This Act makes provisions for the orderly and progressive development of land in urban and rural areas and to preserve and improve the amenities thereof and for the grant of permission to develop land and for other powers of control over the use of land in Dominica.
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Policy instruments
Physical Planning Act (No. 5 of 2002)
09/05/2002 Rights: Information Participation Justice Topics: Biodiversity Environmental assessment Mining DominicaConstitution of Barbados
17/02/2002 Rights: Information Participation Justice BarbadosThe Constitution of Barbados ensures access to information and participation within the framework of the freedoms of expression, peaceful assembly and association. It also provides constitutional guarantees in case the aforementioned rights are infringed.
Disaster Preparedness and Response Act (No. 10 of 2000)
21/06/2000 Rights: Information Participation Justice Topics: Environmental education BelizeThis Act provides for the organisation of State actions for the mitigation of, preparedness for, response to and recovery from disasters in Belize. It includes requirements for public inquiries in the decision-making process of plans, programmes and policies.
Coastal Zone Management Act (No. 39 of 1998)
01/05/2000 Rights: Information Participation Justice BarbadosThis Act provides for the more effective management of the coastal resources of Barbados, for the conservation and enhancement of those resources and for matters related thereto.
Legal Aid Act (No. 36 of 1997)
01/05/2000 Rights: Information Justice JamaicaThe Act makes provision for the establishment and operation of a co-ordinated legal aid system in Jamaica and establishes a Legal Aid Council to administer legal aid.
Environmental Management Act (No. 3 of 2000)
13/03/2000 Rights: Information Participation Justice Topics: Environmental assessment Environmental education Trinidad and TobagoThis act aims to promote and encourage among all persons a better understanding and appreciation of the environment, encourage the integration of environmental concerns into private and public decisions and ensure the establishment of an integrated environmental management system in Trinidad and...
Freedom of Information Act (No. 26 of 1999)
05/11/1999 Rights: Information Justice Trinidad and TobagoThe object of the Freedom of Information Act is to extend the right of members of the public to access to information in the possession of public authorities by making available to the public information, and creating a general right of access to information in the possession of public...
National Disaster Management Act (No. 5 of 1998)
01/06/1999 Rights: Information Participation Justice Topics: Environmental education Saint Kitts & NevisThis Act provides for the effective management and control of disasters and related or incidental matters in Saint Kitts and Nevis.
Environmental Health Services Act (No. 8 of 1997)
15/10/1997 Rights: Information Justice DominicaThis Acts provides for the conservation and maintenance of the environment in the interest of health generally and in relation to places frequented by the public in Dominica.
Environmental Protection Act (No. 11 of 1996)
05/06/1996 Rights: Information Participation Justice Topics: Environmental assessment Environmental education GuyanaThis Act provides for the management, conservation, protection and improvement of the environment, the prevention or control of pollution, the assessment of the impact of economic development on the environment, the sustainable use of natural resources and other related matters in Guyana.
