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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 56 - 60 of 298National Land Registration Act 1977.
This Act makes provision for the registration of National Land, i.e. any land declared under this Act to be National Land. The Act also makes provisions for certain matters in relation with the acquisition of land by the State for public purposes.The Minister may declare, by Notice, a land to be National Land if the land, in the opinion of the Minister was acquired by a previous administration or required for a public purpose as defined by this Act or “a reason that is reasonably justified in a democratic society that has a proper regard for the rights and dignity of mankind”.
Penrhyn (Naharakura Lease) Facilitation Amendment Act 2009 (No. 6 of 2009).
The Act amends the Penrhyn (Naharakura Lease) Facilitation Act 1992 by inserting a new section (3A), which empowers, after due consultations, the Queen's Representative to vary, by Order in Executive Council, the Deed of Lease as referred to in section 3
Amends: Penrhyn (Naharakura Lease) Facilitation Act 1992 (No. 12 of 1992). (1992-12-21)
Foreign Trusts, Estates and Wills Act 1972 (No. 7 of 1972).
This Act concerns the abolition on certain restrictions concerning trusts and provides rules for the creation in Nauru of a trust in perpetuity or for any lesser duration. This Act shall not apply to any settlement, disposition or trust of any land or of any interest in any land where such land is situated in Nauru. The Act also concerns grant of administration of a foreign will or estate. Executors of a foreign will or administrators of a foreign estate shall be a trustee corporation.
Traditional Rights Court (Composition and Appointments) Act 1985.
The Traditional Rights Court shall consist of a permanent panel composed of a Chief Judge and two other judges, and such other members or panels as may be appointed or constituted from time to time as provided for by Section 4 of this Act. The Commission may, for reasons which, in its opinion, are sufficient, suspend or remove any member of the Court or take such other disciplinary action against him oe her as it may deem necessary.
Pollution Control Act 2013 (No. 10 of 2013).
This Act applies to all kinds of pollution discharge in Vanuatu. Despite the provisions of any other Act, all persons and agencies having responsibilities under this Act, or whose functions and powers may relate to any matter or thing involving the environment, are to apply the precautionary principle. The Act sets out the Director of the Department of Environmental Protection and Conservation.