Land (Amendment) Act, 2016 (No. 18 of 2016).

Country/Territory: Papua New Guinea
Document type: Legislation
Date: 2016
Source: FAO, FAOLEX
Original source: Papua New Guinea Sessional Legislation 2016.
Long title: Being an Act to amend the Land Act 1996 to remove fees and charges powers, and for related purposes.

Subject: Land & soil
Keyword: Public land Lease Royalties/fees
Geographical area: Asia and the Pacific, Melanesia, Oceania, Small Island Developing States, South Pacific

Abstract: This Act amends the Land Act in section 70 by deleting the word "prescribed". Section 70 deals with how an application for a state lease shall be made. It now reads: "An application for a State lease shall - (a) be made in the approved form, and (b) be accompanied by the fee for the registration of the application. This Act also stipulates that all acts, matters or things done or suffered or deemed to have been done or suffered or taken, or procedural steps taken under or for the purposes of the Principal Act and having effect immediately before the coming into operation of this Act, shall, after that coming into operation, continue in full force and effect until those acts, matters, things or procedural steps are otherwise replaced.
Full text: English
Website: www.paclii.org

References - Legislation

Amends

Land Act.

Legislation | Papua New Guinea | 1996 (2006)

Keyword: Land-use planning, Basic legislation, Institution, Land reform, Land tenure, Agricultural land, Public land, Lease, Dispute settlement, Traditional rights/customary rights, Expropriation, Transfer, Water rights

Source: FAO, FAOLEX