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Lands, Surveys and Environment Act 1989

LAWS OF WESTERN SAMOA

LANDS, SURVEYS and ENVIRONMENT

ANALYSIS

TITLE

1. Short Title and Commencement
2. Interpretation

PART I
GENERAL ADMINISTRATION

3. Minister of Lands and Environment
4. Department of Lands and Environment
5. Director of Lands and Environment
6. Land Board
7. Duties of Board
8. Land Committees
9. Board may delegate its powers
10. Board may conduct inquiries
11. Application for rehearing
12. Appeals to Supreme Court
13. Powers and duties of Director
14. Recovery of possession of Government Land
15. Inspection of Government Land

PART II
SURVEYS

16. Conduct of surveys
17. Entry on land for purposes of survey
18. Standard measurement of length
19. Trigonometrical sites
20. Interference with survey marks
21. Obstruction of surveyor
22. Determination of limit, area, or boundaries of land

PART III
PURCHASE AND DEVELOPMENT OF LAND

23. Purchase of private land or interest in Government land
24. Unformed and unused roads
25. Preparing land for settlement
26. Joint preparation of land for settlement
27. Land held for Government purpose may be developed

PART IV
CLASSIFICATION AND ALIENATION OF GOVERNMENT LAND

28. Classification of Government land
29. Board may alienate land
30. Board may call for public application
31. Allotment of land without competition
32. Improvements belonging to the Government
33. Lands not immediately productive or profitable
34. Land reserved
35. Creation of easements
36. Exchange of Government and other land
37. Tenure
38. Age of applicants
39. Applications by several persons
40. Land to be acquired for sole use and benefit
41. Method of application
42. Declaration
43. Board may reject application
44. Simultaneous applications
45. Allotment of land where simultaneous applications received
46. Conduct of ballot
47. Approval of application and payment of deposit
48. Application for unsurveyed land

PART V
LEASES

49. Leases: form and execution
50. Registration of leases
51. Payment of rent
52. Adjustment in rental value, etc., where land included in or excluded from lease
53. Purchase of improvements during currency of lease
54. Board to consent to dealings with leases
55. Transfers by executors and administrators
56. Notice to Director of transfer by executor or administrator
57. Transfer by Director where no probate or letters of administration applied for
58. Mortgages of leases
59. Encumbrance not to affect Board's power of forfeiture for breach of conditions
60. Lessee to reside
61. Residence where land held by executor, administrator, or trustee