Consolidated Statutes until 2008 lists every law of Barbados by its title, with its chapter number: “Cap. 41” is chapter 41 of the Laws of Barbados as revised in 2008. Use the letters to jump to a title, the Show pills to see only laws in force, repealed laws or laws changed since 2008, and Order to sort by title, chapter number or the most recently changed. Regulations & Orders are the rules made under a law by a minister or authority; choose that pill to list them.
Not Consolidated Statutes 2009–2026 lists every Act passed by Parliament since 2009, newest first. An Act is cited by year and number: “2024-17” is the 17th Act passed in 2024. Use the years to jump to a year.
In force — the law applies today. Repealed — the law has been cancelled by a later Act and no longer applies. Passed, not yet in force — Parliament has passed the Act, but it only starts on a day fixed by a Proclamation, and that Proclamation has not yet been made. Spent — the Act did its job (for example for one event or one year) and has no continuing effect. Bill — not yet law — a proposed law still before Parliament.
The Interpretation Act, Cap. 1, section 16, sets the rules. An Act starts on the date it names — and that date can be earlier than the day it was passed. If it names no date, it starts on the day it is published in the Official Gazette. If it says it starts “on a date to be fixed by Proclamation”, it starts only when the Governor-General makes that Proclamation, and a Proclamation can start the whole Act or only some sections, at different times. An Act that is set to end on a date stops at the end of that day (section 17).
Read the law as it is today opens the law with every change since 2008 written in, so you read it as it stands now. The official 2008 print opens the law as printed in the 2008 Revised Edition, the official base text. What changed since 2008 shows each part of the law that has been changed, with the Act that changed it. On the Acts tab, Open the Act (PDF) opens the Act as passed and Read it in the Gazette opens the issue of the Official Gazette in which it was published.
Below the buttons, the fact sheet says whether the law is in force, when it started, which Acts have changed it and how to cite it (the Copy button copies the citation). Dates with a dotted underline open the document that records them.
This site is a finding aid. The official text of every law is the one published by the Government Printing Department in the Official Gazette and the Laws of Barbados; the texts marked “as it is today” are unofficial and prepared with the help of AI. If you spot an error, use Report an error at the top of the page.