Caves Act (CAP. 389) Country/Territory Barbados Document type Legislation Date 2000 (2002) Source FAO, FAOLEX Original source Laws of Barbados, pp. 1-7. Long titleAn Act to provide for the control and management of caves and for related matters. Subject Land & soil, Mineral resources Keyword Expropriation Mining EIA Geographical area Americas, Caribbean, Latin America and the Caribbean, North Atlantic, Small Island Developing States Abstract This Act concerns control by the Minister responsible for the environment of operations in caves declared to be a cave for purposes of this Act by the Minister. The Act also allows compulsorily acquisition by the Crown of any land required by a public company called the Caves of Barbados Ltd. (“Company”) for the development of a cave. The Minister may give directions to the Company and the Company shall submit yearly an Environmental Management Plan to the Minister. Full text English Website www.caricomlaw.org