Bills before Parliament

Bills are draft acts of Parliament which are introduced into the House for discussion. A law begins its life as a Bill. This is a proposal for a new Act of Parliament. However before a Bill can become an Act it must pass through several stages in the Parliament. As it passes through Parliament a Bill can be amended during the Committee stages.All actions taken by a government must always be lawful in terms of the Constitution. That means that no Bill can be in conflict with what is in the Constitution. The only exception to this is a Bill to amend the Constitution.

There are two main types of Bills in the Vanuatu Parliament. These are Government Bills and Private Bills. The Budget is simply a rather complicated form of Government Bill and it will be dealt with separately. Government Bills are by far the most common. They may arise from party policy, or because interest groups have asked for them or because the Administration has decided it needs them or they may be to make Vanuatu follow a new international agreement or United Nations resolution.

 

 

These are the bills put before Parliament for the First Extraordinary Session of 2024

(8th of February 2024)

    

Bill No.

Bill Title

English Version

Version Française

Status

 1

 - Bill for the Appropriation (2024) Act No. of 2024

 - Projet de Loi de Finances (2024) No. de 2024

 Passed
 2

 - Bill for the Citizenship (Amendment) Act No. of 2024

 Passed
3

 - Bill for the Electricity Supply (Amendment) Act No. of 2024.pdf

 - Projet de Loi No. de 2024 sur la Production & distribution d'électricité (Modification)

   Passed
 4

 - Bill for the Data Protection and Privacy Act No. of 2024.pdf

 - Projet de Loi No. de 2024 relative à la Protection des données à caractère personnel

 Withdrawn
 5

 - Bill for the Digital Safety Authority Act No. of 2024

- Projet de Loi No. de 2024 sur l'Autorité de Sécurité Numérique

 Withdrawn
6

 - Bill for the Harmful Digital Communications Act No. of 2024

 - Projet de Loi No. de 2024 relative aux communications numeriques délétères

 Withdrawn
7

 - Bill for the Government Contracts and Tenders (Amendment)

 - Projet de Loi No. de 2024 sur les Marches Publics et Marches par Adjudication (Modification)

   Passed
8

 - Bill for the Statute Law (Miscellellaneous Provisions Act No. of 2024

 - Projet de Loi Modificative No. de 2024 (Disposition Diverses)

 Passed
9

 - Bill for the Financial Dealers Licensing (Amendment) Act No. of 2024

 - Projet de Loi No. de 2024 sur la Lutte contre la fraude à l'investissement (Modification)

   Passed
 10

 - Bill for the Adoption Act No. of 2024

 - Projet de Loi No. de 2024 sur l'Adoption

 Withdrawn
 11

 - Bill for the Disaster Recovery and Resilience Act No. of 2024

- Projet de Loi No. de 2024 sur la Reprise après Sinistre et la Résilience

 Withdrawn
12

 - Bill for the Quarry (Amendment) Act No. of 2024

 - Projet de Loi No. de 2024 sur l'Exploitation des Carrières (Modification)

 Passed
13

 - Bill for the Electrical Works Safety Act No. of 2024

 - Projet de Loi No de 2024 sur la Sécurité des Travaux Electriques

Passed
 14

 - Bill for the Anti-Money Laudering & Counter-Terrorism Financing (Amendment) Act No. of 2024

 - Projet de Loi No. de 2024 relative à la lutte contre le Blanchiment d' argent.

 Withdrawn
15

 - Bill for the Reserve Bank of Vanuatu (Amendment) Act No. of 2024

 - Projet de Loi No. de 2024 sur la Banque de Réserve de Vanuatu (Modification)

Withdrawn
 16

 - Bill for the Disaster Risk Management (Amendment) Act No. of 2024

- Projet de Loi No. de 2024 sur la Gestion des Risques de Castastrophes (Modification)

 Passed
17

 - Bill for the National Sports Commission (Amendment) Act No. of 2024

 - Projet de Loi No. de 2024 relative à la Commission Nationale des Sports (Modification)

 Passed
18

 - Bill for the Teaching Service (Amendment) Act No. of 2024

 - Projet de Loi No. de 2024 relative au Corps Enseignant (Modification)

     Withdrawn
19

 - Bill for the Commercial Government Business Enterprises Act No. of 2024

 Withdrawn