GHANA METEOROLOGICAL AGENCY ACT, 2004

(1) There is established by this Act a body to be known as the Ghana Meteorological Agency. (2) The Agency shall be a body corporate with perpetual succession and a common seal and may sue and be sued in its corporate name. (3) The Agency shall for the performance of its functions acquire, hold or dispose of movable or immovable property and may enter into a contract or any other transaction. (4) Where there is a hindrance to the acquisition of an immovable property under subsection (3), the property may be acquired for the Agency under the State Lands Act, 1962 (Act 125).

(1) The object of the Agency is to provide meteorological services in the country and ensure the operation and maintenance of international standards and practices in meteorology in the country. (2) For the purposes of subsection (1), the Agency shall (a) advise the Government on meteorology generally; (b) issue weather forecasts for the safe operation of air-craft, ocean going vessels, oil rigs and other socio-economic activities; (c) provide meteorological information, advice, and warnings for the benefit of agriculture, civil and military aviation, surface and marine transport, operational hydrology and management of energy and water resources to mitigate the effects of natural disasters such as floods, storms and droughts on socio-economic development and projects; (d) promote the services of meteorology in agriculture, prevention of drought and desertification activities; (e) establish, organise and manage surface and upper air observational station networks; (f) collect, process, and disseminate meteorological information nationally and internationally in accordance with rules, practices and procedures established under international conventions; (g) ensure uniform standards of observation of meteorological phenomena in the country; (h) train, conduct and undertake research particularly in the field of tropical, agricultural, hydrological and other aspects of meteorology; (i) store meteorological data and information for the purposes of planning and implementation of infrastructural projects; (j) develop and provide telecommunication systems for meteorological purposes only; (k) participate in local and international training and research in meteorology and climatology and in other related fields in co-operation with other relevant institutions and authorities concerned with applied meteorological research; (l) collaborate with the relevant foreign and international organisations that the Board considers necessary for the purposes of this Act; (m) be the sole authority to approve the establishment of meteorological stations for meteorological observations; (n) provide consultancy services in meteorology to the public; (o) participate in the global exchange of meteorological and related activities for the welfare of humankind; (p) calibrate, develop and fabricate meteorological conventional equipment for internal use and export; (q) conduct investigations into meteorological issues and advise the Minister accordingly; (r) ensure due compliance with conventions, protocols and any other relevant standards and recommended practices of the World Meteorological Organisation; and (s) perform any other functions as are incidental to the objects of the Agency or as the Minister in consultation with the Board may direct.