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Purpose and legislative effect
“This article creates Rwanda Meteorology Agency (METEO RWANDA) and gives it legal personality plus administrative and financial autonomy.”
This article creates Rwanda Meteorology Agency (METEO RWANDA) and gives it legal personality plus administrative and financial autonomy. This article defines key terms used in the law. METEO RWANDA must keep its head office in Kigali City, and it may move it elsewhere in Rwanda if necessary. It may also open branches elsewhere in the country if necessary and approved by the Prime Minister’s order. METEO RWANDA must carry out the Government’s meteorology policy and perform a list of meteorological functions, including stations, data collection, forecasting, warnings, research, and cooperation. A Prime Minister’s Order determines METEO RWANDA’s supervising authority and category, and a performance contract must be made between the supervising authority and the decision-making organ.
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This article creates Rwanda Meteorology Agency (METEO RWANDA) and gives it legal personality plus administrative and financial autonomy.
Section 1
METEO RWANDA has two management organs: the Board of Directors and the General Directorate.
Section 6
METEO RWANDA staff are governed by the general public service statute, and benefits for the General Directorate and staff are set under the legal provisions for public institutions.
Section 11
METEO RWANDA’s budget must be approved and managed according to the relevant legal provisions.
Section 15
This law takes effect on the day it is published in the Official Gazette of the Republic of Rwanda.
Section 20
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Source and current-law status
Not in force source record
Source record from www.amategeko.gov.rw · Record updated 23 Jan 2018
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