. Representation of the People (Amendment) Act 2007
Assent: 31/12/2007 Commencement: 01/01/2008
1. Government Remuneration Tribunal (Amendment) Act 2008
2. Government (Amendment) Act 2008
Assent: 11/06/2008 Commencement: 07/07/2008
3. Pacific Island Countries Trade Agreement (PICTA) Consolidated Amendments
(Ratification) Act 2008
Assent: 11/06/2008 Commencement: 23/06/2008
4. Public Finance and Economic Management (Amendment) Act 2008
Assent: 11/06/2008 Commencement: 23/06/2008
5. Reserve Bank of Vanuatu (Amendment) Act 2008
Assent: 11/06/2008 Commencement: 23/06/2008
6. Agreement Establishing the ACP-EU Partnership Agreement (Ratification) Act 2008
7. Kava Act 2008
Assent: 31/12/2002 Commencement: 22/09/2008
8. Public Prosecutor (Amendment) Act 2008
Assent: 11/06/2008 Commencement: 30/06/2008
9. Vanuatu Agricultural Research and Technical Centre (Amendment) Act 2008
Assent: 11/06/2008 Commencement: 07/07/2008
10. Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2008
Assent: 11/06/2008 Commencement: 29/09/2008
11. International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (Ratification) Act 2008
Assent: 11/06/2008 Commencement: 23/06/2008
12. Shipping (Amendment) Act 2008
Assent: 12/06/2008 Commencement: 04/08/2008
13.
Maritime (Amendment) Act 2008
Assent: 12/06/2008 Commencement: 28/09/2009
14. Registration of United Kingdom Patents (Amendment) Act 2008
Assent: 12/06/2008 Commencement: 07/07/2008
15. Registration of United Kingdom Trade Marks (Amendment) Act 2008
Assent: 12/06/2008 Commencement: 07/07/2008
16. Vanuatu Financial Services Commission (Amendment) Act 2008
Assent: 12/06/2008 Commencement: 07/07/2008
17. Personal Property Securities Act 2008
Assent: 12/06/2008 Commencement: 07/07/2008
18. Counter Terrorism and Transnational Organised Crime (Amendment) Act 2008
Assent: 12/06/2008 Commencement: 07/07/2008
19. Tobacco Control Act 2008
Assent: 12/06/2008 Commencement: 16/02/2009
20. Privately Financed Airport Infrastructure Projects Act 2008
Assent: 12/06/2008 Commencement: 04/08/2008
21. Preservation of Sites and Artifacts (Amendment) Act 2008
Assent: 12/06/2008 Commencement: 11/05/2009
22. Foreign Service Act 2008
Assent: 12/06/2008 Commencement: 29/09/2008
23. Vanuatu Foreign Investment Promotion (Amendment) Act 2008
Assent: 12/06/2008 Commencement: 29/09/2008
24. Parliament (Members’ Expenses and Allowances) (Amendment) Act 2008
Assent: 12/06/2008 Commencement: 30/06/2008
25. Convention on the Rights
of persons with Disabilities (Ratification) Act 2008
Assent: 12/06/2008 Commencement: 23/06/2008
26. Judicial Services and Court (Amendment) Act 2008
Assent: 12/06/2008 Commencement: 30/06/2008
27. Leaders (President, Prime Minister and Chairman of the National Council of Chiefs)
Entitlement (Amendment) Act 2008
Assent: 12/06/2008 Commencement: 07/07/2008
28. Family Protection Act
2008
Assent: 22/12/2008 Commencement: 2/03/2009
29. Government (Amendment) Act 2008
Assent: 02/01/2009 Commencement: 23/02/2009
30. Road Traffic (Control) (Amendment) Act 2008
Assent: 02/01/2009 Commencement: 23/02/2009
31. Employment (Amendment)
Act 2008
Assent: 8/06/2009 Commencement: 26/10/2009
ACTS 2009
1. Maritime (Amendment) Act 2009
Assent: 22/04/2009 Commencement: 6/10/2009
2. Vanuatu Financial Services Commission (Amendment) Act 2009
Assent: 22/04/2009 Commencement: 18/05/2009
3. Stamp Duties (Amendment) Act 2009
Assent: 22/04/2009 Commencement: 18/05/2009
4.
5. Companies (Amendment) Act 2009
Assent: 22/04/2009 Commencement: 04/05/2009
6. Bills of Sale (Amendment) Regulation Act 2009
Assent: 22/04/2009 Commencement: 04/05/2009
7.
8. Government Contracts and Tenders (Amendment) Act 2009
Assent: 22/04/2009 Commencement: 04/05/2009
9. Reserve Bank of Vanuatu (Amendment) Act 2009
Assent: 22/04/2009 Commencement: 04/05/2009
10. Framework Agreement on the Provision of Concessional Loan between the Government of
the Republic of Vanuatu and the Government of the People’s Republic of China
(Ratification) Act 2009
Assent: 1/04/2009 Commencement: 20/04/2009
11. E-Government Project Government Concessional Loan Agreement (Ratification) Act 2009
Assent: 1/04/2009 Commencement: 20/04/2009
12. The Public Finance and Economic Management (Amendment) Act 2009
Assent: 1/04/2009 Commencement: 01/01/2009
13. The Supplementary Appropriation (2008) Act 2009
Assent: 1/04/2009 Commencement: 01/01/2009
14. The Appropriation (2009) Act 2009
Assent: 1/04/2009 Commencement: 01/01/2009
15. Public Finance and Economic Management (Amendment) Act 2009
Assent: 22/04/2009 Commencement: 18/05/2009
16. Supplementary
Appropriation (2009) Act 2009
Assent: 23/07/2009 Commencement: 27/07/2009
17. Reserve Bank of Vanuatu
(Amendment) Act 2009
Assent: 23/07/2009 Commencement: 10/08/2009
18. Vanuatu Agriculture Development Bank (Amendment) Act 2009
Assent: 23/07/2009 Commencement: 10/08/2009
19. Financial Institutions (Amendment) Act 2009
Assent: 23/07/2009 Commencement: 10/08/2009
20. Passports Act 2009
Assent: 23/07/2009 Commencement: 17/08/2009
21. Interpretation
(Amendment) Act 2009
Assent: 19/10/2009 Commencement: 9/11/2009
22. Concessional Loan Agreement between the Government of the Republic
of Vanuatu and
the Export-Import Bank of China for the Purchase of Y12 Aircrafts
(Ratification) Act
2009
Assent: 19/10/2009 Commencement: 16/11/2009
23. Law Reform (Contract Law) Act 2009
Assent: 19/10/2009 Commencement: 9/11/2009
24. Civil Status (Registration (Amendment) Act 2009
Assent: 19/10/2009 Commencement: 9/11/2009
25. Incorporated Cell
Companies Act 2009
Assent: 19/10/2009 Commencement: 9/11/2009
26. Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage
(Ratification) Act
2009
Assent: 19/10/2009 Commencement: 16/11/2009
27. Food (Control) (Amendment) Act 2009
Assent: 19/10/2009 Commencement: 9/11/2009
28. Law Reform (Civil Liability) Act 2009
Assent: 19/10/2009 Commencement: 9/11/2009
29. Insurance (Amendment) Act 2009
Assent: 19/10/2009 Commencement: 16/11/2009
30. Telecommunications and Radiocommunications Regulation Act 2009
Assent: 19/10/2009 Commencement: 27/11/2009
31. Telecommunications (Amendment) Act 2009
Assent: 19/10/2009 Commencement: 27/11/2009
32. Protected Cell Companies (Amendment) Act 2009
Assent: 19/10/2009 Commencement: 16/11/2009
33. Employment (Amendment) Act 2009
Assent: 19/10/2009 Commencement: 26/10/2009
34. Personal Property Securities (Amendment) Act 2009
Assent: 19/10/2009 Commencement: 23/04/2009
35. Supplementary Appropriation (2009) Act 2009
Assent: 19/10/2009 Commencement: 16/11/2009
36. Stamp Duties (Amendment) Act 2009
Assent: 19/10/2009 Commencement: 16/11/2009
37. Vanuatu Financial Services Commission (Amendment) Act 2009
Assent: 19/10/2009 Commencement: 16/11/2009
38. The Foundation Act 2009
Assent: 22/01/2010 Commencement: 28/04/2010
39. The Offshore Limited Partnerships Act 2009
Assent: 22/01/2010 Commencement: 28/04/2010
40. The Vanuatu Financial Services Commission (Amendment) Act 2009
Assent: 22/01/2010 Commencement: 28/04/2010
41. Passports (Amendment) Act
2009
Assent: 22/01/2010 Commencement: 25/03/2010
42. Import Duties (Consolidation) Act 2009
Assent: 31/12/2009 Commencement: 1/01/2010
43. Excise (Amendment) Act 2009
Assent: 31/12/2009 Commencement: 1/01/2010
44. Value Added Tax (Amendment) Act 2009
Assent: 31/12/2009 Commencement: 1/01/2010
45. Appropriation (2010) Act 2009
Assent: 31/12/2009 Commencement: 1/01/2010
1. Interpretation (Amendment) Act 2010
Assent: 02/03/2010 Commencement: 17/09/2010
2. Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2010
Assent: 15/07/2010 Commencement: 17/09/2010
3. Vanuatu Law Society Act 2010
Assent: 15/07/2010 Commencement: 17/09/2010
4. Government Proceedings (Amendment) Act 2010
Assent: 15/07/2010 Commencement: 17/09/2010
5. Supplementary Appropriation (2010) Act 2010
Assent: 22/06/2010 Commencement: 30/06/2010
6. Maritime Zones Act 2010
Assent: 18/06/2010 Commencement: 18/06/2010
7.
8.
9.
10. Credit Unions Amendment Act 2010
Assent: 15/07/2010 Commencement: 11/08/2010
11. International Companies Amendment Act 2010
Assent: 15/07/2010 Commencement: 11/08/2010
12. Vanuatu Financial Services Commission Amendment Act 2010
Assent: 15/07/2010 Commencement: 11/08/2010
13. Electricity Supply (Amendment) Act 2010
Assent: 30/12/2010 Commencement: 28/03/2011
14. Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (Ratification) Act 2010
Assent: 17/01/2011 Commencement: 14/03/2011
15. United Nations Convention Against Corruption (Ratification) Act 2010
Assent: 17/01/2011 Commencement: 14/03/2011
16. Supplementary Appropriation (2010) Act 2010
Assent: 05/11/2010 Commencement: 08/11/2011
17. Immigration Act 2010
Assent: 17/01/2011 Commencement: 07/02/2011
18. Utilities Regulatory Authority (Amendment) Act 2010
Assent: 30/12/2010 Commencement: 24/01/2011
19. Vanuatu Chamber of Agriculture Act 2010
Assent: 30/12/2010 Commencement: 07/02/2011
20.
21.
22. Police (Amendment) Act 2010
Assent: 17/01/2011 Commencement: 17/01/2011
23. Municipalities (Amendment) Act 2010
Assent: 30/12/2010 Commencement: 28/02/2011
24. Decentralization (Amendment) Act 2010
Assent: 17/01/2011 Commencement: 07/02/2011
25. Employment (Amendment) Act 2010
Assent: 17/01/2011 Commencement: 07/02/2011
26. Minimum Wage and Minimum Wages Board (Amendment) Act 2010
Assent: 30/12/2011 Commencement: 28/02/2011
27. Ozone Layer Protection Act 2010
Assent: 30/12/2010 Commencement: 24/01/2011
28. Environmental Management and Conservation (Amendment) Act 2010
Assent: 30/12/2010 Commencement: 24/01/2011
29. Import Duties (Amendment) Act 2010
Assent: 28/12/2010 Commencement: 01/01/2011
30. Excise (Amendment) Act 2010
Assent: 28/12/2010 Commencement: 01/01/2011
31.
32. Reserve Bank of Vanuatu (Amendment) Act 2010
Assent: 28/12/2010 Commencement: 01/01/2011
33. Parliament (Members' Expenses and Allowances) (Amendment) Act 2010
Assent: 30/12/2010 Commencement: 01/01/2011
34. Business Licence (Amendment) Act 2010
Assent: 17/01/2011 Commencement: 19/01/2011
35. Reserve Bank of Vanuatu (Amendment) Act 2010
Assent: 17/01/2011 Commencement: 19/01/2011
36. Tax Information Exchange Agreement (Ratification) Act 2010
37. Import of Goods (Control) (Amendment) Act 2010
Assent: 28/12/2010 Commencement: 10/01/2011
1.
2. Customary Land Tribunal (Amendment) Act 2011
Assent: 23/08/2011 Commencement: 05/09/2011
3.
4. Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (Ratification) Act 2011
Assent: 15/09/2011 Commencement: 17/10/2011
5. Import Duties (Consolidation) (Amendment) Act 2011
Assent: 15/09/2011 Commencement: 24/10/2011
6. Supplementary Appropriation (2011) Act 2011
Assent: 15/09/2011 Commencement: 16/09/2011
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