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. Full text English