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Displaying 14781 - 14785 of 15550Native Title Act 1993.
The main objects of the Act are: (a) to provide for the recognition and protection of native title; (b) to establish ways in which the future dealings affecting native title may proceed and to set standards for those dealings; (c) to establish a mechanism for determining claims to native title; and (d) to provide for, or permit, the validation of past acts invalidated because of the existence of native title (sect. 3).The text of the Act consists of 253 sections, preceded by a preamble and divided into 15 Parts.
Land Act (No. 19/97).
This Act is composed of 35 articles divided into eight Chapters. It aims at establishing the terms under which the creation, exercise, modification, transfer and termination of the right of land use and benefit operates. It regulates ownership of the land and public domain, the right of use and benefit of land, powers and responsibilities of the concerned public bodies. In particular, it defines obligations to be fulfilled by foreign or national entities, as well as fees to be paid in order to obtain a licence for land exploitation.
Belize Land Development Authority Act.
There is established as a body corporate the Belize Land Development Authority whose functions include: (a) the acquisition, development and improvement of land including infrastructure such as drainage and irrigation; (b) to lease or sell land especially to small farmers; (c) engage in land development projects; (d) to sell or export produce; (e) trade in fertilizers, agricultural chemicals, foodstuffs and other agricultural commodities; (e) other functions relating to agricultural development (sect. 3). The Authority may provide finance in the form of loans or provide guarantees (sect.
Regulation of the relations of ownership of land and other agrarian property (Act of 21 May 1991).
The Preamble of this Act declares the purposes of the enactment of new provisions relating to the ownership of land to be: (a) to alleviate the consequences of some injuries suffered by the owners of agrarian and forest property in the period of 1948 to 1989; (b) to provide conditions for improvement in the care of farm and forest land through renewing the original relations of ownership of land; and (c) to create conditions in accordance with the need of economic development of rural regions and in accordance with requirements for landscape and environment conservation and management.The t
Iraqi Company for Contracts for Land Reclamation (Law No. 116 of 1981).
There shall be established the Iraqi Company for Contracts of Land Reclamation under the Council of Ministers. The Company shall execute projects on land reclamation and operate as a contractor in this field. The Company shall have legal personality, financial and administrative independence and full legal competence to carry out its functions inside or outside Iraq (art. 1). Properties of the Company shall be considered "State domains" (art. 7). It seems that the Company may sell or lease reclaimed lands (please see art. 2, comma 1).