The laws concerned are the Land Reform (Amendment) Act No 31 of 2013, the Land Leases (Amendment) Act No 32 of 2013 and the Customary Land Management Act No 33 of 2013.
The review has been approved with the primary aim to separate the functions of issuance of land leases and the process of determination by the courts at the village and island level of a customary land ownership.
The decision is a direct implementation of an agreement made by all political parties that set up the new Government in April this year.
