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Quarry (Amendment) Act 2016 (No. 17 of 2016).

Legislation
December, 2016
Vanuatu

This Act amendments the Quarry Act in provisions concerning, among other things, a ban on quarry activities for environmental protection reasons, approval of development on land subject to a dispute between custom owners, suspension of a quarry permit and various environmental considerations regarding developments.

Amends: Quarry Act 2013 (No. 9 of 2013). (2013-10-14)

Community Land Regulations (LN No. 279 of 2018).

Regulations
November, 2017
Kenya

These Regulations of the Cabinet Secretary for Land and Physical Planning implement provisions of the Community Land Act, 2016 ("Act") with respect to, among other things, recognition, protection and registration of community land rights, community land management committees, registration of communities, conversion of community land, settlement of disputes relating to community land, conversion of group representatives, a national programme for public education and awareness on provisions of the Act and the rights of communities over community land, and the preparation of Community Rules an

Momi Bay Development Decree (No. 28 of 2010).

Legislation
December, 2009
Fiji

This Decree provides for certain dealings in land related to a loan facility and relative mortgages and title in native land for the development of a coastal area. The Decree seeks to protect funds advanced by the Fiji National Provident Fund by providing for accelerated transfer of title and relative registration by the Land Registrar. Land involved in these dealings includes native land covered by a Land Swap Agreement for which the Native land Trust Board holds specified powers.

Local Government Act.

Legislation
May, 2008
Australia

This Act, consisting of 280 sections divided into 20 Chapters and completed by three Schedules, divides the State into municipal areas and electoral districts.

Settlement Lands Regulation (Y.O.I.C. 2016/111).

Regulations
December, 2015
Canada

The present Regulation is made under the Land Titles Act, 2015. In particular, the Regulation provides for the correct and efficient enforcement of the aforementioned Act. Section 1 establishes that a Yukon First Nation is eligible to apply to bring its settlement land under the Act and have a certificate of title issued for that land if its final agreement or selfgovernment agreement provides that the Act applies to its settlement land registered in the land titles office.

Resolución Nº 589-2016-MINAGRI ─ Modifica la Resolución Nº 435-2016-MINAGRI, Lineamientos para la ejecución del Procedimiento de Reconocimiento e Inscripción Administrativa de la Personería Jurídica de Comunidades Nativas.

Regulations
December, 2016
Peru

La presente Resolución modifica los Lineamientos para la ejecución del procedimiento de inscripción administrativa de la personería jurídica de las Comunidades Nativas, en el sentido de incorporar aportes del Viceministerio de Interculturalidad del Ministerio de Cultura, respecto al reconocimiento de los derechos de pueblos indígenas y del procedimiento de reconocimiento de las comunidades nativas.

Law No. 8/2017 on Land Expropriation for Public Utility.

Legislation
April, 2017
Timor-Leste

This Law, consisting of 69 articles divided into five Chapters, defines the regime applicable to the expropriation of immovable property and establishes rules and procedures for cases in which the State, with a view to the pursuit of a public purpose, is impelled, in the absence of other viable alternative solutions, to call upon itself the ownership of immovable property in the private domain. It specifies the cases in which expropriation is allowed, such as: when the property must pursue a purpose of public utility.

Decreto Supremo Nº 005-2016-MC ─ Dispone la inscripción de reservas indígenas en el Registro de Predios de los Registros Públicos.

Regulations
July, 2016
Peru

El presente Decreto Supremo dispone la inscripción de reservas indígenas en el Registro de Predios de los Registros Públicos en el marco de la Ley para la protección de pueblos indígenas u originarios en situación de aislamiento y en situación de contacto inicial.Las reservas indígenas se inscriben en el Registro de Predios conforme a lo siguiente: 1) Cuando el predio o predios ubicados en el ámbito geográfico de la reserva indígena se encuentren registrados, la reserva indígenas se extenderá como carga en las respectivas partidas registrales, precisando si la reserva indígena afecta el pre

Provisions of the Panchayats (Extension to the Scheduled Areas) Act, 1996 (PESA No. 40 of 1996).

Legislation
December, 1996
India

This Act, as referred to in Clause (1) of art. 244 of the Constitution, amends part IX of the Constitution, related to Panchayats Extension to the Scheduled Areas. Part IX of the Constitution relating to Panchayats is extended to the Scheduled Areas subject to such exceptions and modifications, as provided in section 4.