Environmental and Planning Laws of Jamaica


This page is a list of environmental laws of Jamaica as well as planning laws and other related laws. Click on the following links to view a Map of Jamaica Protected Areas and a Map of Development Order Areas. To view the listed laws below, click on their respective link:

  1. The Aquaculture, Inland and Marine Products and By-Products (Inspection, Licensing and Export) Act, 1999
  2. Aquaculture, Inland and Marine Products and By-Products (Inspection, Licensing and Export) Regulations 2000
  3. Aquaculture, Inland and Marine Products and By-Products (Inspection, Licensing and Export) list of Production Areas 2000
  4. Aquaculture, Inland and Marine Products and By-Products (Inspection, Licensing and Export) (Amendment) Regulations 2002
  5. Aquaculture] Inspection and Certification of Fishery Facilities (Prescribed Forms) Regulations 2002
  6. Beach Control Act 1956
  7. Beach Control (Protected Area) (Ocho Rios) Order, 1966
  8. Beach Control (Protected Area) (Port Royal) Order 1967 (similar to the provision contained in the Ocho Rios Order)
  9. Beach Control (Protected Area) (Montego Bay) Order 1974 (similar to the provision contained in the Ocho Rios Order)
  10. Beach Control (Protected Area) (Black Coral) Order 1979
  11. Beach Control (Crown Licences) Regulations 1956
  12. Beach Control (Safety Measures) Regulations 1957
  13. Beach Control Authority (Licensing) Regulations 1956
  14. Beach Control Authority (Licensing) (Amendment) Regulations 1999
  15. Beach Control (Hotel, Commercial and Public Recreational Beaches) Regulations 1978
  16. Black River (Upper Morass) Reclamation Act List of Regulations
  17. The Clean Air Act 1964
  18. Endangered Species (Protection, Conservation and Regulation of Trade) Act, 2000
  19. Endangered Species (Protection, Conservation and Regulation of Trade) (Designation of Management Authority Order, 2000
  20. Endangered Species (Protection, Conservation and Regulation of Trade) Regulations 2000
  21. Endangered Species (Protection, Conservation and Regulation of Trade) (Amendment) Regulations 2000
  22. Endangered Species (Protection, Conservation and Regulation of Trade) Act (Appointed Day) Notice 2000
  23. Endangered Species (Protection, Conservation and Regulation of Trade) Establishment of National Export Quota (Conch, Strumbus Gigas) Regulations 2000
  24. Endangered Species (Protection, Conservation and Regulation of Trade) (Conch, Strumbus Gigas) Regulations 2000
  25. Endangered Species (Protection, Conservation and Regulation of Trade) Establishment of National Export Quota (Conch, Strumbus Gigas) Regulations 2001
  26. Endangered Species (Protection, Conservation and Regulation of Trade) (Amendment) Regulations 2002

  27. Endangered Species (Protection, Conservation and Regulation of Trade) Establishment of Individual Export Quota (Conch, Strumbus Gigas) Regulations 2002
  28. Endangered Species (Protection, Conservation and Regulation of Trade) Establishment of National Export Quota (Conch, Strumbus Gigas) Regulations 2003
  29. Exclusive Economic Zone Act 1991
  30. Fishing Industry Act 1976
  31. Fishing Industry Act List of Regulations
  32. Fishing Industry (Exemption) Order 1976
  33. Fishing Industry Regulations 1976
  34. Fishing Industry (Amendment of Schedule) Order 2000
  35. Fishing Industry (Conservation of Conch, Strumbus Gigas) Regulations 2000
  36. Fishing Industry (Fishery Management Areas) Order 2000
  37. Forest Act 1996
  38. Forest Act - Authorization
  39. Forest Act - Regulations 2001
  40. Forest Act - List of Regulations
  41. Forest (Removal of Timber and Property marks) Regulations 1938
  42. Map of Protected Areas ( click here for full screen)
  43. Maritime Areas Act 1996
  44. Morant and Pedro Cays Act 1907
  45. National Solid Waste Management Act 2001
  46. National Solid Waste Management (Public_Cleanliness) Regulations 2003
  47. Natural Resources Conservation Authority Act 1991
  48. Natural Resources Conservation Authority Act List of Regulations
  49. Natural Resources Conservation Authority Appeals Tribunal Rules 1997
  50. Natural Resources (Marine Parks) Regulations 1992
  51. Natural Resources Conservation (Marine Parks) (Amendment) Regulations 2003
  52. Natural Resources (National Parks) Regulations 1993
  53. Natural Resources (National Parks) (Amendment) Regulations 2003
  54. Natural Resources (Blue and John Crow Mountains National Park) (User Fees) Regulations 2003
  55. Natural Resources Conservation (Permits and Licences) Regulations 1996
  56. Natural Resources (Prescribed Areas) (Prohibition of Categories of Enterprise, Construction and Development) Order 1996
  57. Natural Resources Conservation (Ambient Air Quality Standards) Regulations 1996
  58. Natural Resources (Hazardous Waste) (Control of Transboundary Movement) Regulations 2002
  59. Natural Resources Conservation (Coral Spring -Mountain Spring Protected Area) Order 1998
  60. Natural Resources Conservation (Palisadoes – Port Royal Protected Area) Order 1998
  61. Natural Resources Conservation (Portland Bight Protected Area) Order 1999
  62. Natural Resources (Ocho Rios Marine Park Protected Area) Order
  63. Natural Resources Negril Environmental Protection Area Order 1997
  64. Natural Resources Conservation (Negril Marine Park) (Declaration) Order 1998
  65. Natural Resources (Montego Bay Marine Park) Order 1992
  66. Natural Resources Conservation (Blue and John Crow Mountains National Park) Declaration Order 1993
  67. Trade Act 1955
  68. Trade (Restriction on Importation) (Chlorofluorocarbons) Order 1999
  69. Trade (Restriction on Importation) (Chlorofluorocarbons) (Amendment) Order 2002
  70. Trade (Prohibition of Importation) (Equipment containing Chlorofluorocarbons) Order 1998
  71. Trade (Prohibition of Importation) (Equipment containing Chlorofluorocarbons) (Amendment) Order 1998
  72. Trade (Prohibition of Importation) (Equipment containing Chlorofluorocarbons) (Amendment) Order 2002
  73. Trade (Imports Licensing) (Amendment) Order 2002
  74. Trade (Prohibition on Exportation) (Halon) (Revocation) Order 2003
  75. Water Resources Authority Act 1995
  76. Watersheds Protection Act 1945
  77. Watersheds Protection Act List of Orders
  78. Watersheds Protection (Rio Minho, Cane River and Rio Nuevo Watersheds Areas) Order 1964
  79. Wild Life Protection Act 1945
  80. Wild Life Protection Act List of Regulations
  81. Wild Life Protection Act (Amendment) Order 1998
  82. Wild Life Protection Regulations 1945
  83. Wild Life Protection Act (Amendment of First Schedule) Order 1997
  84. Wild Life Protection Act (Amendment of First Schedule) Order 1998
  85. Wild Life Protection Act (Amendment of First Schedule) Order 1999
  86. Wild Life Protection Act (Amendment of First Schedule)(No.2) Order 1999
  87. Wild Life Protection Act (Amendment of Third Schedule) Regulations 2001
  88. Wild Life Protection Act (Amendment of Second Schedule) Regulations 2002
  89. Wild Life Protection (Protective Zone) Regulations 1998
  90. Wild Life Protection (Hunters’ Licences) Regulations 1973
  91. Wild Life Protection (Hunters’ Returns) Regulations 1999
  92. Wild Life Protection (Hunters’ Returns) (Amendment) Regulations 2002
  93. Wild Life Protection (Hunters’ Licences) (Amendment) Regulations 2003
  94. Wild Life Protection (Shooting Season) Order 2003
  95. Wildlife Protection (Game Bird Hunting Limit) Regulations 1990
  96. Wildlife Protection (Game Bird Hunting Limit) Regulations 2003
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