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Multiple waves of colonizers, each speaking a distinct language, migrated to the New Hebrides in the millennia preceding European exploration in the 18th century. This settlement pattern accounts for the complex linguistic diversity found on the archipelago to this day. The British and French, who settled the New Hebrides in the 19th century, agreed in 1906 to an Anglo-French Condominium, which administered the islands until independence in 1980, when the new name of Vanuatu was adopted.
Vanuatu is a parliamentary republic.
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Displaying 11 - 15 of 69Customary Law Commission Act 1989.
In keeping with the objective of the Constitution of the Republic of the Marshall Islands, to declare by Act the customary law of the land, there is hereby established a Commission called the Customary Law Commission.
Land Reform (Amendment) Act (No. 35 of 2000).
The Part applies in relation to custom owners of land who had a right to compensation under section 11 of the Land Reform Act immediately before the section was repealed by the Land Reform (Amendment) Act No. 6 of 1992. The Government is to determine the amount of compensation payable to the custom owners of the land. In determining the amount of compensation, the Government must take into account the market value of the land and any other matters that it considers relevant.
Niue Amendment Act 1968 (Act No. 132 of 1968).
This amendment of the principal Act introduces Chapters on land tenure, grants of Crown land, ownership Niuean land, land for church purposes, the land court of Niue, the land appellate court of Niue, acquisition of land for public purposes and some other matters.
Amends: Niue Act 1966. (1966-10-07)
Land Acquisition (Amendment) Act (No. 34 of 2000).
Section 9 of the Principal Act (matters to be considered for the determination of compensation) is amended by the adding a subsection that provides that a determination must be in writing and a copy of it must be given to the custom owner or owners of the land, and any other person interested in the land. Section 12 is amended so as to provide for appeal to be had only with the Supreme Court.
Land Acquisition Act (No. 5 of 1992).
An Act to provide for the acquisition of land or rights in land for public purposes. The Minister may direct the acquiring officer to investigate in the suitability of land for acquisition and to serve notices of investigation or intended acquisition on the custom owners or persons interested in the land. The Minister shall decide whether that land or easement shall be acquired after having heard possible objections of owners and the acquiring officer's recommendations on those objections.