Town Planning (Amendment) Act 1997 (No. 8 of 1997). Country/Territory Fiji Document type Legislation Date 1997 Source FAO, FAOLEX Original source Laws of Fiji, Cap. 139. Long titleAn Act to amend the Town Planning Act. Subject Land & soil Keyword Land-use planning Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings Offences/penalties Geographical area Asia and the Pacific, Melanesia, Oceania, Small Island Developing States, South Pacific Abstract The Town Planning Act is amended by in section 26 in subsection "(2)" by the addition of the following proviso at the end: "Provided that every owner or occupier of land within the area covered by a scheme shall have a right of objection to an alteration or addition to a scheme, and may, by notice in writing addressed to the local authority give notice of such objection, and of the grounds thereof, at any time within one month after the first public notification of the alteration or addition to the scheme as required by this Section." Section 44 ("Penalties not otherwise provided for, etc.") is replaced by a new section. Full text English Website www.paclii.org References - Legislation Amends Town Planning Act. Legislation | Fiji | 1946 (1966) Keyword: Urban land, Land-use planning, Expropriation, Institution Source: FAO, FAOLEX