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Foreshore and Land Reclamation Ordinance.

Country/Territory
Kiribati
Document type
Legislation
Date
1969 (1977)
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Long title
An Ordinance declaratory of the ownership of the foreshore and regulating certain reclamation projects.
Subject
Land & soil, Sea
Keyword
Expropriation Land-use planning Erosion Coastal zone management
Geographical area
Asia and the Pacific, Least Developed Countries, Micronesia, Oceania, Small Island Developing States, South Pacific
Abstract

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. The Minister may authorize the reclamation of land over and upon the foreshore or the sea-bed irrespective of the ownership of land bordering on or of whether any land borders on such foreshore or sea-bed.

Full text
English
Website
www.vanuatu.usp.ac.fj

References - Legislation

Amended by

Foreshore and Land Reclamation (Amendment) Act 2005 (No. 7 of 2005).

Legislation | Kiribati | 2005

Keyword: Coastal zone management, Traditional rights/customary rights, Ownership, Erosion, Mining

Source: FAO, FAOLEX