Merchant Shipping Act 2001

An Act to consolidate the laws relating to merchant shipping and to make provision for other matters connected therewith.

Legislation and Guidelines

The Town & Country Planning Department, Office of the Premier, is the government department charged with the mission for ensuring “the proper use and spatial development of the territory through integrated land use planning and management, and public education.” The legal instruments by which the department is guided are the Physical Planning Act 2004 and the Land Development Control Guidelines, 1972. These instruments make provision for:

1. The orderly and progressive development of land in both urban and rural areas

Youth Courts Act, 2005

This Act provides for trial by youth courts when a child or young person is charges with any offence punishable by summary conviction and prescribes the procedure to be followed on the hearing of such charge.

Youth Courts (Amendment) Act, 2013

This Act provides for trial by youth courts when a child or young person is charges with any offence punishable by summary conviction and prescribes the procedure to be followed on the hearing of such charge.

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