The Village Land Act R.E. 2002

(i)(ii)to give groups an opportunity to make representations about their use of land andthe content of any agreement about that use;explain the nature, purpose and proposed content of that agreement to thosegroups;(b)(c)(d)second, prepare a draft agreement which shall take account of any representationsmade at any meeting convened under subparagraph (i) of paragraph (a);third, inform the district council or district councils having jurisdiction in the area wherethe land covered by the proposed agreement is located of the contents of the draftagreement;fourth, place that draft agreement before a meeting of the village assembly of each ofthe villages proposing to enter into an agreement for the approval of each such villageassembly.(3) An agreement made in accordance with this section shall not take effect unless and untilit is approved by each village assembly of the villages proposing to enter into that agreement.(4) An agreement made under and in accordance with this section may include mattersconcerning–(a)(b)(c)(d)(e)the boundaries of the land covered by the agreement;the use of the land, or parts of it, by different groups of persons, and the periods oftime when that group may so use the land or part of it including arrangement for thedual use of land or part of it by one or more group of persons using that land fordifferent purposes at the same time;the nature and scope of any rights to or interests in land recognised by the rules ofcustomary law applicable to the land covered by the agreement, and where more thanone set of rules of customary law are applicable to that land, the manner of resolvingany conflict between the sets of rules;the manner of resolving disputes about the use of the land covered by the agreement;any other matters which may be prescribed or which the village councils shall considernecessary and desirable.(5) An agreement reached by villagers of two or more villages about the use, by thosevillagers jointly of village land which falls within the jurisdiction of two or more villages or anagreement reached between the traditional leaders of a group of persons using village landwhich falls within the jurisdiction of two or more villages and the village councils of thosevillages may be adopted and approved as a joint village land use agreement by the village