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National Laws<\/h5>\n
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
#<\/th>\nInstrument<\/th>\nCategory<\/th>\nLink<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
1<\/td>\nPetroleum Act, Cap 308<\/td>\nPrimary Legislation<\/span><\/td>\nView PDF<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2<\/td>\nEnergy Act, Cap 314<\/td>\nPrimary Legislation<\/span><\/td>\nView PDF \u2013 Kenya Law<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3<\/td>\nPetroleum Development Fund Act, Cap 426<\/td>\nPrimary Legislation<\/span><\/td>\nView PDF<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4<\/td>\nCommunity Land Act<\/td>\nPrimary Legislation<\/span><\/td>\nView PDF \u2013 Kenya Law<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5<\/td>\nEnvironmental Management and Co-ordination Act, Cap 387<\/td>\nEnvironmental<\/span><\/td>\nView \u2013 Kenya Law<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6<\/td>\nThe Petroleum (Exploration and Production) Regulations, 1984<\/td>\nSubsidiary Legislation<\/span><\/td>\nView PDF<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7<\/td>\nThe Petroleum (Importation) Regulations<\/td>\nSubsidiary Legislation<\/span><\/td>\nView PDF \u2013 Kenya Law<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8<\/td>\nThe Petroleum (Pricing) Regulations<\/td>\nSubsidiary Legislation<\/span><\/td>\nView PDF \u2013 Kenya Law<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9<\/td>\nPetroleum Development Levy Order, 2020<\/td>\nSubsidiary Legislation<\/span><\/td>\nView PDF<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10<\/td>\nThe Petroleum (Information and Statistics) Regulations, 2025<\/td>\nSubsidiary Legislation<\/span><\/td>\nView PDF \u2013 Kenya Law<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11<\/td>\nThe Petroleum (Licensing of Petroleum Road Transportation Business) Regulations, 2025<\/td>\nSubsidiary Legislation<\/span><\/td>\nView PDF<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

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Key EMCA Subsidiary Regulations<\/h5>\n
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#<\/th>\nRegulation<\/th>\nLegal Notice \/ Year<\/th>\nLink<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
1<\/td>\nEnvironmental Management and Co-ordination (Water Quality) Regulations<\/td>\nLegal Notice 177 of 2024<\/td>\nView \u2013 Kenya Law<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2<\/td>\nEnvironmental Management and Co-ordination (Strategic & Integrated Environmental Assessments and Environmental Audits) Regulations<\/td>\n2025<\/td>\nView \u2013 Kenya Law<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3<\/td>\nEnvironmental Management and Co-ordination (Impact Assessment and Audit) Regulations<\/td>\n2003<\/td>\nNEMA Gazetted Regulations<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4<\/td>\nEnvironmental Management and Co-ordination (Waste Management) Regulations<\/td>\n2006<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5<\/td>\nEnvironmental Management and Co-ordination (Wetlands, Riverbanks, Lakeshores & Seashore Management) Regulations<\/td>\n2009<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6<\/td>\nEnvironmental Management and Co-ordination (Air Quality) Regulations<\/td>\n2014<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7<\/td>\nEnvironmental Management and Co-ordination (Noise & Excessive Vibration Pollution Control) Regulations<\/td>\n2009<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8<\/td>\nEnvironmental Management and Co-ordination (Controlled Substances) Regulations<\/td>\n2007<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9<\/td>\nEnvironmental Management and Co-ordination (Conservation of Biological Diversity) Regulations<\/td>\n2006<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

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Turkana County Laws & Relevant Legal & Policy Instruments<\/h5>\n
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#<\/th>\nInstrument<\/th>\nStatus<\/th>\nLink<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
1<\/td>\nTurkana County Local Content Act, 2024<\/td>\nIn Force<\/span><\/td>\nView PDF<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2<\/td>\nTurkana County Extractives \/ Natural Resources Policy<\/td>\nUnder Development<\/span><\/td>\n\u2013<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

National Laws # Instrument Category Link 1 Petroleum Act, Cap 308 Primary Legislation View PDF 2 Energy Act, Cap 314 Primary Legislation View PDF \u2013 Kenya Law 3 Petroleum Development Fund Act, Cap 426 Primary Legislation View PDF 4 Community Land Act Primary Legislation View PDF \u2013 Kenya Law 5 Environmental Management and Co-ordination Act, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":166,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-201","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-regulatory"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo.oxygenehosting.com\/gulf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo.oxygenehosting.com\/gulf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo.oxygenehosting.com\/gulf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo.oxygenehosting.com\/gulf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo.oxygenehosting.com\/gulf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=201"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/demo.oxygenehosting.com\/gulf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":204,"href":"https:\/\/demo.oxygenehosting.com\/gulf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201\/revisions\/204"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo.oxygenehosting.com\/gulf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/166"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo.oxygenehosting.com\/gulf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=201"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo.oxygenehosting.com\/gulf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=201"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo.oxygenehosting.com\/gulf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=201"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}