Land Code defines the basic directions of State regulatory system improvement concerning land relations, development of various organizational and legal forms of land economy, fertility of land, improvement of land use efficiency, protection and improvement of the environment – favourable for human life and health, and the legal framework concerning the protection of the land rights. Ownership, use and disposition of land must not damage the environment, security and defensibility of the State; must not violate rights and legally defined interests of citizens and other entities.

The Act provides for acquisition of private land by the Crown and related procedures.The Act consists of 36 sections divided into 8 Parts: Preliminary (I); Compulsory Acquisition of land and Abandonment of Acquisition (II); Appointment and Powers of Board of Assessment (III); Determination of Small Claims for Compensation (IV); Provisions Governing Assessment of Compensation, etc.

This Act shall apply to every tenancy as defined in section 3 of the Landlord and Tenant Act in respect to any land, other than national land or land within a town, and is created under a contract that: (a) is not in writing; or (b) does not provide for a term certain of more than two years; or (c) does provide for a term certain of more than two years and contains a provision whereby either the landlord or the tenant may terminate the tenancy by less than six months’ notice for any reason other than that of non-observance or of non-compliance with any of the provisions of the contract of t

Section 3 defines kinds of land holding tenancies, i.e., tenancy for years, a tenancy from year to year, a tenancy for less than a year, a tenancy at will and a tenancy on sufferance. The tenancies defined in section 3 comprise the relationships between landlord and tenant in Belize and, subject to this Act, have the same qualities and incidents as they would have under the common law of England.

This Act provides for a wide variety of matters relating to land, land use rights, transfer of land, etc. All land subject to the provisions of the Land (Transfer and Registration) Ordinance and every estate or interest therein and all instruments and dealings affecting any such land, estate or interest shall from the commencement of this Act be deemed to be subject to the provisions of this Act.

The Act consists of 247 sections divided into 28 Parts: Preliminary (II); Administration (II); Settlement of unregistered documentary titles (III); Systematic settlement (IV); Purchase or lease of customary land by private treaty and compulsory acquisition of land (V); Organization and administration of land registries (VI); Land Ownership (VII); Registration (VIII); Searches and certified copies (IX); Estates (X); Leases (XI); Charges (XII); Transfers (XIII); Control of advertisement (XIV); Easements and profits (XV); Public rights of way (XVI); Restrictive covenants (XVII); Co-ownership a

This Act provides for the establishment of coastal management program and the designation of coastal zone and special management areas and related matters. The American Samoa Coastal Management Program (ASCMP) is established as an office within the Executive branch. The Office of Development Planning shall be the designated territorial agency, as required by federal law, for the administration and implementation of Program. The general purpose of ASCMP is to provide effective resource management by protecting, maintaining, restoring, and enhancing the resources of the coastal zone.

This Act declares that it shall be the public policy of American Samoa and the purpose of this Chapter to promote soil and water conservation by creating a Soil and Water Conservation District to advise on methods of preventing erosion, and protecting and improving water quality.

By way of implementation of Directive 96/61/EC, this Legislative Decree aims at the integrated prevention and control of pollution which arises from the activities specified in Annex I. There are established particular measures intended to prevent and reduce emissions into the air, water and land, comprising general principles in matter of waste management. Furthermore, the Legislative Decree regulates the issue and renewal of the environmental integrated authorization which is required for the installations mentioned in Annex I.

The purpose of this Act is to prevent potential danger or injury to public health and environment due to soil contamination and to properly maintain and preserve soil including purifying the contaminated soil to conserve the soil ecosystem, etc. This Act shall not apply to soil contamination caused by radioactive materials.The Minister of Environment shall formulate and enforce a basic plan for soil conservation every 10 years and shall include matters listed in article 4.

This Act concerns the planning the use, development, management and protection of land in Samoa. One of the declared objectives (sect. 8) of this Act is to provide for the fair, orderly, economic and sustainable use, development and management of land including the protection of natural and man-made resources and the maintenance of ecological processes and genetic diversity. The Planning and Urban Management Agency is established under section 4 and the Planning and Urban Management Board under section 5. The functions of the Board are set out in section 9.

The Act consists of 46 sections divided into 7 Parts: Preliminary (I); Administration (II); Acquisition of land (III); Grant of licences (IV); Compensation (V); Regulations (VI); Miscellaneous provisions (VII).There shall be a Chief Mining Inspector, a Mining Office and Mining Inspectors. The Mining Office shall be under the control of the Chief Mining Inspector. Duties and powers of Mining Inspectors are set out in sections 6 to 8.