SoiLEX - Soil related legal instruments and soil governance
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- Natural Resources Conservation Authority Act, 1991. Date of text: 05/07/1991
(National) - Agricultural Small Holdings Regulations. Date of text: 01-01-1946
(National) - Land Valuation Act. Date of text: 18-01-1957
(National) - Wildlife Protection Act. Date of text: 20-09-1945
(National) - Forest Policy for Jamaica 2017. Date of text: 01-01-2017
(National) - Forest Policy. Date of text: 01-04-2001
(National) - National Land Policy. Date of text: 01-01-1997
(National) - Operational Plan 2014 – 2015 of the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries. Date of text: 18-05-2014
(National) - Land Development and Utilization Act. Date of text: 01-12-1966
(National) - Watershed Protection Act. Date of text: 01-04-1963
(National)
- Mining Act. Date of text: 13-10-1947
(National) - Quarries Control Act, 1983. Date of text: 03-01-1984
(National) - Forest Policy for Jamaica 2017. Date of text: 01-01-2017
(National)
- Land Development and Utilization Act. Date of text: 01-12-1966
(National) - Forest Policy. Date of text: 01-04-2001
(National) - Quarries Control Act, 1983. Date of text: 03-01-1984
(National)
- Forest Policy. Date of text: 01-04-2001
(National)
- Town and Country Planning Act. Date of text: 01-02-1958
(National) - Natural Resources Conservation Authority Act, 1991. Date of text: 05/07/1991
(National)
- Mining Act. Date of text: 13-10-1947
(National) - Quarries Control Act, 1983. Date of text: 03-01-1984
(National) - Irrigation Act. Date of text: 23-11-1949
(National) - Natural Resources Conservation Authority Act, 1991. Date of text: 05/07/1991
(National)
- Irrigation Act. Date of text: 23-11-1949
(National) - Watershed Protection Act. Date of text: 01-04-1963
(National) - Operational Plan 2014 – 2015 of the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries. Date of text: 18-05-2014
(National)
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