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Displaying 8171 - 8175 of 15550Regional Law No. 454-OZ “On expropriation of land plots, including repayment, for public and municipal needs”.
This Regional Law regulates relations concerning expropriation of land plots, including repayment, for public and municipal needs. Parties of this Regional Law shall be Regional Government, local self-government, natural and legal persons – landowners, tenants, land holders, land tenants, land lease holders and other persons concerned.
Regional Law No. 422-OZ “On allocation of land parcels in ownership to citizens free of charge”.
This Regional Law establishes the modalities of allocation of parcels of public land to citizens free of charge for gardening, horticulture and stockbreeding, and establishes minimum and maximum land area of the aforesaid parcels. It establishes that regional resident – natural person that has never had nor has parcel of agricultural land in ownership for subsistence farming, gardening or horticulture, shall be granted the right to receive in ownership a land parcel for each of the aforesaid purposes once-only.
State Lands (Amendment) Decree 2013 (No. 7 of 2013).
This Decree amends the State Lands Act, originally titled “Crown Lands Act”, in section 6 by adding a subsection (6), which provides that any i Taukei land which is exchanged for portions of State land under subsection (3) must not be exchanged for portions of private freehold land under subsection. It also adds a new section (28a), which allows a person who is not a registered surveyor to be appointed as the Director of Lands.
iTaukei Land Trust (Amendment) Decree 2012 (No. 20 of 2012).
This Decree amends the iTaukei Laud Trust Act (formerly the Native Land Trusts Act) in subsection (2) of section 19A by deleting the words "Great Council of Chiefs" and substituting "iTaukei Affairs Board". Section 19a was inserted by the Native Land Trust (Amendment) Act 2002 the principal Act and concerns allotment of extinct mataqali lands.
Amends: Native Land Trust Act. (1985)
iTaukei Lands (Amendment) Decree 2012 (No. 21 of 2012).
This Decree amends the iTaukei Land Act (formerly the Native Lands Act) in subsection 1(b) of section 19 by deleting the words "Great Council of Chiefs" and substituting "iTaukei Affairs Board". Section 19 was inserted by the Native Lands (Amendment) Act 2002 in the principal Act and concerns the allotment of all extinct mataqali land.
Amends: Native Lands Act. (1985)