The act contains provisions and guidelines for effective regulation of towns, dispute management, and promotion of public health. It confers on the Minister, the power to define the boundaries of a town, and the powers to suspend the usage of the act wholly or partially in a town.

The regulations contained borders around registration, licensing, operational requirements, export price, quality control, penalties, and appeal procedures. The regulations are in relation to the external marketing of cocoa.

The act amends the Millennium Development Authority Act of 2006 to make further provisions for the implementation of the terms of the compact.

The National Youth Policy is themed “Towards an empowered youth, impacting positively on national development”. The policy recognises the importance of youth as a valuable human resource that needs to be harnessed by the government and other stakeholders for national development. The core principles of the policy are patriotism, self-reliance, honesty and integrity, participation, equity, access, leadership, good governance, gender mainstreaming, respect, and coordination and collaboration. Areas such as agriculture, ICT, science, research and technology, and entrepreneurial development among others are prioritised.

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.

An Act by the President and Parliament to establish the National Information Technology Agency to regulate information communications technology and to provide for related purposes.

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 of 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 farmers’ income and livelihood. It serves as a guideline to all stakeholders in the sector in terms of role coordination.

The procedures are to guide forest officers responsible for preparing and implementing forest resource plans.

The act provides for the control of artificial insemination of animals. It stipulates that a person shall not collect or sell semen from an animal except under the provisions of the act.

The development plan is conceived to coordinate and guide all activities and interventions of the Ministry of Water Resources, Works, and Housing. It aims to ensure implementation of all strategies charged at addressing the challenges faced by the Ministry.

This is the first comprehensive land policy in Ghana. It thus sets the foundation for addressing fundamental land management issues which include: general indiscipline in the land market, land encroachments, multiple land sales, use of unapproved development schemes, haphazard development, indeterminate boundaries of lands from lack of reliable maps and plans, and compulsory acquisition by Government of large tracts of land.

The Act revises the Stamp Act of 1965

The development plan translates the policy objectives of the GSGDA II (2014-2017) into actionable plans for implementation. The development plan is conceived to coordinate and guide all activities and interventions of the Ministry of Water Resources, Works, and Housing. It aims to ensure implementation of all strategies charged at addressing the challenges faced by the Ministry.

Vision 2020 represents the national coordinating policy of Ghana for a 25 year period (1996 through 2020). The overall objective of the Vision 2020 is to become a middle-income country by 2020, prioritising human development, economic growth, rural development, urban development and an enabling environment. Food and nutrition security (reduction of infant, child, maternal, and women mortality) and access to health services, safe drinking water and sanitation will be improved especially among poor and disadvantaged groups in society.

This framework acknowledges the failure to attain the targets set by the MDGs. It subsequently seeks to augment the implementation of the Maternal and Child Health programme. It has an overall objective of attaining the newly set SDGs and targets as related to the maternal mortality ratio. It summarises Ghana’s MDG acceleration framework strategy and operational plans.

The Aquaculture Development Plan complements other efforts and interventions charged towards averting reduction in stocks of captured fish. It aims to revitalise the fisheries subsector as a tool for accelerated growth. The broader goal is to develop the aquaculture value chain in the face of rising fish prices, to project the subsector as a veritable business venture.

This serves as the plan towards the implementation of the National Seed Policy, as government believes the seed subsector holds the key to enhancing agricultural productivity and by extension, food security. It earmarks the private seed sector as the lead in the commercial aspect of the plan.