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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 176 - 180 of 298Small Claims Tribunal Decree (Amendment) Act 1997 (No. 15 of 1997).
This Decree amends the Small Claims Tribunal Decree with respect to procedures of hearings and appeals against decisions of the tribunal.
Amends: Small Claims Tribunal Decree (No. 7 of 1991). (1991)
Small Claims Tribunal Decree (No. 7 of 1991).
This Decree makes provision for the establishment of tribunals by the Minister, define the jurisdiction of such tribunals and lay down the procedures for the submission to and handling of claims by such tribunals.The tribunal shall be competent in small claims as defined by this Decree but shall not have jurisdiction in respect of any claim: (a) for the recovery of land or any estate or interest therein; (b) in which the title to any land or any estate or interest therein is in question; (c) which could not be brought in a Magistrates' Court; and (d) which is required by any law to be broug
Native Land Trust (Leases and Licences)(Amendment) Regulations (L.N. No. 12 of 2006).
These Regulations amend the Native Land Trust (Leases and Licences) Regulations by revoking Schedule 3 to those Regulations and substituting a new Schedule. The Schedule specifies fees for various activities and defines types of fees and the nature of the work for which a fee is requested.
Amends: Native Land Trust (Leases and Licences) Regulations. (1984)
Agricultural Land (Declaration of Unimproved Capital Values) Order (L.N. No. 99 of 1982).
This Order, made under section 21 of the Agricultural Landlord and Tenant Act, declares the different classes of agricultural land of an agricultural holding set out in the Schedule to this Order to have the unimproved capital values specified therein. The land classified by this Order includes pastures, dairy land, rice lands, arable land and forest land.
Implements: Agricultural Landlord and Tenant Act, Rev. 1985. (1979)
Emergency Powers Act (No. 28 of 1998).
This Act grants powers to the President of Fiji to proclaim a state of emergency in the whole or any part of the Fiji Islands.The President shall only proclaim an emergency on advice of the Cabinet. One of the reasons to proclaim an emergency is the occurrence of a natural disaster in respect of which the provisions of the Natural Disaster Management Act 1998 are inadequate. The Act also grants powers to the President to take, by Regulation, measures for the control of an emergency.