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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 191 - 195 of 298Conservation Act 1986-87.
This Act makes provision for the conservation of nature and the protection of the environment in the Cook Islands. It shall apply to such parts of the Cook Islands and Cook Islands waters as are specified from time to time by the Queen's Representative by Order in Executive Council. The Act consists of 57 sections divided into 11 Parts.The Act establishes the Conservation Service as a body corporate.
Small Claims Act 1986.
This Act provides for the establishment of Tribunals and defines proceedings and procedures before such Tribunals in relation to so-called small claims, i.e. claims relative to contracts or established rights not exceeding a specified amount. The Act further provides for enforcement of decisions and appeals against decisions of a Tribunal established under this Act.The primary function of a Tribunal is to attempt to bring the parties to a dispute to an agreed settlement.
Cook Islands Amendment (No 2) Act 1970 (No. 4 of 1970).
This Act amends provisions of the Cook Islands Act, 1915 with respect to the alienation of native land. Subsection (2) of section 475 of the principal Act is hereby amended by omitting, the words "the High Commissioner" and substituting the words "an officer of the Land Court approved in writing for the purpose by the Secretary of Justice". Section 482 of the principal Act is hereby amended by repealing subsection (3).
Amends: Cook Islands Act 1915 (No. 40 of 1915). (2011)
Real Property Mortgage Act 2003.
The Act makes provisions with respect to: establishment of mortgages on leasehold interest, status of security, requirements for mortgages, registration of mortgages, procedure for registration, priority of mortgage interests, effect of non-registration, foreclosure of mortgages, judicial foreclosure of mortgages, power of sale foreclosure, sale under power of sale, right to deficiency subsequent to foreclosure sale, discharge, foreign citizens as mortgagor, discharge of stale mortgage and various other matters relating to mortgages on real property and related rights and obligations (41 se
Penrhyn (Naharakura Lease) Facilitation Act 1992 (No. 12 of 1992).
The Act makes provisions for the validation of leases of land concerned to the Cook Islands Government Property Corporation, for the preservation of rights of owners of leased lands, for the determination of interests of successors, for the establishment of the Naharakura Development Trust and for the payment of proceeds of leases into the Trust.The leases set out in the Schedule are confirmed provided that owners may seek adequate compensation for the alienation of rights. An application for this purpose may be made by any owner of the leased lands to the Land Division of the High Court.