Bills

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 Second Ordinary Session of 2023

(2nd of November 2023)

    

Bill No.

Bill Title

English Version

Version Française

Status
 1

 - Bill for the Appropriation (2024) Act No. Of 2023

 - Project de Loi de Finances (2024) No. de 2023

      Withdrawn
 2

 - Bill for the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act No. of 2023

 - Project de Loi Modification No. de 2023 (Dispositions Diverses)

  Withdrawn
 3

 - Bill for the Import Duties (Consolidation) (Amendment) Act No. of 2023

 - Projet de Loi No. de 2023 sur les Droits de Douanes à l'Importation (Consolidation) (Modification)

  Withdrawn
 4

 - Bill for the Adoption Act No. of 2023

 - Projet de Loi No. de 2023 sur l'Adoption

  Withdrawn
 5  - Bill for the Data Protection and Privacy Act No. of 2023  Withdrawn
 6  - Bill for the Digital Safety Authority Act No. of 2023  Withdrawn
 7  - Bill for the Harmful Digital Communication Act No. of 2023  Withdrawn
8

 - Bill for the Disaster Recovery and Resilience Act No. of 2023

 - Projet de Loi No. de 2023 sur la Reprise après sinistre et la résilience

    Withdrawn
9

 - Bill for the Quarry (Amendment) Act No. of 2023

 - Projet de Loi No. de 2023 sur l'Exploitation des carrières (Modification)

    Withdrawn
10

 - Bill for the Electrical Works Safety Act No. of 2023

 - Projet de Loi No. de 2023 sur la Securite des Travaux

    Withdrawn
11

 - Bill for the Financial Dealers Licensing (Amendment) Act No. of 2023

 - Projet de Loi No. de 2023 sur la Lutte contre la fraude à l'investissement (Modification)

    Withdrawn
12  - Bill for the Agriculture (Amendment) Act No. of 2023  Withdrawn
13  - Bill for the Public Private Partnership Act No. of 2023  Withdrawn
14

 - Bill for the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter Terrorism Financing (Amendment) Act No. of 2023

 - Projet de Loi No. de 2023 relative a la lutte contre le Blanchiment

  Withdrawn
15  - Bill for the Aviation Security (Amendment) Act No. of 2023  Withdrawn
16  - Bill for the Building (Amendment) Act No. of 2023  Withdrawn
17

 - Bill for the Business License (Amendment) Act No. of 2023

 - Projet de Loi No. de 2023 sur les Patentes commerciales (Modification)

      Withdrawn
18  - Bill for the Business Names (Amendment) Act No. of 2023  Withdrawn
19  - Bill for the Civil Aviation (Amendment) Act No. of 2023  Withdrawn
20  - Bill for the Companies (Amendment) Act No. of 2023  Withdrawn
21 - Bill for the Foreign Investment (Amendment) Act No. of 2023  Withdrawn
22  - Bill for the Industrial Development (Amendment) Act No. of 2023  Withdrawn
23  - Bill for the Rights to Information (Amendment) Act No. of 2023  Withdrawn
24  - Bill for the Police (Amendment) Act No. of 2023  Withdrawn
25  - Bill for the Vanuatu Defence Force Act No. of 2023  Withdrawn
26

 - Bill for the Supplementary Appropriation (2023) Act No. of 2023

 - Projet de Loi No. de 2023 sur les Finances Complementaires (2023)
 Withdrawn
27

 - Bill for the Reserve Bank of Vanuatu (Amendment) Act No. of 2023

 - Projet de Loi No. de 2023 sur la Banque de Reserve de Vanuatu (Modification)

  Withdrawn
28

 - Bill for the Electoral Act No. of 2023

 - Projet de Loi Electorale No. de 2023
   Withdrawn
29

 - Bill for the Referendum (Amendment) Act No. of 2023

 - Projet de Loi No. de 2023 relative au Référendum (Modification)

       Withdrawn
30

 - Bill for the Municipalities (Amendment) Act No. of 2023

 - Projet de Loi No. de 2023 relative aux Communes (Modification)

  Withdrawn
31

 - Bill for the Decentralization (Amendment) Act No. of 2023

 - Projet de Loi No. de 2023 relative a la Décentralisation (Modification)

      Withdrawn
32

 - Bill for the Political Parties Registration Act No. of 2023

 - Projet de Loi No. de 2023 sur l' Enregistrement des Partis politiques

         Withdrawn
33

 - Bill for the Charitable Association (Incorporations) (Amendment) Act No. of 2023

 - Projet de Loi No. de 2023 sur les Associations à Vocation Sociale (Enregistre) (Modification)

          Withdrawn
34  - Bill for the Commercial Governement Business Enterprise Act No. of 2023  Withdrawn

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