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Disaster Risk Management and Climate Change Act 2019 (No. 20 of 2019). -

Adoption: 2019-07-30 | KIR-2019-L-113879

This Act gives legislative effect to the whole-of-nation approach to disaster risk management and climate change, within the overall context of sustainable development It is designed and drafted in language that is understandable to non-lawyers.

It contains structures that minimise bureaucracy and maximise efficiency in action, which is particularly important in times of disaster. The legislation was developed in consultation with a variety of government, nongovernment and international stakeholders, and is tailored to the Kiribati context of a small, widely dispersed population.

The present focus is predominantly on disaster risk management and climate change adaptation, and it is anticipated in the years to come that an amendment bill will be prepared to increase the legislative content on climate change mitigation and related actions.

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Maritime Act 2017. -

Adoption: 2017 | KIR-2017-L-113882

This Act provides for the registration and marking of ships in Kiribati and for navigation. It provides that the Maritime Labour Convention 2006 (MLC2006), along with other international agreements, have force of law in Kiribati.

Repeals the following Acts:
(a) the Merchant Shipping Act 1983;
(b) the Harbour Ordinance Chapter 40;
(c) the Shipping Act 1990.