The ministerial order determining taxes applicable to mines and quarries. It covers mining activities related to prospecting license, exploration license, small mine extraction license, concession license, Commercial quarry extraction license, renewal of a license, transfer of a license, renting out a licence, and renunciation of a license. It also determines rental fees to be charged for areas where mining and quarry activities are carried out.

The law governs seeds and plant varieties in Rwanda. It explicitly lays out issues related to; plant variety evaluation, certification, and registration, quality seed production, processing and marketing, importation and exportation of seeds, seed certification, protection of new plant varieties, protection of breeder’s rights, and other transitional provisions.

The order determines the rates, calculation methods and criteria for determining the compensation allocated to the victim of damage caused by animals encountered in National Parks or other protected areas, while he is in service or on a visit authorized by the necessary authorities. “It also covers victims of bodily injury or material damage caused by animals appearing on the list determined by decree of the Minister having the conservation of the National Parks in his attributions, met outside the Park or outside any other protected place”.

The order determines the functioning of the Steering Committee in charge of approval and oversight of public private partnership. The ministers of finance and economic planning, infrastructure, and the Chief Executive Officer of Rwanda Development Board are entrusted with the implementation of this Order.

The ministerial order empowers staff of the national forestry authority (NAFA) to act as judicial police officers. The members of staff empowered include; Director of forestry field programs, head of forest management service, legal officer, and members of staff in charge of forests in district

The ministerial order determines the aquaculture and fishing zones. It highlights the 8 zones of aquaculture and fishing in Rwanda. It also repeals all prior provisions contrary to the ones contained therein.

The ministerial order highlights the immovable properties initially used by the
Government of Rwanda, which consist of Lands and buildings erected in plots, and transferred from public State property to private State property. The ministries of infrastructure, natural resources, and local government are charged with implementation.

The law governs matrimonial property regimes, donations, and successions within a family and inheritances. The law stipulates that land ownership is transferred by inheritance like any other immovable property. The sharing of land property follows the same rules as those applicable to the sharing of other types of property. It However prohibits the subdivision of the land intended for agricultural and livestock activities.

The law establishes the Rwanda development board (RDB) and determines its mission, organization and functioning. The board enjoys legal personality and administrative and financial autonomy. It is charged, among others with; accelerating development activities and promoting private sector integration, promoting investments in the country, as well as exports to other countries, cooperate with other regional and international institutions with similar mandate, and play advisory role to the government on activities to fast track development in Rwanda.

The ministerial order relates to the positioning of beehives, honey harvesting equipment, and issuance of beekeeping certifcates. The order relates to all beekeepers in Rwanda.

The law governs all mining and quarrying operations in Rwanda. It applies to the activities of exploration, mining, trading and processing of minerals and quarry. Its guiding principles include; Vesting of all rights of ownership and control of minerals or quarry products in, under or upon the state; Activities including mineral exploration, exploitation, processing and trading can only be carried out by a person who has been granted a licence in accordance with this Law.

The ministerial order establishes modalitites guiding inspection of companies and activities polluting the environment. It states that, officers competent to investigate environmental crimes shall conduct an inspection aimed at protecting the environment as provided for in articles contained therein.

The law applies to; all forest types, all tree species, persons who process, possess, and utilize forest products, and all issues related to sustainable management of forests and its resources. It clearly states that forests are owned by states, districts, and private persons. It subsequently categorises forests along the ownership lines. It sets out to highlight issues surrounding administrative sanctions, judicial policing, licenses, and forestry research and management.

The law establishes the Rwanda governance board as a public institution enjoying legal personality, administrative and financial autonomy. The institution is independent and shall not receive instructions from any other institution. Among others, its responsibilities include; “to regularly monitor the service delivery and the compliance with the principles of good governance in public and private sector as well as in non-governmental organisations; to conduct research on governance in Rwanda, explore citizens’ perception with service delivery and disseminate the findings; and to preserve, protect and promote the use of home-grown solutions in Rwanda and devise strategies meant for applying them efficiently”.

The ministerial order determines mobilization of actors and volunteers, and their functions during disaster management. The ministry of disaster cooperates with districts and national platform for volunteer mobilization during disasters. Prominently addresses are; criteria for volunteer selection, duties, commencement and ending of volunteering, training, deployment, and response action instructions.

The Order determines requirements to be fulfilled by any person applying for the business license of agrochemicals. It highlights the requirements, submission procedures, and license withdrawal. It repeals all provisions not contained therein.

The Order determines modalities for sub-leasing of agriculture, livestock and forest land. The order is peculiar only to lands designated for agriculture, livestock, and forest activities.

The Law repeals the Law of 2010 establishing Rwanda Energy, Water and Sanitation Authority (EWSA) and determining its responsibilities, organization and functioning. The law transfers all responsibilities, properties (movable and immovable), claims, and debts to; the energy company, and the water and sanitation company.

The Prime Minister’s order determines the organizational structure and summary of job positions of the Rwanda agricultural board. The ministries of agriculture and natural resources, public service and labour, and finance and economic planning are charged with implementation.

“The law governs land use planning and development in Rwanda. The main objectives of land use planning and development in Rwanda are: to transparently identify, coordinate, supervise and implement land use planning land to all instances of administrative entities in Rwanda with a view to achieving sustainable and equitable development in the social, economic and environmental fields for the benefit of present and future generations of Rwanda; establish fundamental principles to ensure that land use and development planning provides for the natural resource base to be protected and ensures an ecological balance between the ecological footprint of land use and land use and biodiversity”.