This Regional Law classifies protected areas as follows: (a) natural parks; (b) state nature reserves; (c) nature monuments; (d) dendrological parks and botanical gardens; (e) healthcare areas and spas; and (f) traditional nature management areas of indigenous peoples. Protected areas of regional significance shall be property of the regional administration. Inclusion of land parcels pertaining to natural and legal persons on condition of ownership, tenancy or lease into protected areas category shall be allowed. Boundaries of protected areas shall be mapped.

This Regional Law regulates relations in the sphere of organization, protection and management of protected areas. It classifies protected areas as follows: (a) state nature reserves, including biosphere reserves; (b) national parks; (c) nature monuments; (d) dendrological parks and botanical gardens; and (e) healthcare areas and spas. Protected areas of regional significance shall be property of the regional administration and shall be managed by public administration.

This Regional Law establishes plenary powers of regional state bodies as regards land tenure and management of public land parcels or land with unidentified ownership. Authorized state regional institution in the sphere of land management shall carry out the following plenary powers: (a) preparation of documentation for delimitation of land ownership; (b) tenancy and management of public land; and (c) shall be a Party on behalf of the regional administration to purchase and sale, and also lease or land tenancy contracts on behalf of the regional administration.

This Law makes provision with respect to registration of title in land and effects of registration and provides for a wide variety of matters regarding specific title in land such as leases, charges, transfers, co-ownership and partition, trusts and transmission on death.The Law establishes a Land Register and requires the Governor to appoint a Land Registrar, the functions and powers of which are defined by this Law. The Land Register shall consist of a register of parcels adjudicated under the Land Adjudication Law and a register of each lease required by the Law to be registered.

This Decree amends the Native Lands Act by replacing in the Act and all subsidiary legislation made under the Act the word "native" with the word "i Taukei". It also inserts a new section (1A), which provides that all written laws (of Fiji) are to be changed by deleting all references to "native" and inserting therefor the word "i Taukei".

Amends: Native Lands Act. (1985)

This Decree establishes the Mahogany Industry Council and provides for the continuation of the Fiji Mahogany Trust, which was established as a body corporate under section 5 of the Fiji Mahogany Act 2003 for the benefit of landowners and the Fiji Hardwood Corporation Limited, transformed into a privatised Company for the purposes of developing the mahogany industry in Fiji, including the harvesting and processing of mahogany forests.

This Regional Law regulates relations concerning ownership, tenancy and disposal of land parcels and land shares of agricultural land located on the regional territory. State bodies and local government must perform rational land-use planning of agricultural land and protection thereof with a view of: (a) ensuring the right of citizens to favourable environment; (b) ensuring sustainable land tenure; (c) improvement of soil fertility; and (d) ensuring sustainable economic development of the producers of agricultural commodities.

The present Regulation is enacted under the Petroleum and Natural Gas Act. In particular, the Regulation lays down provisions relating to terms and conditions of surface leases made in respect of the rights to the surface of land other than the surface rights of Crown land.

Implements: Petroleum and Natural Gas Act ([RSBC 1996] Chapter 361). (2016-08-01)

This Regional Law establishes plenary powers of regional state bodies and local government of municipal units in the sphere of turnover of agricultural land. Maximum land area of agricultural land that can be owned by a single natural or legal person shall not exceed 20 percent of total available land area on a given territory at the moment of concession or purchase of such plots of agricultural land. Minimum lease period of agricultural land shall be 11 months.

This Regional Law establishes maximum and minimum land area of the plots of public or municipal land allotted to citizens in ownership for farming, gardening, horticulture, stockbreeding, subsidiary smallholding and individual housing construction. Total land area of agricultural land that can be owned or held in tenancy or lease by citizens carrying out subsistence farming and subsidiary smallholding shall not exceed 10 hectares.

The Guideline 10 of 2012 lays down rules and procedures of evaluating tender offers for leasing undivided agricultural lands. The bidding procedure is implemented by the Commission for the lease of undivided agricultural lands. The offers are evaluated based on the technology to be used for plant cultivation, the investment on infrastructure such as irrigation and drainage, its impact on local employment and the financial bid.

Implements: Guideline No. 1 dated 18.7.2012 on the procedures of leasing undivided agricultural land. (2012-07-18)

The Guideline lays down the rules and procedures for the leasing of undivided agricultural land. The Guideline is composed of the following sections: Objects and parties in the process (I), Procedures to be followed by the Commission responsible for the leasing of undivided agricultural lands (II), Procedures to be followed in cases when the Ministry of Agriculture serves as the leasing authority (III), Timeframes for leasing undivided agricultural land (IV) and Final provisions (V).