The regulations make provisions for the appointment of the National Biosafety Committee as the national focal point on biosafety for purposes of the Cartegena Protocol on Biosafety. It defines functions, powers and duties of the Committee.

The policies and strategies note the importance of the livestock sector in Ghana in terms of its contribution to the economy, food security, nutritional requirements, and source of income and livelihood of the resource-poor rural households. It seeks to address the dwindling productivity of the sector and the inability to meet national demand through targeted, efficient and effective sector specific policies, plans, and strategies.

The regulations stipulate the application procedures necessary for obtaining permit for water use. It states that a person may obtain a permit for: domestic water use, commercial water use, municipal water use, industrial water use, agricultural water use, power generation water use, water transportation water use, fisheries (aquaculture) water use, environmental water use, recreational water use, and under water (wood) harvesting.

The regulations apply to all activities related to the conveyance, storage, possession, manufacture, and use of explosives for mining, quarrying
and civil works, as well as substances used for the manufacture of explosives. The regulations do not however apply to explosives or substances imported or used by the Police or Military; or coloured flares, fireworks, percussion caps, rockets or other similar devices used by the Ports and Harbour, Aviation, and Railway Authorities.

The act establishes the Millennium Development Authority to facilitate the implementation of the Ghana Programme under the Millennium Challenge Account for the sustainable reduction of poverty through growth. The charge is contained in the agreement between the Government of Ghana and the Millennium Challenge Corporation acting for and on behalf of the Government of the United States of America.

The act establishes a Community Water and Sanitation Agency to facilitate the provision of safe water and related sanitation services to rural communities and small towns.

The act establishes a tourist control board to guide policy formulation, regulation and coordination of all activities of the tourism sector.

The specific objectives of the policy include: to redress imbalances which arise from existing gender inequalities through policy review; legal reforms and enforcement of existing legislation; to provide a national framework from which policies are derived; to implement activities designed to strengthen women’s role in economic development; to implement activities designed to promote children’s development and protection; to promote women’s equal access to, and control over economically significant resources and benefits; and to enhance the survival, development and protection of children.

The act establishes the Local Government Service with the broad aim of ensuring effctive and efficient administration and management of local government services in Ghana.

The NCWSS is developed within the context of the National Water Policy. It pushes for decentralization to local levels of governance, as a means for deepened accoutability and governance in water service delivery. It leverages on the Community Ownership and Management (COM) approach as one of the principles in the water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) development interventions.

The Act provides for seeds and fertilizer control, and for plant protection. It establishes the Plant Protection and Regulatory Services, the Plant Protection Advisory Council, the National Seed Council, the Technical and Variety Release Committee, the National Variety Release and Registration Committee, the Fertilizer Inspection Fund, the National Fertilizer Council, the Ghana Fertilizer Advisory Committee, the Pesticide and Fertilizer Regulatory Division, and the Plant and Fertilizer Fund. This is all in a bid to ensure plant health and protection from pests and diseases.

The nine hundred and thirty sixth Act of the Parliament of Ghana sets out to: “establish an efficient Local Government Service; provide for the establishment and administration of the District Assemblies Common Fund; to provide for a National Development Planning System; to define and regulate planning procedures of District Assemblies; to co-ordinate, facilitate, monitor and supervise internal audit activities within District Assemblies and for related matters”.

The Act aims to consolidate on other amendments providing for prevention and control of infectious diseases in animals. It gives powers to the Minister in charge to declare diseases covered by this act and to also declare a place where diseases break out as an infected area.

This 5-year national policy pushes to address issues around unemployment and underemployment. Among others, the policy prioritises efforts at agriculture modernisation, reforestation, private sector inclusion, agricultural infrastructure development, and sustainable environmental development.

The law sets out provisions for the devolution of the estate or properties of persons who die interstate. The law defines ‘dying interstate’ as dying having not made a will disposing an estate or portions of it.

The broad rules state that no person shall sell, distribute, prepare, or export goods manufactured by industrial processes in Ghana without having the Ghana Standard Certification Mark or other related certifications.

The Regulations amend the Fisheries Regulations, 2010 principally by inserting new regulations with regards to measures charged at deterring and eliminating Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated (IUU) Fishing.

The regulations apply to existing and proposed dams determined by the Water Resources Commission to have a safety risk. The dam safety unit, established by these regulations will see to reviewing and approving safety procedures and guidelines, inspection and classification of dams, and creation of public awareness, among others.

The policy has objectives to: promote training, research, and technology development that supports sustainable forest management; to manage and enhance the ecology of the forest; and to promote the rehabilitation of regraded forest landscapes through various forms of reforestation.

The National Seed Policy pushes to make available for farmers, improved seed varieties, developed through research. This is to reduce the usage of old and farm saved seeds to ultimately drive production levels and increase farmer’s income and livelihood. It serves as a guideline to all stakeholders in the sector in terms of role coordination.