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Corporations (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) Consequential, Transitional and Other Measures Act 2006.

An Act to deal with transitional and consequential matters relating to the enactment of the Corporations (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) Act 2006 and to amend the Native Title Act 1993, and for related purposes.

Legislation
Australia, Oceania
customary law
land registration
This Act provides for transitional and consequential matters relating to the enactment of the Corporations (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) Act 2006. It amends the Native Title Act 1993, the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Act 2005, the Aboriginal Land (Lake Condah and Framlingham Forest) Act 1987, the Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976 and some other Acts.
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Land Use Decree (No. 36 of 2010).

Legislation
Fiji, Oceania
public ownership
leases
customary law
This Decree provides for use of native land as defined in the Native Lands Act and Crown land as defined in the Crown lands Act. Utilization of land to which this Decree applies shall be decided by the Prime Minister and all such land shall be registered in the Land Use Bank created under this Decree. The Decree also establishes a Land Use Unit in the Ministry of Lands and Mineral Resources. This office shall be responsible for valuation of land, issue and renewal of leases and collection of rental. Leases issued under this Decree shall be for 99 years and are protected leases.
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Law of Property Act 1925 (15 Geo. 5, c. 20).

An Act to consolidate the enactments relating to Conveyancing and the Law of Property in England and Wales.

Legislation
Nauru, Oceania
Land & Gender
land inheritance rights
leases
cadastres
land registration
land law
This Act contains rules relative to real property and especially the lease and disposal of land.It prescribes rules relative to the manner of giving effect to equitable interests and powers, creation and disposition of equitable interests, vesting orders and dispositions of legal estates operating as conveyances by an estate owner, leasehold, rights on real property in case of infancy, lunacy or death, common ownership, registration of rights, etc.
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Law of Property Act 1925.

An Act to consolidate the enactments relating to Conveyancing and the Law of Property in England and Wales.

Legislation
Tonga, Oceania
Land & Gender
land inheritance rights
leases
cadastres
land registration
land law
This Act contains rules relative to real property and especially the lease and disposal of land.It prescribes rules relative to the manner of giving effect to equitable interests and powers, creation and disposition of equitable interests, vesting orders and dispositions of legal estates operating as conveyances by an estate owner, leasehold, rights on real property in case of infancy, lunacy or death, common ownership, registration of rights, etc.
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Statute Law Revision Act 2011 - Repeal of Ordinance and Acts (No. 8 of 2011).

Legislation
Nauru, Oceania
customary law
This Act revises statute law of Nauru by: validating specified Acts; by making amendments to Acts and Ordinances; and by repealing specified Ordinances and Acts. Repealed Ordinances include: the Importation of Dogs Ordinance 1937-1967, the Native Administration Ordinance 1922-1967, the Native Co-operative Societies Ordinance 1935-1967 and the Prohibition of Sale to Chinese and Natives of Overmilled Rice Ordinance 1925-1967. Repealed Acts include the Nauru Local Government Council Act 1951-1985 and the Nauru Local Government Council Guarantee Act 1970.
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Mahogany Industry Development Decree 2010 (No. 16 of 2010).

A Decree to provide for the restructuring of the the mahogany industry in Fiji for the purpose of facilitating its further development having regard to the inetersts of indigenous landowners and the people of Fiji generally, and for related matters.

Legislation
Fiji, Oceania
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Forest Tenure
deforestation
forest land
leases
public ownership
customary law
This Decree establishes the Mahogany Industry Council and provides for the continuation of the Fiji Mahogany Trust, which was established as a body corporate under section 5 of the Fiji Mahogany Act 2003 for the benefit of landowners and the Fiji Hardwood Corporation Limited, transformed into a privatised Company for the purposes of developing the mahogany industry in Fiji, including the harvesting and processing of mahogany forests.
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Isabel Province Conservation Management Ordinance 1993.

An Ordinance to provide for the protection of land for custom and conservation purposes.

Legislation
Solomon Islands, Oceania
Land, Climate Change & Environment
protected areas
land management
customary law
The purpose of this Ordinance is to assist owners of land to protect and manage their land and land based resources for conservation, custom spiritual and amenity purposes. Any owner of land may apply to the Isabel Province Executive for a declaration that part or all of their land be set aside as a Conservation Area (sect. 4). The Executive may declare Conservation Areas under section 5. Section 6 concerns amendment or removal of the status as Conservation Area. A notification of a declaration as Conservation Area shall be published and distributed as prescribed in section 8.
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Native Land Trust (Amendment) Decree 2010 (No. 32 of 2010).

Legislation
Fiji, Oceania
customary law
This Decree amends the Native Land Trust Act by establishing in that Act and all subsidiary laws made under that Act the word "native" shall be deleted wherever it appears and be replaced by the word "i Taukei". A new section is inserted in the principal Act. That section establishes that all written laws are amended by deleting all references to the word "native" wherever it appears and by inserting "i Taukei".

Amends: Native Land Trust Act. (1985)
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Rota Agricultural Homestead Amendment Act of 2001 (P.L. 12-53).

An Act to amend 2 CMC, Div. 4,s 4382; and for other purposes.

Legislation
Northern Mariana Islands, Oceania
land-use planning
leases
public ownership
farmland
The amendments of the Rota Agricultural Homestead Act concern the designation of homestead areas by the Board of Public Lands. Designated lands shall be allotted to qualified persons for purposes of farming. Those persons shall have the right to acquire title upon the fulfilment of conditions prescribed in the principal Act.

Amends: Rota Agricultural Homestead Act of 1990 (P.L. 7-11). (1990-10-24)
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iTaukei Lands (Amendment) Decree 2012 (No. 21 of 2012).

Legislation
Fiji, Oceania
customary law
This Decree amends the iTaukei Land Act (formerly the Native Lands Act) in subsection 1(b) of section 19 by deleting the words "Great Council of Chiefs" and substituting "iTaukei Affairs Board". Section 19 was inserted by the Native Lands (Amendment) Act 2002 in the principal Act and concerns the allotment of all extinct mataqali land.

Amends: Native Lands Act. (1985)