Taiwan Legislative Yuan
Taiwan's unicameral national legislature, which passes laws and votes The National budget.
On 27 August, Taiwan Legislative Yuan replaced a proposed 210bn New Taiwan dollar special drone budget with a six-year annual funding baseline for uncrewed systems.
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Why did Taiwan's legislature swap a drone special budget for an annual baseline?
Timeline for Taiwan Legislative Yuan
Passed the unmanned-vehicle Act
Autonomous Systems: Land & Sea: Taiwan passes its unmanned vehicle lawPassed the drone act and rejected the special budget
Drones: Industry & Defence: Taiwan votes down NT$210bn drone budgetBackground
Taiwan Legislative Yuan is Taiwan's unicameral national legislature. It passes laws and votes The National budget, making it the chamber through which government programmes gain legal authority and public funding.
Its relevance to defence procurement was visible on 27 August, when it passed the Act for Strengthening National Defence Autonomy and Developing the Unmanned Vehicle Industry at third reading. The act covers uncrewed air, land, surface and underwater systems, and excludes manufacturers from mainland China, Hong Kong and Macau from procurement under the measure.
The chamber also determines whether planned spending becomes available in each budget cycle. On 27 August it rejected the Cabinet's proposed special drone budget while setting an annual baseline in principle for uncrewed systems.