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  1. Library Resource
    Legislation
    Jamaica, Americas, Caribbean

    The 63 sections of the Act are divided into a title provision and 3 Parts: Public Water Supply (I); Jamaica Parishes Water Supply Loans (II); Miscellaneous Provisions (III). Part I is subdivided into the following headings: Construction of Works; Acquisition etc. of Land; Financial; Rates and Charges; Water Supply Accounts; Management; Legal; Offences etc.It shall be lawful for the Parish Council to apply to the Minister responsible for domestic water supplies to authorize construction of waterworks under this Act.

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    An Act to make provision for the orderly and progressive development of land and to preserve and improve the amenities thereof; and for the grant of permission to develop land and for other powers of control over the use of land.

    Legislation
    Grenada, Americas, Caribbean

    The Act creates the Development Control Authority (sect. 3). If land is suitable for development, the vendor of that land shall pay a development levy (sect. 4). The commencement of development requires permission from the Authority (sect. 5), and application for permission must be accompanied by maps and plans (sect. 6). The decision of the authority to refuse permission is subject to appeal with the Minister (sect. 11). For the preservation of amenities, the Authority may serve a notice to the owner or occupier of land to abate the injuries done to amenities (sect. 17).

  3. Library Resource
    Legislation
    Dominican Republic, Americas, Caribbean

    La Ley consta de 11 capítulos y 65 artículos.

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    Regulations
    Antigua and Barbuda, Caribbean, Americas

    Every person who desires to undertake a development project must obtain a planning permission from the Authority before undertaking the development (comma. 1 of reg. 5). For purposes of paragraph 1, development projects shall be classified in accordance with paragraph 2 of regulation 5. Each application shall be accompanied by appropriate plans (comma. 1 of reg. 6). An application for a planning permission is not necessary for the development of land for agricultural purposes or for forestry (reg. 8).

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    Regulations
    Jamaica, Americas, Caribbean

    No person shall, from the 1st day of January, 1997, undertake any of the categories of enterprise, construction or development specified in Column A of the Schedule, within the area specified in Column B thereof, except under and in accordance with a permit issued by the Natural Resources Conservation Authority. This requirement shall not apply to any category of enterprise, construction or development which was in existence before the 1st of January, 1997. (2 sections and a Schedule)

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    Regulations
    Jamaica, Americas, Caribbean

    These Regulations provide for the grant of permits for activities in prescribed areas in the sense of section 9 of the Natural Resources Conservation Authority Act and the grant of licences in accordance with section 12 of the same Act for existing facilities. The Conservation Authority may, by notice, require the owner or any person having the charge or management of an existing facility to upgrade such facility to current standards applicable to new facilities (reg. 9). Regulation 13 provides for renewal of licences, regulation 15 for the revocation of suspension of a licence.

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    Regulations
    Jamaica, Americas, Caribbean

    These Rules outline requirements for and procedures of notification of appeal and appeal with the Tribunal against enforcement notices pursuant to provisions of the Town and Country Planning Act. A notice shall be accompanied by the following documents: (1) the enforcement notice to which the appeal relates; (ii) where the relevant enforcement notice requires the cessation of work in any development, a certificate from the Government Town Planner certifying that the work has ceased in conformity with that Notice (rule 3). (5 rules)

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    Legislation
    Guadeloupe, Martinique, Réunion, Africa, Eastern Africa, Americas, Caribbean

    Cette loi porte dispositions relatives à l'aménagement, la protection et la mise en valeur de la zone dite des cinquante pas géométriques dans les départements d'outre mer. A l'intérieur de cette zone le Préfet délimite par arrêté, d'une part les espaces urbains et les secteurs occupés par une urbanisation diffuse, d'autre part, les espaces naturels.

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    Legislation
    Saint Lucia, Americas, Caribbean

    This Act provides for the conservation of land in St. Lucia, for the establishment of a Board to be known as the Land Conservation Board, for conferring on that Board functions as to land, and for purposes connected therewith or incidental thereto. Land is defined as including land covered by water and in fact this Act contains provisions on drainage works.

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    An Act to enable the orderly and progressive development of land and the proper planning of town and country areas, to make provision for the control of development, and for matters incidental to the foregoing and connected therewith.

    Legislation
    Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Caribbean, Americas

    There is established a Physical Planning and Development Board which shall institute and maintain a study of town and country planning, prepare land use plans, and control development. The National Plan and every Regional and Local Plan shall be prepared in accordance with sections 8 and 9. No person shall carry out any development except under and in accordance with the conditions of a grant of permission issued by the Board (sect. 11). The Board may issue Enforcement Orders under section 13, Waste Orders under section 14, and Tree Preservation Orders under section 15.

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