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Lands, Surveys and Environment Act 1989
SAMOA
LANDS, SURVEYS AND ENVIRONMENTACT 1989
Arrangement of Provisions
PART I
PRELIMINARY
- Short
title and commencement
- Interpretation
PART
IA
GENERAL
ADMINISTRATION
- Minister
ofLands and Environment
- Ministry
of Natural Resources and Environment
- Chief
Executive Officer
- Land
Board
- Duties
of Board
- Land
Committees
- Board
may delegate its powers
- Board
may conduct inquiries
- Application
for rehearing
- Appeals
to Supreme Court
- Powers
and duties of Chief Executive Officer
- Recovery
of possession of Government Land
- Inspection
of Government land
PART II
SURVEYS
16 – 21. Repealed
- Determination
of limit, area, or boundaries of land
PART III
PURCHASE AND
DEVELOPMENT
OF LAND
- Purchase
of private land or interest in Government land
- Unformed
and unused roads
- Preparing
land for settlement
- Joint
preparation of land for settlement
- Land
held for Government purpose may be developed
PART IV
CLASSIFICATION AND ALIENATION
OF GOVERNMENT LAND
- Classification
of Government land
- Board
may alienate land
- Board
may call for applications from the Public to lease Government
Lands
30A. Board may call for tenders from the Public for Government
Lands available to be alienated by way of sale
- Allotment
of land without competition
- Improvements
belonging to the Government
- Lands
not immediately productive or profitable
- Land
reserved
- Creation
of easements
- Exchange
of Government and other land
- Tenure
- Age
of applicants
- Applications
by several persons
- Land
to be acquired for sole use and benefit
- Method
of application
- Declaration
- Board
may reject application
- Simultaneous
applications
- Allotment
of land where simultaneous applications received
- Conduct
of ballot
- Approval
of application and payment of deposit
- Application
for unsurveyed land
PART V
LEASES
- Leases:
form and execution
- Registration
of leases
- Payment
of rent
- Adjustment
in rental value, etc., where land included in or excluded from lease
- Purchase
of improvements during currency of lease
- Board
to consent to dealings with leases
- Transfers
by executors and administrators
- Notice
to Chief Executive Officer of transfer by executor or administrator
- Transfer
by Chief Executive Officer where no probate or letters of administration applied
for
- Mortgages
of leases
- Encumbrance
not to affect Board's power of forfeiture for breach of conditions
- Lessee
to reside
- Residence
where land held by executor, administrator, or trustee
- Exemption
from residence
- Land
to be properly farmed
- Preservation
of timber
- Implied
covenants as to improvements
- Covenants
to be binding on executors and assigns
- Further
express covenants and conditions may be required by the Board
- Improvements
to be effected
- Board
to be judge of fulfilment of conditions
- Adjustment
where land included in or excluded from lease
- Lost
lease
- Land
held under lease may be resumed
PART VI
RENEWAL OF
RENEWABLE
LEASES
AND REASSESSMENTS
- Lease
in exchange for land resumed
- Rent
on renewal of renewable lease
- Valuation
for calculation of renewal rent
75A. Leases exempt from section
75(1)
75B. Exempted Lessee’s election
- Lessee’s
election
- Arbitration
- Election
by lessee after award
- Failure
of lessee to sign renewal lease
- Procedure
where lessee does not accept renewal
- Appreciation
or depreciation of improvements
PART VII
REMISSIONS, REVALUATIONS,
FORFEITURES
- Remissions
and postponements
- Reassessments
of rent
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