Policies / Policies from 2016

Policies from 2016

Policies with publication year 2016.

National Crop Varieties and Livestock Breed (Registration etc.) (Amendment) Act, 2016

Ministry of Agriculture, Ministry of Rural development

Nigeria2016Agriculture And Rural DevelopmentOther

An Act to enable effect to be given in the Federal Republic of Nigeria to the Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for certain hazardous chemicals and pesticides in international trade. The objective of this convention is to promote shared responsibility and cooperative efforts among parties in the international trade of certain hazardous chemicals in order to protect human health and the environment from potential harm and to contribute to their environmentally sound use, by facilitating information exchange about their characteristics, by providing for a national decision-making process on their import and export and by disseminating these decisions to Parties.

Regulations Relating to Plant Breeders' Rights: Amendment, 2016

Ministry of Agriculture, Ministry of Forestry,Ministry of Fisheries

South Africa2016Agriculture And Rural DevelopmentRegulation

The amended regulations operate under the plant breeders' rights act of 1976. The table detailing fees payable with respect to plant breeders' rights: 1 April 2015, is substituted.

The Civil Aviation Act (Amendment), 2016

Ministry of Transport, Infrastructure, Housing, Urban Development and Public Works

Kenya2016TransportationOther

This Act makes amend to several section of the Civil Aviation Act of 2013 as well as other related matters.

The Betting, Lotteries and Gaming (Amendment) Act, 2016

Ministry of Sports, Culture and Heritage

Kenya2016Youth And Sports DevelopmentOther

This Act provides the legal framework for regulating and controlling gambling activities, for promoting a responsible gambling industry, prevent the negative effects on young people, protect the society and prevent gambling being used as a source of crime and for money laundering activities.

The Code of Conduct and Ethics of the Communications Authority of Kenya

Ministry of Information, Communication and Technology

Kenya2016Information, Communication And TechnologyOther

The Kenya Information & Communication Act has undergone a lot of amendments, the recent effects the change of name from Communication Commission of Kenya to Communication Authority of Kenya and became an independent body. The goal of Communication Authority is to facilitate the transformation of lives through progressive regulation of the Information and Communication Technology sector. The authority adopted some value; team work, communication, innovation, diligence, result focus and respect. This code of conduct therefore gives guidelines and regulations to be followed by staff as public officers.

The Access to Information Act, 2016

Ministry of Information, Communication and Technology

Kenya2016Information, Communication And TechnologyOther

This is an Act to give effect to article 35 of the constitution and confer on the commission on administrative justice the oversight and enforcement functions and powers and for connected purposes. This access to information act provides for the right to information, review of decisions by the commission; conferment on the commission of oversight and enforcement functions and powers; regulations for provisions on delegated powers; and consequential amendments.

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