Sectoral Policy and Legislation Sample Clauses

Sectoral Policy and Legislation. Government's overarching policy vision, presented in "Vision 2030", is for Zambia to "become a prosperous middle income country by 2030". The Fifth National Development Plan (FNDP) 2006-2010, and the associated Medium-Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF), provides the link between "Vision 2030" and the annual activity plans and budgets. FNDP is thus Government's comprehensive medium-term planning framework, which ensures that sectoral strategic plans are well coordinated, interlinked, and prioritised based on assessments of resource ceilings as set out in MTEF. It defines Government's vision, goals, and programmes for each sector and cross-cutting and thematic area to achieve Vision 2030. Zambia’s body of laws relating to the management of the Environment and Natural Resources sector is spread over more than 20 international treaties and over 30 Acts of Parliament and responsibility dispersed amongst at least ten line ministries. The sectoral legislation or regulations include the following key acts: Pollution Control Act (1990), Wildlife Act (1998), Forests Act (1999), Forest Act (1999), Water Act (2001), Energy Act (1994), Lands Act (1995), Mining and Minerals Act (1995), Environmental Protection and Pollution Control Act (1990), Land Survey Act (1995), and National Heritage Conservation Commission Act. At the policy level, Zambia through the Lands Act of 1995 has recognised customary land as eligible for state registration and thus one can get leasehold title on customary land. This has empowered peasant farmers and women with security of tenure to land. In 1995 the Zambia Forestry Action Programme (ZFAP) planning process was launched in response to the FAO tropical Forestry Action Plan of 1987. ZFAP was undertaken as an integral part of the National Environmental Action Plan process, which was developed to incorporate environmental issues into social and economic policy and development planning. The current National Forestry Policy (1998) and Forestry Act (1999) are outcomes from the ZFAP planning process. The Act was entered into the Government Gazette on October 1999 but has not been implemented yet, so the Forestry Act has been in abeyance for ten years5. At the moment the forestry sector, including the Forestry Department, needs deeply to get a new policy which will provide framework for restructuring FD and an enabling environment for new issues, as the National XXXX readiness strategy. Public Service Reform and Decentralization were initiated by the...
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Sectoral Policy and Legislation. The Government of Bangladesh is committed to improving food safety standards of aquatic products destined for international markets and considerable measures have been taken to improve policy, legal frameworks and laboratory testing and monitoring procedures. For example, the responsibility for fish inspection and quality control is with the Department of Fisheries (DOF), which maintains several laboratories to certify the quality of exportable fish and fishery products. The Fisheries Ordinance is further implemented by the Fish and Fish Product (Inspection and Quality Control) Rules (1997), which include HACCP requirements for shrimp processing plants. However, there is no legislation in place for controlling fish movement, disease, use of chemicals and veterinary drugs, and use of feed. In addition, there is little or no efforts are made to improve the farm management knowledge base of the thousands of small-scale farmers engaged in aquatic food production by training so that irresponsible use of banned antibacterials can be reduced. This project will organize and train small-scale farmers to better manage their farms thus reducing the irresponsible use of antimicrobials and other therapeutic drugs and chemicals.. In order to ensure long-term sustainability and efficiency of better management practices, the project will have clear farmer training and empowerment and policy strengthening components. A key part of the project will include the identification of causes of disease, better understanding of current veterinary drug use and practices and assistance towards implementation of appropriate Codex Codes of Practice guidelines and OIE standards. The project is designed not only to strengthen the capacity of the shrimp sector but also to link farmers and the farming sector with policy makers, buyers, retailers and certifiers in the international trading arena, and strengthen public-private-partnerships (PPPs) along the shrimp and prawn value chain, so that the project outcomes will be long lasting and sustainable. The project will xxxxxx strong PPP through bringing together the industry and state together in managing small-scale farming sector. The BMPs to be developed will fully comply with the FAO Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries, the Code of Conduct for Bangladesh Shrimp Industry, jointly prepared by the Department of Fisheries and the BSFF in March 2011. The project will complement the trainer training programme on implementation of Shrimp C...
Sectoral Policy and Legislation. In 1998, the Government approved a new Forest Policy. The overall goal of this policy is to enhance the contribution of the forest sector to the sustainable development of Tanzania and the conservation and management of her natural resources for the benefit of present and future generations. This policy focuses in four areas: • Forest land management • Forest-based industries and products • Ecosystem conservation and management • Institutions and human resources The objectives of the forest sector on the basis of the overall goal are as follows: • Ensure sustainable supply of forest products and services by maintaining sufficient forest area under effective management. • Increase employment and foreign exchange earnings through sustainable forest-based industrial development and trade; • Ensure ecosystem stability through conservation of forest biodiversity, water catchments and soil fertility; and • Enhance national capacity to manage and develop the forest sector in collaboration with other stakeholders. In order to implement this new policy, two instruments have been developed, these are: - The NFP, approved by the Government in November 2001, aims at promoting conservation and sustainable use of forest resources to meet local, national and global needs. - Xxx Xxxxxx Xxx 0000 aims at putting the legal framework for the implementation of the Policy. The Parliament, on its sitting in April 2002, approved the New Forest Act.

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  • Data Protection Legislation the UK Data Protection Legislation and any other European Union legislation relating to personal data and all other legislation and regulatory requirements in force from time to time which apply to a party relating to the use of Personal Data (including, without limitation, the privacy of electronic communications) and the guidance and codes of practice issued by the Information Commissioner or relevant government department in relation to such legislation.

  • Compliance with Legislation Should any term of this Agreement fail to comply with a mandatory minimum standard or requirement imposed by applicable legislation, then the minimum standard or requirement shall apply in place of the offending term of this Agreement, and shall constitute the rights and obligations of the Parties in that respect.

  • Privacy Legislation The parties acknowledge that federal and/or provincial legislation that addresses the protection of individual’s personal information (collectively, “Privacy Laws”) applies to obligations and activities under this Agreement. Despite any other provision of this Agreement, neither party will take or direct any action that would contravene, or cause the other to contravene, applicable Privacy Laws. The Corporation will, prior to transferring or causing to be transferred personal information to the Rights Agent, obtain and retain required consents of the relevant individuals to the collection, use and disclosure of their personal information, or will have determined that such consents either have previously been given upon which the parties can rely or are not required under the Privacy Laws. The Rights Agent will use commercially reasonable efforts to ensure that its services hereunder comply with Privacy Laws.

  • Summary of Policy and Prohibitions on Procurement Lobbying Pursuant to State Finance Law §139-j and §139-k, this Contract includes and imposes certain restrictions on communications between OGS and a Vendor during the procurement process. A Vendor is restricted from making contacts from the earliest notice of intent to solicit offers/bids through final award and approval of the Procurement Contract by OGS and, if applicable, the Office of the State Comptroller (“restricted period”) to other than designated staff unless it is a contact that is included among certain statutory exceptions set forth in State Finance Law §139-j(3)(a). Designated staff, as of the date hereof, is identified in Appendix G, Contractor and OGS Information, or as otherwise indicated by OGS. OGS employees are also required to obtain certain information when contacted during the restricted period and make a determination of the responsibility of the Vendor pursuant to these two statutes. Certain findings of non-responsibility can result in rejection for contract award and in the event of two findings within a four-year period; the Vendor is debarred from obtaining governmental Procurement Contracts. Further information about these requirements can be found on the OGS website: xxxx://xxx.xxx.xx.xxx/aboutOgs/regulations/defaultSFL_139j-k.asp.

  • Implementation Legislation The Contracting Parties shall enact any legislation necessary to comply with, and give effect to, the terms of the Agreement.

  • Legislation Any reference in this Agreement to any legislation (whether primary legislation or regulations or other subsidiary legislation made pursuant to primary legislation) shall be construed as a reference to such legislation as the same may have been, or may from time to time be, amended or re-enacted.

  • National Environmental Policy Act All subrecipients must comply with the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq., and the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) Regulations (40 C.F.R. Parts 1500-1508) for Implementing the Procedural Provisions of NEPA, which requires Subrecipients to use all practicable means within their authority, and consistent with other essential considerations of national policy, to create and maintain conditions under which people and nature can exist in productive harmony and fulfill the social, economic, and other needs of present and future generations of Americans.

  • Corrupt Practices Legislation (i) Neither Tahoe nor any of its subsidiaries, nor, to Tahoe’s knowledge, any of their respective directors, officers, agents, employees, consultants or other persons acting on behalf of Tahoe or any of its subsidiaries has offered or given, and Tahoe is not aware of or does not have any knowledge of any person that has offered or given on its behalf, anything of value to any official of a Governmental Entity, any political party or official thereof or any candidate for political office, any customer or member of any Governmental Entity, or any other person, in any such case while knowing or having reason to know that all or a portion of such money or thing of value may be offered, given or promised, directly or indirectly, for the purpose of any of the following: (A) influencing any action or decision of such person, in such person’s official capacity, including a decision to fail to perform such person’s official function in order to obtain or retain an advantage for Tahoe or any of its subsidiaries in the course of business; (B) inducing such person to use such person’s influence with any Governmental Entity to affect or influence any act or decision of such Governmental Entity to assist Tahoe or any of its subsidiaries in obtaining or retaining business for, with, or directing business to, any person or otherwise to obtain or retain an advantage in the course of business; or (C) where such payment would constitute a bribe, rebate, payoff, influence payment, kickback or illegal or improper payment to assist Tahoe or the subsidiary in obtaining or retaining business for, with, or directing business to, any person. (ii) There have been no actions taken by Tahoe, any of its subsidiaries or, to the knowledge of Tahoe, by any persons on behalf of Tahoe or any of its subsidiaries, that would cause Tahoe or its subsidiaries or such persons to be in violation of the Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act (Canada) or the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 (United States) (collectively, the “Corruption Acts”) or any similar legislation in any jurisdiction in which Tahoe or any of its subsidiaries conduct their business and to which Tahoe or any of its subsidiaries may be subject. (iii) The financial records of Tahoe and its subsidiaries have at all times been maintained in compliance with the Corruption Acts. (iv) There are no proceedings or investigations under the Corruption Acts or any similar legislation in any jurisdiction in which Tahoe and its subsidiaries conduct their business pending against Tahoe or any of its subsidiaries, nor any of their respective directors, officers, agents, employees, consultants or other persons acting on behalf of Tahoe or any of its subsidiaries, or to the knowledge of Tahoe, threatened against or affecting, Tahoe or any of its subsidiaries or any of their respective directors, officers, agents, employees, consultants or other persons acting on behalf of Tahoe or any of its subsidiaries.

  • Compliance with Money Laundering Legislation The Rights Agent shall retain the right not to act and shall not be liable for refusing to act if, due to a lack of information or for any other reason whatsoever, the Rights Agent reasonably determines that such an act might cause it to be in non-compliance with any applicable anti-money laundering or anti-terrorist legislation, regulation or guideline. Further, should the Rights Agent reasonably determine at any time that its acting under this Agreement has resulted in it being in non-compliance with any applicable anti-money laundering or anti-terrorist legislation, regulation or guideline, then it shall have the right to resign on 10 days' written notice to the Corporation, provided: (i) that the Rights Agent's written notice shall describe the circumstances of such non-compliance; and (ii) that if such circumstances are rectified to the Rights Agent's satisfaction within such 10-day period, then such resignation shall not be effective.

  • Future Legislation In the event that any future legislation renders null and void or materially alters any provision of this Agreement, the remaining provisions shall remain in effect for the term of the Agreement, and the parties hereto shall negotiate a mutually agreeable provision to be substituted for the provision so rendered null and void or materially altered.

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