Nigeria - 1979 - Infrastructure and Construction

Land Use Act (Validation of Certain Laws, etc.) Act

Ministry of Infrastructure, Nigeria

This is an Act that regularizes the issuance of regulations by state governments under the Land Use Act. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Land Use Act or any other enactment, all laws, and subsidiary legislation made at any time between the commencement of the Land Use Act and 30th September 1979 by a military administrator (or former military governor), The Executive Council, a commissioner or any other authority or any public officer of a state are deemed to have been validly made and will have effect as if they had been made under or according to the Land Use act and will also continue to have effect according to their tenor and intendment as if they were regulations made under or according to section 46 of that Act.

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Land Use Act (Validation of Certain Laws, etc.) Act Current Version

January 2022

This is an Act that regularizes the issuance of regulations by state governments under the Land Use Act. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Land Use Act or any other enactment, all laws, and subsidiary legislation made at any time between the commencement of the Land Use Act and 30th September 1979 by a military administrator (or former military governor), The Executive Council, a commissioner or any other authority or any public officer of a state are deemed to have been validly made and will have effect as if they had been made under or according to the Land Use act and will also continue to have effect according to their tenor and intendment as if they were regulations made under or according to section 46 of that Act.

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