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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 76 - 80 of 298Land Leases Refund of Fees Rules Order 2006 (No. 7 of 2006).
This Order made under section 111 of the Land Leases Act require a lessor to refund lease registration fees in certain circumstances and provides for calculation for purposes of refund of fees. A lessor must refund the registration fee to the lessee if: (a) the lessees unexpired lease is surrendered under the Land Leases Act and is replaced by a new lease for a term of 75 years; and (b) the new lease is registered over the same land as the unexpired surrendered lease for the purpose of a strata plan under the Strata Titles Act.
Implements: Land Leases Act (Cap. 163). (1988)
Form for the Application for Approval for Rural subdivision (Rural Lands) Order 2014 (No. 160 of 2014).
This Order of the Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, for purposes of the Land Reform Act, sets out in the Schedule the Form for the application for subdivision of rural land.
Implements: Land Reform Act (Cap. 123). (2006)
Strata Titles (Amendment) Act 2014 (No. 38 of 2014).
This Act amends the Strata Titles Act with respect to, among other things: redefinition of strata plan; registration of a strata plan to subdivide building into lots and common property; resubdivision of lots of a registered strata plan; compensation to lessors in case of sale of rural lots; and powers of proprietors to create and register a strata plan of resubdivision in respect of common property.
Amends: Strata Titles Act (Cap. 266). (2006)
Form for the Application for Lease on State Land (Urban) Order 2014 (No. 158 of 2014).
This Order of the Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, for purposes of the Land Reform Act sets out in the Schedule the Form for the application for lease of urban State land.
Implements: Land Reform Act (Cap. 123). (2006)
Land Acquisition (Amendment) Act 2014 (No. 31 of 2014).
This Act amends the Land Acquisition Act by inserting a new section (7A), which gives power to the Minister to stop an acquisition process if he or she is satisfied that the proposed acquisition could be detrimental to the State. It also amends section 9 on matters to be considered in determining compensation.
Amends: Land Acquisition Act (Cap. 215). (2006)