Department of Lands

Policy & Legislation

Below are the Land Acts that govern land administration in Vanuatu.

Language	Act	Title	Updated
	Act 12, Act 18 of 1982	Alienated Land	12th October 2009	Alienated Land.doc [44KBs]	Alienated Land.pdf [110KBs]
	Act No. 7 of 2001	Customary Land Tribunal	12th October 2009	Customary Land Tribunal.doc [211KBs]	Customary Land Tribunal.pdf [233KBs]
	Act No. 13 of 1994	Freehold Titles	12th October 2009	FreeHold Titles.doc [121KBs]	FreeHold Titles.pdf [72KBs]
	Act No. 5 of 1992 Act No. 34 of 2000(Amendment)]	Land Acquisition	12th October 2009	Land Acquisition.doc [146KBs]	Land Acquisition.pdf [178KBs]
	Act No. 4 of 1983, Act No. 32 of 1985, Act No. 10 of 1987 Act No. 30 of 1988, Act No. 38 of 1989, Act No. 24 of 2003	Land Leases	12th October 2009	Land Leases.doc [715KBs]	Land Leases.pdf [589KBs]
	JR 31 of 1980, Act 6 of 1981, Act 10 of 1983, Act 32 of 1985, Act 6 of 1992, Act 35 of 2000	Land Reform	12th October 2009	Land Reform.doc [233KBs]	Land Reform.pdf [258KBs]
	Act 11 of 1984	Land Survey	12th October 2009	Land Surveys.doc [370KBs]	Land Surveys.pdf [299KBs]
	Act No. 23 of 2002	Land Valuers Registration	12th October 2009	Land Valuers Registration.doc [177KBs]	Land Valuers Registration.pdf [164KBs]
	Act No. 29 of 2000 [(Amendment) Act No. 21 of 2003]	Strata Titles	12th October 2009	Strata Titles.doc [280KBs]	Strata Titles.pdf [257KBs]
	Act No. 22 of 2002	Valuation of Land	12th October 2009	Valuation of Land.doc [218KBs]	Valuation of Land.pdf [175KBs]

Below are the newly amended/introduced Land Acts, as of the end of 2013 and those Gazetted in June 2014 and 2017, that govern land administration in Vanuatu.

Type of amendment	Act	Updated	Download
Customary Land Management (Amendment) Act	No. 12 of 2014	27^th of June 2014	Land Management Amendment Act No.12 of 2014.pdf [68.97KB] Land Management Amendment Act No.12 of 2014.pdf [68.97KB]
Customary Land Management (Amendment) Act	No. 33 of 2013	3^rd of March 2014	Custom-Land-Management-Act-No.-33-of-2013.pdf [285.53KB]
Land Reform (Amendment) Act	No. 1 of 2017	2017	Land Reform Amendment Act No.1 of 2017.pdf [366.66KB]
	No. 11 of 2014	27^th of June 2014	Land Reform Amendment Act No.11 of 2014.pdf [71.97KB] Loi No.11 de 2014 relative a la Reforme Foncière Modification.pdf [75.17KB]
	No. 31 of 2013	3^rd of March 2014	Land Reform Amendment Act No. 31 of 2013.pdf [293.49KB]
Customary Land Tribunal (Repeal) Act	No. 34 of 2014	3^rd of March 2014	Customary Land Tribunal Repeal Act No. 34 of 2013.pdf [70.42KB] Loi No. 34 de 2013 Tribunaux desTerres coutumières-Abrogation.pdf [105.78KB]
Land Leases (Amendment) Act	No. 2 of 2017	2017	Land Lease Amendment Act No. 2 of 2017.pdf [866.38KB]
	No. 35 of 2014	2014	Land Leases Amendment Act No. 35 of 2014.pdf [255.77KB]
	No. 32 of 2013	3^rd of March 2014	Land Leases Amendment Act No. 32 of 2013.pdf [125.14KB] Loi No. 32 sur les Baux Fonciers Modification.pdf [163.25KB]
Sixth Amendment of the Constitution	No. 27 of 2013	3^rd of March 2014	Constitution Sixth Amendment Act No. 27 of 2013.pdf [163.35KB] Loi No. 27 De 2013 sur La sixième révision de la Constitution.pdf [163.35KB]
Chapter 123 Land Reform Act			Chapter 123 Land Reform Act.pdf [60.77KB]
Chapter 215 Land Acquisition Act			Chapter 215 Land Acquisition Act.pdf [ 62.55KB]
Chapter 266 Strata Titles Act			Chapter 266 Strata Titles Act.pdf [112KB]
Strata Titles (Amendment) Act	No. 4 of 2017	2017	Strata Titles Amendment Act No. 4 of 2017.pdf [1.46KB]
	No. 38 of 2014	2014	Strata Titles Amendment Act No. 38 of 2014.pdf [31.98KB]
	No. 8 of 2013	29^th Nov 2014	Strata Titles Amendment Act No. 8 of 2013.pdf [25.47KBs]
Land Acquisition (Amendment) Act	No. 5 of 2017	2017	Land Acquisition Amendment Act No. 5 of 2017.pdf [2.25KB]

Below is the Vanuatu National Land Policy

Type of Policy	Dated	Download PDF File
Vanuatu National Land Subdivision Policy	2019	Vanuatu National Land Subdivision Policy (2019)