BVI National Commission for UNESCO Act, 2009

An act to provide for the establishment of a BVI National Commission for UNESCO to carry out the aims and objectives of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural organisation and to provide for related matters.

Virgin Islands Cadet Corps Act, 2008

No. 6 of 2008, An Act to provide for the establishment, organisation and management of the Virgin Islands Cadet Corps and for related matters.

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

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