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 Ordinary Session of 2024
(10th of May 2024)
| Bill No. | Bill Tittle | English version | Version Française |
Status |
| 1 |
- Bill for the Supplementary Appropriation (2024) Act No. of 2024 - Projet de Loi de Finances Complémentaires (2024) No. de 2024 |
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Passed |
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| 2 |
- Bill for the Referendum (Amendment) Act No. of 2024 - Projet de Loi No. de 2024 sur le Référendum (Modification) |
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Passed |
| 3 |
- Bill for the Budapest Convention on Cybercrime (Ratification) Act No. of 2024.pdf - Projet de Loi No. de 2024 sur la Convention de Budapest sur la Cyber Criminalité (Ratification) |
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Withdraw |
| 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 |
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Withdraw |
| 5 |
- Bill for the Digital Safety Authority Act No. of 2024 - Projet de Loi No. de 2024 sur l'Autorité de Sécurité Numérique |
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Withdraw |
| 6 |
- Bill for the Harmful Digital Communications Act No. of 2024 - Projet de Loi No. de 2024 relative aux Communications numeriques délétères |
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Withdraw |
| 7 |
- Bill for the Government Contracts and Tenders (Amendment) - Projet de Loi No. de 2024 sur les Marches Publics et Marches par Adjudication (Modification) |
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Withdraw |
| 8 |
- Bill for the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions Act No. of 2024) - Projet de Loi Modificative No. de 2024 (Disposition Diverses) |
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Withdraw |
| 9 |
- Bill for the Virtual Assets Services Providers Act No. of 2024 |
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Withdraw |
| 10 | - Bill for the Public Private Partnership Act No. of 2024 | |
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Withdraw |
| 11 |
- Bill for the Public Private Partnership (Consequential Amendment) Act No. of 2024
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Withdraw |
| 12 |
- 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 |
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Withdraw |
| 13 |
- Bill for the Electrical Works Safety Act No. of 2024 - Projet de Loi No de 2024 sur la Sécurité des Travaux Electriques |
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Withdraw |
| 14 |
- Bill for the Vanuatu Intellectual Property Office Act No. of 2024 |
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Withdraw |
| 15 |
- Bill for the Government Act No. of 2024 |
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Withdraw |
| 16 |
- 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) |
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Withdraw |
| 17 |
- Bill for the Import Duties (Consolidation) (Amendment) Act No. of 2024 |
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Withdraw |
| 18 |
- Bill for the Commercial Government Business Enterprises Act No. of 2024 |
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Withdraw |
| 19 |
- Bill for the Resident Entity (Economic substance) Act No. of 2024 |
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Withdraw |
| 20 |
- Bill for the Resident Entity (Economic substance) (Consequential Amendment) Act No. of 2004 |
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Withdraw |
