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Displaying 15026 - 15030 of 15550Expropriation Act ([RSBC 1996] Chapter 125).
This Act is divided into 7 parts as follows: Definitions and application (1); Approval (2); Pre-expropriation procedures (3); Expropriation (4); Compensation procedures (5); Basis for compensation (6); General (7).This Act regulates land expropriation by an "expropriating authority", defined as a person, including the government, empowered under an enactment to expropriate land (sect. 1).
Land Act ([RSBC 1996] Chapter 245).
The 8 Parts of this Act are entitled as follows: Land districts and recording districts (Part 1); Disposition of Crown land (2); Application procedure for disposition of Crown land (3); Disposition of Crown land - Cancellation, amendment and abandonment (4); Crown grants (5); Trespass on Crown land (6); Surveys (7); Additional powers (8).The Act regulates Crown land and its disposition, which is defined in section 1 as "the act of disposal or an instrument by which the act is effected or evidenced, or by which an interest in Crown land is disposed of or effected, or by which the government
Land Survey Act ([RSBC 1996] Chapter 247).
This Act creates a framework for land surveyal by British Columbia government surveyors. It is divided into 3 Parts and 15 sections as follows. Official Surveys (Part 1): boundaries and monuments placed by government are true ones (sect. 1); parcels to comprise all width included within their boundaries (sect. 2); division lines joining corresponding posts (sect. 3); construction of grant of aliquot part (sect. 4); if original post or monument cannot be found (sect. 5); subdivisions of land surveyed in sections one mile square (sect.
Land Surveyors Act ([RSBC 1996] Chapter 248).
This Act regulates the Corporation of Land Surveyors of the Province of British Columbia, defining its constitution, membership, management and administrative procedures, admission to, powers and obligations and disciplinary powers. It is composed of 74 sections.
Land Title Act ([RSBC 1996] Chapter 250).
This Act sets out the legal, administrative and procedural framework for determining land title in British Columbia.