This Order provides for the establishment of a corporation to be known as the Fiji Land Corporation for the purpose of purchasing freehold and leasehold agricultural estates and the developing, subdividing, selling or leasing of parts or the whole thereof, being a project planned by the Land…
The provisions of this Act shall apply to any part or whole of any such area or areas as the Minister may, from time to time, by Order in the Gazette define and shall apply to all lands described therein except those listed in section 2. No land shall be subdivided without the approval of the…
A scheme submitted to the Director for provisional approval shall be accompanied by basic survey maps and an explanatory report in accordance with the requirements specified by the Director. Such scheme shall include all information set out in these Regulations (reg. 3). When the Director has…
These amendments of the principal Act make provision for certain matters relating to the Appeals Tribunal. Decisions of the Appeals Tribunal are to be final and conclusive and cannot be challenged in a court of law (sect. 7). Section 7a concerns the appointment of the Chairman and members of the…
The Town Planning Act is amended by in section 26 in subsection "(2)" by the addition of the following proviso at the end: "Provided that every owner or occupier of land within the area covered by a scheme shall have a right of objection to an alteration or addition to a scheme,…
The Ordinance consists of 45 sections divided into 6 Parts: Preliminary (I), Town Planning Schemes (II); Powers of Local Authorities (III); Compensation for injurious affection and claims for increase in value (IV); Purchase and compulsory acquisition of land (V); Miscellaneous (VI).The Town…
Section 3 provides for a land sales tax to be charged on the net profit of dealings in land. Section 5 defines exemptions. No non-resident or any person acting as his agent shall without the prior consent in writing of the Minister responsible for land matters make any contract to purchase or to…
This Act provides for a wide variety of matters relating to land, land use rights, transfer of land, etc. All land subject to the provisions of the Land (Transfer and Registration) Ordinance and every estate or interest therein and all instruments and dealings affecting any such land, estate or…
This Act provides for the granting of petroleum exploration licences, production licences and pipeline licences, for the payment of compensation for damage to land and surface rent payable for disturbance of surface rights, and for various other matters relative to exploration and exploitation…
Section 45 of the Town Planning Act (Regulation making powers of the Minister) is amended by: (a) numbering the existing provision as subsection "(1)"; (b) adding the following provisions as subsections "(2)" and "(3)" respectively: "(2) Without prejudice to…
The principal Act is amended by replacing the expression "Governor-General" wherever it appears in the Native Land Trust Act by the expression "President of Fiji".
Amends: Native Land Trust Act. (1985)
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)