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    An Act to combine, consolidate and revise the law relating to town planning and law relating to the development of subdivisions and to provide for matters connected thereto.

    Legislation
    Bahamas, Americas, Caribbean

    This Act makes provision for land use planning and regulates the subdivision of land.

  2. Library Resource

    An Act to make provision for the conservation and protection of the physical landscape of The Bahamas.

    Legislation
    Bahamas, Americas, Caribbean

    This Act provides rules relative to the carrying out of excavations, quarrying of mines and landfill operations and the control of such activities affecting the soil and landscape. The Act also provides for the protection of trees in certain circumstances.The Minister is charged with the responsibility of regulating excavation, landfill operations, quarrying, mining and harvesting of protected trees in The Bahamas, for the purpose of providing for and ensuring the conservation and maintenance of the environment.

  3. Library Resource

    An Act to make provision for the establishment of public roads, for the control and maintenance of public roads and for other purposes incidental thereto.

    Legislation
    Bahamas, Americas, Caribbean

    This Act concerns the classification, declaration, construction, maintenance and control of public roads and some related matters such as the restriction on the discharge of water and other liquids from private lands onto public roads, the duty of owners of adjoining land in relation with vegetation, restriction on the removal of sand from coastal areas in the vicinity of public roads and the (compulsory) acquisition of land by the Minister and exchange of land for purposes of this Act.

  4. Library Resource

    An Act to make provision for the formation of Local Improvement Associations in order to establish, maintain and operate improvement associations for the benefit of lot owners in sub-divisions.

    Legislation
    Bahamas, Americas, Caribbean

    This Act makes provision for the formation and administration of “Local Improvement Associations" and defines rights and duties of such associations. An association may be formed by owners of lots of a sub-divided estate for the purpose of the carrying out of works in common and various other matters relating to the sub-divided land including matters regarding the maintenance of inland waterways. The procedures for establishment foresee, among other things, a petition by owners to the Minister and incorporation of the association.

  5. Library Resource
    Legislation
    Bahamas, Americas, Caribbean

    This Act makes provision, among other things, for the sub-division of land in which provision is made for the construction of access roads.Sub-division plans shall be approved by the Town and Country Planning Committee and the Minister in accordance with this Act. Also the alienation of lots that are not marked on the survey plan require the approval of the Committee. Appeal from decisions of the Committee may be had with the Minister.

    Repealed by: Planning and Subdivision Act, 2010 (No. 4 of 2010). (2010-03-16)

  6. Library Resource
    Legislation
    Bahamas, Americas, Caribbean

    This Act makes provision, among other things, for the sub-division of land of the Out Islands in which provision is made for the construction of access roads.Sub-division plans shall be approved by the Minister in accordance with this Act. Also the alienation any land of new sub-divisions requires the approval of the Minister and shall be subject to certain conditions. Some other restrictions on alienation are specified for lots that are not marked on the approved survey plan.

    Repealed by: Planning and Subdivision Act, 2010 (No. 4 of 2010). (2010-03-16)

  7. Library Resource
    Legislation
    Bahamas, Americas, Caribbean

    This Act concerns a system of geospatial data collection and storage for the Bahamas. It establishes the Bahamas National Geographic Information Systems Centre, the Geospatial Advisory Council and the Bahamas Spatial Data Infrastructure Program. The Centre shall, among other things, serve as the Government's technical focal point for the collection and management of geospatial data on The Bahamas. It shall also ensure that the Bahamas Spatial Data Infrastructure (BSDI) assists policy-making in relation to policies and activities that may have a direct or indirect impact on the environment.

  8. Library Resource
    Legislation
    Bahamas, Americas, Caribbean

    This Act makes provision for the appointment of the Director of Physical planning by then Governor-General, the constitution of the Town Planning Committee, grants powers to these institutions and the Minister in respect of town planning and provides rules relative to town planning. The Director shall be a technical adviser to the Minister and executive officer of the Committee. The Committee is granted powers to control town planning and construction in The Bahamas.

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