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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 61 - 65 of 69Native Lands (Amendment)(No. 2) Act 1983.
This Act provides that when any land accretes after the date of commencement of the lease or sub-lease, such accreted land shall be, included in the lease or sub-lease. The lessor and lessee in the lease or sub-lease as the case may be, may at any time in writing signed by both of them exclude or modify provisions to this extent.
Amends: Native Lands Ordinance. (1977)
State Acquisition of Lands Ordinance.
The Minister may acquire, on behalf of the Republic, any lands required for any public purpose, absolutely or for a term of years as he may think proper, paying such consideration or compensation as may be agreed upon or determined under the provisions of this Ordinance. Specified purposes are declared to be public purposes for the purposes of this Ordinance and of section 8 of the Constitution.
Neglected Lands Ordinance.
This Ordinance provides for the compulsory acquisition or acquisition by agreement of neglected land and the subsequent sale of such land to natives. “Neglected land” means land suitable for agricultural use which is not being fully and efficiently utilized for agricultural purposes. The owner of land may be required to show cause why land is not neglected land and the owner of land found to be neglected, may be required to ensure the utilization of such land.
Foreshore and Land Reclamation Ordinance.
The ownership of the foreshore and sea-bed vests in the Crown, subject to the public rights of: (a) navigation and fishing, and (b) of passing over the foreshore, and to any private rights that may exist in or over the foreshore or the sea-bed. The Minister may by notice, after consultation with landowners, designate a foreshore of an island or islet or any part thereof. No person shall remove from a designated foreshore any sand, gravel, reef mud, coral, rock or other like substance without first having obtained from the Chief Lands Officer a licence for that purpose.
Native Lands (Amendment) Act 1983.
The Proviso to Section 5 of the Native Lands (Amendment) Ordinance 1977 is hereby repealed. All appeals in land causes and matters pending before the Lands Court Appeal Panel as at the date of commencement of this Act shall be deemed to be and treated as pending in the High Court, and shall be treated and heard as appeals in accordance with the provisions of Part VIII of the Magistrates Courts Ordinance, Chapter 52.
Amends: Native Lands Ordinance. (1977)