This Decree provides for certain dealings in land related to a loan facility and relative mortgages and title in native land for the development of a coastal area. The Decree seeks to protect funds advanced by the Fiji National Provident Fund by providing for accelerated transfer of title and relative registration by the Land Registrar. Land involved in these dealings includes native land covered by a Land Swap Agreement for which the Native land Trust Board holds specified powers.
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Library ResourceLegislationJanuary, 2010Fiji
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Library ResourceLegislationDecember, 2016Vanuatu
This Act amends various enactments including the Forestry Act. That Act is amended in section 72 by adding after paragraph 71(2)(d) a new provision “(da) the requirements for the importation of sawn timber and wood products". and by inserting a new section 13A which requires the Customary Land Tribunal to consult the Council of Ministers, the Minister and the Director General of the Ministry of Finance before making any determination.
Amends: Forestry Act (Cap. 276). (2006)
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Library ResourceLegislationDecember, 2016Vanuatu
This Act amendments the Quarry Act in provisions concerning, among other things, a ban on quarry activities for environmental protection reasons, approval of development on land subject to a dispute between custom owners, suspension of a quarry permit and various environmental considerations regarding developments.
Amends: Quarry Act 2013 (No. 9 of 2013). (2013-10-14)
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Library ResourceLegislationJanuary, 0001Papua New Guinea
This Act provides with respect to local government in accordance with section 187B of the Constitution, which requires an Organic Law to provide for, or make provision in respect of, the form and the manner of establishment of the Provincial Governments and the Local-level Governments. The system of Provincial Governments established by this Organic Law applies to the government of the National Capital District and the provisions of this Organic Law relating to Provincial Governments apply to the National Capital District.
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Library ResourceLegislationSolomon Islands, Oceania
For the purposes of this Act there is hereby established an office to be known as the Central Land Record Office which shall be responsible for the administration of the provisions of this Act and be the central repository of copies of all records of customary land holdings. These offices shall be managed by the Judicial and Legal Service Commission acting as National Recorder. Tasks of the National Recorder are set out in section 7 and include registration of customary land. "Customary land" has the meaning ascribed thereto in section 2 of the Land and Titles Act Titles.
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Library ResourceLegislationFiji, Oceania
This Decree amends the Native Land Trust Act in subsection (1) of section 3 by deleting "Great Council of Chiefs" and substituting "Minister for Indigenous Affairs".
Amends: Native Land Trust Act. (1985)
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Library ResourceLegislationVanuatu, Oceania
This Act repeals the Land Tribunal Act. Vanuatu enacted on 16 January 2014 the Custom Land Management Act 2013, which assigns a role in customary land disputes to nakamals and custom area land tribunals.
Repeals: Customary Land Tribunal Act (Cap. 271) (2006)
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Library ResourceLegislationPapua New Guinea, Oceania
The main purpose of this Act is to implement section 56(1)(b) (other rights and privileges of citizens) of the Constitution by defining: (a) the forms of ownership that are to be regarded as freehold; and (b) the corporations that are to be regarded as citizens, for the purposes of implementation of provisions regarding freehold ownership rights.
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Library ResourceRegulationsFiji, Oceania
These Regulations amend the Native Land Trust (Leases and Licences) Regulations in regulation 11 by repealing paragraph (1) and substituting that paragraph of these Regulations. They also repeal paragraph 3 of regulation 11. Paragraph (1) concerns the distribution of moneys received by the Native Lands Board by way of rents and premiums in respect of native land.
Amends: Native Land Trust (Leases and Licences) Regulations. (1984)
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Library ResourceRegulationsSolomon Islands, Oceania
This Ordinance of the Temotu Province concerns the administration of agriculture and the control on agricultural activities in the province. The Provincial Executive may establish a Provincial Agriculture Advisory Committee, the functions of which are defined by this Ordinance.
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