| No. | Act /Order and Regulations | Commencement Date | Objectives |
| 1 | Mental Health Order, 2014 | 1 November 2014 | An Order to consolidate the laws relating to
mental disorder and to provide for the
admission, detention, lodging, care, treatment,
rehabilitation and protection of persons who
are mentally disordered and for related
matters. |
| 2 | Midwives Act [Cap 139]
Midwives Regulations | 1 January 1956 | An Act to provide for the regulation and control
of midwifery in Brunei Darussalam, the
registration of midwives and all matters
ancillary thereto. |
| 3 | Medical Practitioners and
Dentists Act [Cap 112] | 1 January 1957 | An Act to provide for the registration of medical
practitioners and dentist in Brunei Darussalam.
This Act also establishes the Medical Board
which consists of the Director-General of
Medical Services as chairman and other
members being duly qualified medical
practitioners and dentists as His Majesty the
Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan of Brunei
Darussalam may appoint from time to time. |
| 4 | Poisons Act [Cap 114] | 1 July 1957 | An Act to regulate the importation, possession,
manufacture, compounding, storage, transport
and sale of poisons. |
| 5 | Nurses Registration Act [Cap
140] | 1 January 1968 | An Act to provide for the registration of nurses
in Brunei Darussalam. |
| 5a | Nurses Registration [Nursing
Board for Brunei] Regulations,
2002 | 2002 | These Regulations provide for the
establishment of the Nursing Board for Brunei
including the members as well as proceedings
of meetings for the Nursing Board. |
| 6 | Public Health [Food] Act [Cap
182] | 1 January 2001 | An act to make specific provisions to regulate
public health in respect of food and for matters
connected therewith. |
| 6a | Public Health [Food]
Regulations | 1 January 2001 | Provisions in the Regulations include
procedures for taking samples for the purpose
of analysis, food labelling, permissible food
additives and standards for use of water, steam
or ice. |
| 7 | Pharmacists Registration
Order, 2001 | 1 July 2001 | This Order provides for the registration of
pharmacists in Brunei Darussalam and the
establishment of a Pharmacy Board with the
Director of Pharmacy Services as chairman. |
| 7a | Pharmacists Registration
[Disciplinary] Rules, 2010 | 1 September 2010 | These Regulations provides for procedures for
the Pharmacy Board in respect of disciplinary
actions. |
| 8 | Infectious Diseases Act [Cap
204] | 8 May 2003 | An Act to prevent the introduction and spread in
Brunei Darussalam and the transmission from
Brunei Darussalam, of infectious diseases. |
| 8a | Infectious Diseases
[Quarantine] Regulations | 28 December 2006 | Among the provisions included in the
Regulations are quarantine measures to which
infected etc vessels arriving at any port in
Brunei Darussalam may be subjected. |
| 9 | 9 Tobacco Order, 2005 | 1 June 2008 | An Order to prohibit advertisements relating to
smoking, to control the use of tobacco
products, to control the sale, promotion,
packaging and trade description of tobacco
products and to prohibit smoking in specified
places and vehicles. |
| 9a | Tobacco [Composition of
Offences] Regulations, 2007 | 1 June 2008 | These Regulations sets forth the offences in the
Tobacco Order which can be compounded. |
| 9b | Tobacco [Licensing of
Importers, Wholesalers and
Retailers], 2007 | 1 June 2008 | Under these Regulations, wholesalers,
importers and retailers of tobacco products are
required to be licensed with annual fees |
| 9c | Tobacco [Prohibition in
Certain Places] [Amendment]
Notification, 2012 | 1 June 2008 | Aside from government premises, hospitals,
medical clinics, nursing homes, shopping
complexes, eating places, restaurants, hotel
lobbies, educational institutions smoking is also
prohibited in recreational parks, markets,
tamus, public staircases, lifts, toilets and
airports. |
| 9d | Tobacco [Labelling]
Regulations, 2007 | 1 December 2008 | These Regulations provide for pictorial health
warnings and labels for tobacco products. |
| 10 | Medicines Order, 2007 | 1 January 2008
(for cosmetic products)
1 January 2010
(for medicinal products) | An Order to regulate the importation,
registration, promotion, advertisement, clinical
trial, transport, manufacture, storage and
dispensing and sale of medicinal products and
cosmetic products. |
| 10a | Medicines [Cosmetic
Products] Regulations, 2007 | 1 January 2008 | These Regulations provide for the regulation of
importation, registration, promotion,
advertisement and sale of cosmetic products in
Brunei Darussalam. |
| 10b | Medicines [Licensing,
Standard Provisions and
Fees] Regulations, 2010 | 1 July 2010 | These Regulations provide for the issue of
licenses – product, import, manufacture and
wholesale - for medicinal products in Brunei
Darussalam. |
