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Aboriginal Land Act 1991.

An Act providing for the grant, and the claim and grant, of land as Aboriginal land, and for other purposes.

Legislation
Australia, Oceania
customary law
land ownership
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.
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Mackenzie Valley Resource Management Act (S.C. 1998, c. 25).

An Act to provide for an integrated system of land and water management in the Mackenzie Valley, to establish certain boards for that purpose and to make consequential amendments to other Acts.

Legislation
Canada, Americas, Northern America
land-use planning
fisheries
customary law
natural resources management
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.
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First Nations Commercial and Industrial Development Act (S.C. 2005, c. 53).

An Act respecting the regulation of commercial and industrial undertakings on reserve lands.

Legislation
Canada, Americas, Northern America
customary law
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.
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Yale First Nation Final Agreement Act (S.C. 2013, c. 25).

An Act to give effect to the Yale First Nation Final Agreement and to make consequential amendments to other Acts.

Legislation
Canada, Americas, Northern America
land governance
customary law
land ownership
The present Act gives effect and declares valid the Yale First Nation Final Agreement, between the Yale First Nation, Her Majesty in right of Canada and Her Majesty in right of British Columbia. The text consists of 25 sections.

Implements: Yale First Nation Final Agreement. (2012)
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Expropriation Act (RSA 2000, c. E-13).

Legislation
Canada, Americas, Northern America
use rights
customary law
compensation
public ownership
land ownership
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.
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Expropriation Act (R.S.N.L. 1990, c. E-19).

An Act relating to expropriation.

Legislation
Canada, Americas, Northern America
customary law
land registration
compensation
cadastres
leases
land ownership
The present Act lays down provisions relating to expropriation of land.
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Aboriginal Lands Act 1991 (Act No. 38).

Legislation
Australia, Oceania
Land, Climate Change & Environment
customary law
protected areas
public ownership
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).
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Land Titles Validation Act 1994.

Legislation
Australia, Oceania
compensation
customary law
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).
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Limitation Act 1975.

An Act to consolidate and make provision for the limitation of actions and arbitrations.

Legislation
Samoa, Oceania
customary law
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.
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Aboriginal Communities Act 1979.

An Act to assist certain Aboriginal communities to manage and control their community lands and for related purposes.

Legislation
Australia, Oceania
customary law
This Act, consisting of 13 sections, aims at assisting certain Aboriginal communities to manage and control their community lands and for related purposes in Western Australia. The Act applies to the Aboriginal communities incorporated as the Bidyadanga Aboriginal Community La Grange Incorporated and the Bardi Aborigines Association Inc. and any incorporated Aboriginal community that the Governor, on the advice of the Minister, declares by proclamation to be a community to which this Act applies.