This Act provides for a wide variety of matters relating to land, land use rights, transfer of land, etc. All land subject to the provisions of the Land (Transfer and Registration) Ordinance and every estate or interest therein and all instruments and dealings affecting any such land, estate or interest shall from the commencement of this Act be deemed to be subject to the provisions of this Act.

This Act provides for various aspects relative to dealings in land in Rotuma and provides for the appointment of the Rotuma Lands Commission. The Commission shall ascertain (traditional) land rights, resolve disputes relative to land rights, demarcate land and register land rights (sect. 4). All land found by the Commission to be un-owned shall vest in the Crown in trust for the Rotuman people, but shall not be considered to be Crown land. All moneys derived from such un-owned land shall be paid into the Rotuman Development Fund and be used for the purposes of that Fund.

The Regulation consists of 4 Parts. The present Regulation focuses of the improvement of state registration of rights to immovable property outlining some fundamental legislative provisions that must be implemented. One of the points is to bring together and unify as much as possible activity of state institutions for the formation of land cadastre and issuing of land certificates to legal and natural persons.

An order by the Board under section l9(1) allotting or otherwise dealing with land vested in the Board under that section must be transmitted to the Native Lands Commission which must register the allotment or dealing in the Register of Native Lands. Until an allotment of or other dealing with vacant land is made under section 19(1), income arising from the control and administration of the land must be paid to the Central Fijian Treasury and used exclusively for the benefit of Fijians in a manner and for purposes approved by the Minister on the advice of the Great Council of Chiefs.

The Act consists of 247 sections divided into 28 Parts: Preliminary (II); Administration (II); Settlement of unregistered documentary titles (III); Systematic settlement (IV); Purchase or lease of customary land by private treaty and compulsory acquisition of land (V); Organization and administration of land registries (VI); Land Ownership (VII); Registration (VIII); Searches and certified copies (IX); Estates (X); Leases (XI); Charges (XII); Transfers (XIII); Control of advertisement (XIV); Easements and profits (XV); Public rights of way (XVI); Restrictive covenants (XVII); Co-ownership a

Section 4 of the principal Act is amended in subsection (1) by adding "or for the benefit of the native Fijians". Section 19a concerns allotment of extinct mataqali lands. A copy of the Order by the Board under section 19(1) allotting or otherwise dealing with land vested in the Board under that section must be sent by the Board to the Native Land Commission which must register the allotment or dealing in the Register of Native Lands kept by the Commission.

Amendments relative to the allotment of all extinct mataqali land in accordance with the provisions of the Native Land Trust (Amendment) Act. “Native land" now means land which is neither State (formerly Crown) land nor the subject of a State (formerly Crown) grant nor native grant but includes: (a) all vacant land including such land declared under section 19; (b) all land set aside by proclamation under section 18 of the Native Land Trust Act; and (c) all extinct mataqali land vested in the Board under section 19 of the Native Land Trust Act;".

Lands marked out and defined under subsection (1) of section 19 must be: (a) declared by the Minister by Notice in the Gazette to be vacant lands under the control of the Board; and (b) dealt with in all respects as native lands. Income arising from vacant lands vested in the Board under this section, must be paid to the Central Fijian Treasury and used exclusively for the benefit of Fijians in a manner and for purposes approved by the Minister on the advice of the Great Council of Chiefs.

The purpose of this Act is to establish a real estate transaction order by providing matters pertaining to special cases relating to real estate registration. Provisions for applying for registration of transfer of property are defined in article 2. To apply for an ownership transfer registration for a contract to purchase real estate the applicant shall submit a contract containing items specified in article 3. Special cases pertaining to applications of seals of approval and to permission are defined in articles 4 and 5.

The purpose of this Act is to establish a Tribunal to hear outstanding complaints by direct descendants (defined section 2) of persons (family antecedents or ancestors) who were by mistake or fraud deleted from or denied entry on a land registry in the Gilbert Islands. It will be the function of the Tribunal to consider the grievance or complaint of these descendants. The Tribunal shall then report to the interested parties and to Government. The Tribunal will have no power, without written consent, to make any award of land or money compensation to a successful griever.

This Act provides for the efficient management of land and the protection of ownership by registering the information concerning land in a cadastral record and managing it after conducting its survey and measurement, and by prescribing the matters related to the furnishing of registered information. The Act consists of 54 articles divided into 7 Chapters: General provisions (I); Cadastral record (II); Application for land alteration and cadastral adjustment (III); Cadastral survey (IV); Registration, etc.

The senior matai in charge of communal lands belonging to his family, or the male members of the family owning and residing on communal lands, or the owner of individually owned lands or freehold lands, shall have the power and authority, as limited by this Chapter, to agree with any person that any structure now existing or hereinafter erected on such lands shall not be or become a part of the real estate, but shall remain separate and distinct therefrom, subject to ownership separate from the land, and also subject to the right of removal by the owner of the structure.