Parliament gets updated Consolidated Index of Statutes, Subsidiary Legislation

The Legal Affairs Ministry has commenced distribution of the updated Consolidated Index of Statutes and Subsidiary Legislation, and Parliament of Guyana is in receipt of a copy to guide lawmakers moving forward.
The Attorney General’s Chambers and Legal Affairs Ministry had completed an updated Consolidated Index of the Statutes and Subsidiary Legislation for Guyana in collaboration with the IMPACT Justice Project, and the University of West Indies (UWI), Cave Hill, Barbados as of January 1, 2022.

The Chambers received the first shipment of copies of the Consolidated Index 2021, shipped from Barbados last week, and has since been disseminating copies to key stakeholders. The Consolidated Index 2021 was compiled, printed, and published by the Faculty of the Law Library of UWI, Cave Hill.
Legal Affairs Minister, Anil Nandlall on Monday handed over the updated document to Speaker of the National Assembly, Manzoor Nadir, adding that it is important for stakeholders to have an updated version of the laws.
“This is essential in ensuring that we have consolidated, modern, updated volumes of the laws of Guyana easily accessible to State agencies, the Government, the Parliament, stakeholders as well as the people of Guyana, so that everyone can have access to a modern version of the laws. The first step in this direction is to consolidate the index and that component of the project have been completed. We have distributed copies of it to various agencies of State and Government agencies. Parliament Library will now receive a copy of it.
The document was already distributed to the Opposition, Director of Public Prosecutions, Judiciary among other State agencies. By the end of 2022, the law revision exercise will be completed.
“Because of the staggering nature of the legislative agenda of the Government for the year 2022, I have decided to extend it to the year 2022 so we will capture in the exercise, all the new laws that are going to be passed,” the AG contended.
The last Consolidated Index was produced more than a decade ago, and only contains Guyana’s statutes and subsidiary legislation passed up to January 2011. On Friday, Attorney General Anil Nandlall, SC, met with the Regional Project Director of IMPACT Justice, Professor Velma Newton, to thank her for the works.
The Attorney General had said that the updated Consolidated Index 2021 will be instrumental in allowing stakeholders to appraise themselves of each and every one of Guyana’s existing statutes and subsidiary legislation. Nandlall noted that the Government is aware that Guyana’s new developmental trajectory has triggered a need for heightened awareness of and access to relevant laws across all sectors.
As such, he had expressed confidence that the Consolidated Index 2021 will go a far way in allowing stakeholders to inform themselves and, indeed, the public of these laws.