Caves Act.
An Act to provide for the control and management of caves and for related matters.
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This Act concerns control by the Minister responsible for the environment of operations in caves declared to be a cave for purposes of this Act by the Minister. The Act also allows compulsorily acquisition by the Crown of any land required by a public company called the Caves of Barbados Ltd. (“Company”) for the development of a cave. The Minister may give directions to the Company and the Company shall submit yearly an Environmental Management Plan to the Minister.
