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Torres Strait Islander Land Act 1991.

Legislation
Australie
Océanie

This Act, consisting of 19 Parts divided into 207 Sections, provides for the grant of land as Torres Strait Islander land. The Act recognizes that the land is of spiritual, social, historical, cultural and economic importance to Torres Strait Islanders, who inhabited the territory that is now Queensland before the settlement of Europeans (Preface). Part 2 contains basic concepts on, among others, Island custom and what is to be considered available land that is it claimable under the Act.

Land Act 1994.

Legislation
Australie
Océanie

This Act provides for the management of land in Queensland, it consists of 522 sections and is divided into nine Chapters. The objectives of the Act and its application are described in Chapter 1. Chapter 2 covers land allocation, in particular allocation powers (Part 1), reservations in grant titles (Part 2) and native title (Part 3). Chapter 3 covers reserves, deeds of grant in trust and roads. Chapter 4 is dedicated to land holdings: making land available (Part 1), eligibility to hold land (Part 2), leases (Part 3) and permits (Part 4).

Land Court Act 2000.

Legislation
Australie
Océanie

This Act establishes and regulates the Land Court, it consists of 94 sections and is divided into six Parts. The Act also establishes a Land Appeal Court, specifies its jurisdiction and operation. Both courts are the continuance of the courts established under the Land Act 1962 and preserved in existence by the Land Act 1994 (Part 6).

Aboriginal Land Act 1991.

Legislation
Australie
Océanie

This Act provides for the claim and grant of land as Aboriginal land. It consists of 26 Parts divided into 309 sections.Section 10 defines what is to be intended as Aboriginal land and Part 3 on Formal expression of interest about land, provides for the procedures to be followed in granting transferable land and Aboriginal land.Part 4 on Grant of transferable land as Aboriginal land, contains dispositions on the claiming of land, while Part 5 on Claims for claimable land, regulates the granting of land as Aboriginal land.

Mackenzie Valley Resource Management Act (S.C. 1998, c. 25).

Legislation
Canada
Amériques
Amérique septentrionale

There is hereby established a board to be known as the Mackenzie Valley Land and Water Board and a board to be known as the Mackenzie Valley Environmental Impact Review Board. Part 2 concerns land use planning. Land use planning for a settlement area shall be guided by the the principles set out in section 35. Two Land Use Planning Board are established under sections 36 and 38. Part 3 provides, inter alia for the establishment of Land and Water Boards.

First Nations Commercial and Industrial Development Act (S.C. 2005, c. 53).

Legislation
Canada
Amériques
Amérique septentrionale

The present Act allows the federal government to produce Regulations for complex commercial and industrial development projects on reserves. These federal Regulations are only made at the request of participating First Nations. These Regulations are project-specific, developed in cooperation with the First Nation and the relevant province, and are limited to the particular lands described in the project. The text consists of 13 sections.

Expropriation Act (RSA 2000, c. E-13).

Legislation
Canada
Amériques
Amérique septentrionale

The present Act lays down rules relating to expropriation in the province of Alberta. It applies to any expropriation authorized by the law of Alberta and prevails over any contrary provisions that may be found in the law, except the statutes enumerated in the Schedule.

Aboriginal Lands Act 1991 (Act No. 38).

Legislation
Australie
Océanie

The purpose of this Act is to authorize the granting of public land for Aboriginal cultural and burial purposes. The Act provides for the closure of roads in the areas (sect. 4), extinguishes existing rights on the land (sect. 5), prohibits the sale of land (sect. 7) and states that no compensation is payable by the Crown in respect of anything done under or arising out of this Act (sect. 9).

Land Titles Validation Act 1994.

Legislation
Australie
Océanie

This Act validates past acts that are invalid because of the existence of native title and provides for the implementation of compensation rights for the holders of native title which has been affected by past acts attributable to the State. The Act consists of 17 sections and is divided into the following Parts: Preliminary (1); Validation of past Acts (2); Validation of intermediate period Acts (2A); Confirmation of pasts extinguishment of native title by certain valid or validated Acts (2B); Validation of future Acts by agreement (2C); Confirmation of rights (3) and General (4).

Limitation Act 1975.

Legislation
Samoa
Océanie

This Act concerns limitations applying to legal action such as actions of contract and tort; actions to recover land, registered title and rent; actions to recover money secured by a mortgage or charge or to recover proceeds of the sale of land; actions in respect of trust property or the personal estate of deceased person; and actions against the government and public authorities, etc. The Act also concerns accrual of right and relative limitations and extension of limitation periods in case of disability, acknowledgment, part payment, fraud and mistake.