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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
Least Developed Countries, Oceania, Small Island Developing States
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 fir

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