AI regulations around the world
Each jurisdiction page answers the same questions: what is binding, what is guidance, what applies when, and where the official sources are. Coverage grows only as records are source-backed and reviewed.
- Binding AI law in force 37
- Binding AI law adopted 4
- Strategy, guidance or existing law 65
- Nothing recorded yet 92
Oceania
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Australia
Country · 3 instruments
No binding cross-sector AI law; mandatory guardrails were consulted on in 2024 but the December 2025 National AI Plan signalled an existing-law approach. Voluntary AI Safety Standa...
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Australian Capital Territory (Australia)
Territory · part of Australia · 1 instrument
Pending review: recorded from search extracts of the official sources listed on each instrument, which a reviewer has not yet opened.
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Fiji
Country · 0 instruments
No AI-specific law, strategy or guidance has been recorded for this jurisdiction as of September 2026. General law (data protection where enacted, consumer, telecommunications and...
Verified (reviewed by Bhaskar Bhatt; a factual check against the official source, not a legal review) -
Kiribati
Country · 0 instruments
No AI-specific law, strategy or guidance has been recorded for this jurisdiction as of September 2026. General law (data protection where enacted, consumer, telecommunications and...
Verified (reviewed by Bhaskar Bhatt; a factual check against the official source, not a legal review) -
Marshall Islands
Country · 0 instruments
No AI-specific law, strategy or guidance has been recorded for this jurisdiction as of September 2026. General law (data protection where enacted, consumer, telecommunications and...
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Micronesia
Country · 0 instruments
No AI-specific law, strategy or guidance has been recorded for this jurisdiction as of September 2026. General law (data protection where enacted, consumer, telecommunications and...
Verified (reviewed by Bhaskar Bhatt; a factual check against the official source, not a legal review) -
Nauru
Country · 0 instruments
No AI-specific law, strategy or guidance has been recorded for this jurisdiction as of September 2026. General law (data protection where enacted, consumer, telecommunications and...
Verified (reviewed by Bhaskar Bhatt; a factual check against the official source, not a legal review) -
New South Wales (Australia)
State · part of Australia · 3 instruments
Pending review: recorded from search extracts of the official sources listed on each instrument, which a reviewer has not yet opened.
Pending review (a factual check against the official source, not a legal review) -
New Zealand
Country · 2 instruments
National AI Strategy (2025) and responsible-AI guidance as policy; Algorithm Charter for government agencies; no AI-specific law.
Verified (reviewed by Bhaskar Bhatt; a factual check against the official source, not a legal review) -
Palau
Country · 0 instruments
No AI-specific law, strategy or guidance has been recorded for this jurisdiction as of September 2026. General law (data protection where enacted, consumer, telecommunications and...
Verified (reviewed by Bhaskar Bhatt; a factual check against the official source, not a legal review) -
Papua New Guinea
Country · 0 instruments
No AI-specific law, strategy or guidance has been recorded for this jurisdiction as of September 2026. General law (data protection where enacted, consumer, telecommunications and...
Verified (reviewed by Bhaskar Bhatt; a factual check against the official source, not a legal review) -
Queensland (Australia)
State · part of Australia · 1 instrument
Pending review: recorded from search extracts of the official sources listed on each instrument, which a reviewer has not yet opened.
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Samoa
Country · 0 instruments
No AI-specific law, strategy or guidance has been recorded for this jurisdiction as of September 2026. General law (data protection where enacted, consumer, telecommunications and...
Verified (reviewed by Bhaskar Bhatt; a factual check against the official source, not a legal review) -
Solomon Islands
Country · 0 instruments
No AI-specific law, strategy or guidance has been recorded for this jurisdiction as of September 2026. General law (data protection where enacted, consumer, telecommunications and...
Verified (reviewed by Bhaskar Bhatt; a factual check against the official source, not a legal review) -
South Australia (Australia)
State · part of Australia · 1 instrument
Pending review: recorded from search extracts of the official sources listed on each instrument, which a reviewer has not yet opened.
Pending review (a factual check against the official source, not a legal review) -
Tonga
Country · 0 instruments
No AI-specific law, strategy or guidance has been recorded for this jurisdiction as of September 2026. General law (data protection where enacted, consumer, telecommunications and...
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Tuvalu
Country · 0 instruments
No AI-specific law, strategy or guidance has been recorded for this jurisdiction as of September 2026. General law (data protection where enacted, consumer, telecommunications and...
Verified (reviewed by Bhaskar Bhatt; a factual check against the official source, not a legal review) -
Vanuatu
Country · 0 instruments
No AI-specific law, strategy or guidance has been recorded for this jurisdiction as of September 2026. General law (data protection where enacted, consumer, telecommunications and...
Verified (reviewed by Bhaskar Bhatt; a factual check against the official source, not a legal review) -
Victoria (Australia)
State · part of Australia · 1 instrument
Pending review: recorded from search extracts of the official sources listed on each instrument, which a reviewer has not yet opened.
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Western Australia (Australia)
State · part of Australia · 1 instrument
Pending review: recorded from search extracts of the official sources listed on each instrument, which a reviewer has not yet opened.
Pending review (a factual check against the official source, not a legal review)
Showing 20 jurisdictions in Oceania, with 13 recorded instruments.
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Frequently asked questions
Does every jurisdiction listed here have an AI law?
No, and that is deliberate. Many are recorded with no AI-specific instrument at all, because "nothing binding yet" is a real and useful answer. Each jurisdiction states its regulatory status in words rather than implying a law exists.
What is the difference between a country, a region and a state here?
They are all jurisdictions, and each record says which kind it is. Supranational bodies such as the EU, the Council of Europe and ASEAN sit alongside countries, and sub-national records such as US states or Canadian provinces are kept separate from their federal government because their rules differ.
How do I compare two jurisdictions?
The comparison tool takes two to four jurisdictions and puts them side by side on regulatory status, binding legislation, high-risk and generative-AI rules, transparency, impact assessment, oversight, public-sector rules and dates, with every cell drawn from the same published records.