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Local Improvements Act.

Country/Territory
Jamaica
Document type
Legislation
Date
1914 (1995)
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Land & soil
Keyword
Land-use planning Subdivision of land Agricultural land Coastal zone management Smallholders/peasants
Geographical area
Americas, Caribbean, Latin America and the Caribbean, Small Island Developing States
Abstract

This Act concerns laying-out and subdivision of land for purposes of local improvements in infrastructure such as water supply and sewerage. The Act shall not apply land of a certain size intended for cultivation or pasturage. Land on the foreshore shall be subject to limitations regarding laying-out and subdivision of land and decisions regarding laying-out and subdivision of land by a local Council may be revised by the Minister.

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