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PacLII stands for the Pacific Islands Legal Information Institute. It is an initiative of the University of the South Pacific School of Law with assistance from AustLII. PacLII is a signatory to the Montreal Declaration on Public Access to Law and participates in the Free Access to Law movement, (FALM) a grouping of a number of world wide organizations committed to publishing and providing access to the law for free. PacLII is based at the Emalus Campus of the USP in Port Vila, Vanuatu.
USP School of Law is based in Port Vila and has students located across 12 countries of the Pacific who do not have easy access to the legal materials from across the region which they need to undertake their studies. PacLII was started by the School of Law as a means to overcoming the tyrannies of distance. It has grown to become a service to governments, legal professionals, NGOs, students, academics and members of the public and has been widely recognized as an example of excellence in promoting access to legal information.
PacLII collects and publishes legal materials from 20 Pacific Islands Countries on its website www.paclii.org which is hosted by AustLII. These countries are American Samoa, Cook Islands, Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, Guam, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru, Niue, New Caledonia, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Pitcairn Islands, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu and Vanuatu.
The materials consist mainly of primary materials such as court decisions and legislation but also include decisions of various tribunals, panels, Ombudsmens reports or secondary information such as court rules or bench books. PacLII is now seeking to expand its collections to include law related materials such as subject specific papers and reports. PacLII is also developing a series of subject specific libraries utilising predetermined search technology. An Intellectual Property and a Maritime Law Library have been created and more are planned. A number of Pacific Islands Treaties are also available but direct access to the database has been suspended due to a current lack of capacity.
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Displaying 66 - 70 of 298National Parks Act 1982.
This Act makes provision for the reservation of land as protected areas and for the appointment of the Director of National Parks, defines powers and functions of the Director and grants regulation-making powers to the Head of State.The Head of State may commit to the care, control and management of the Director an area that has been reserved or is deemed to be reserved under section 49 of the Land Act 1996 for the purposes of: (a) the recreation and amusement of the public; (b) a national park; (c) a botanical or zoological garden; (d) a reserve or sanctuary for the protection of flora or
State Lands Leases and Licence (Amendment) Regulations (L.N. No. 81 of 2009).
These Regulations amend the State Lands (Leases and Licences) Regulations in regulation 11(2) in relation with rental to be paid pending arbitration.
Amends: Crown Lands (Leases and Licences) Regulations. (1985)
Strata Titles (Amendment) Act 2003 (No. 21 of 2003).
Section1, inter alia, gives a new definition of “approved lease”, “common property” and “strata plan”. Several definitions are added. Various amendments are made in relation with adoption of a plan of "resubdivision" and grant by a body corporate of exclusive use of a common property.
Amends: Strata Titles Act (No. 29 of 2000). (2000-09-12)
Native Administration Ordinance 1922 (No. 17 of 1922).
This Ordinance grants powers to the Administrator of Nauru to make Regulations affecting the affairs of natives with regard to various matters, including: (a) the succession to property in case of intestacy; (b) the rights to real and personal property; and (c) the cultivation of the soil.
Land Surveyors (Amendment) Act 2003 (No. 23 of 2003).
“Director” now means the Director of the department responsible for land". Section 2, here repealed, concerned the Director of Land Surveys. Consequentially, a reference in any other Act or instrument to the Director of Land Surveys shall be a reference to the Director of the department responsible for land.
Amends: Land Surveyors Act (Cap. 175). (1988)