Land Acquisition Act. Country/Territory Barbados Document type Legislation Date 1949 (1995) Source FAO, FAOLEX Original source Laws of Barbados, pp. 1-18. Long titleAn Act to authorise the acquisition of land for public purposes. Subject Land & soil Keyword Expropriation Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings Geographical area Americas, Caribbean, Latin America and the Caribbean, North Atlantic, Small Island Developing States Abstract This Act makes provision for the compulsory acquisition of land for public purposes. The Act sets out the conditions and procedures for land to be acquired by the State for purposes for which the Crown is authorized to acquire land by law or any other purpose that the Minister deems to be a public purpose. The Act also concerns abandonment of acquisition and appeal against decisions regarding acquisition Full text English Website www.caricom.org