These Regulations prescribe the form and content of leases and sub-leases of native land requiring the approval of the Minister under section 10 of the Native Lands Ordinance. Every lease shall be prepared in triplicate in the form set out in Schedule 1 to these Regulations. Sub-leases shall be in the form as the Lands Officer may require. The Regulations also set out the procedure of execution and validation of a lease and sub-leases.

Implements: Native Lands Ordinance. (1978)

This Act consists of 63 sections divided into 11 Parts: Preliminary (I); Acquisition of mineral rights (II); Administration (III); Reconnaissance licences (IV); Prospecting licences (V); Mining licences (VI); Mineral rights and surface rights (VII); Financial (VIII); Withdrawal of applications (IX), Surrender and termination of mineral rights (X); Regulations (XI); Penalties and offences (XII); Records, information and arbitration (XIII).Mineral rights shall be granted only to citizens of Tuvalu or to a corporation that is incorporated by or under any law of Tuvalu (sect. 3).

This Act provides for the compulsory acquisition or acquisition by agreement of neglected land and the subsequent sale of such land to natives. “Neglected land” means land suitable for agricultural use which is not being fully and efficiently utilized for agricultural purposes. The owner of land may be required to show cause why land is not neglected land and the owner of land found to be neglected, may be required to ensure the utilization of such land.