A Central Committee on Land Use Management chaired by the Vice-President was also formed on 16 September 2013 to help ensure that land expropriation is conducted in a just and fair manner (DICA, 2013a). At central level, the Minister of the MOAI is the Chairperson, the Deputy Minister of the MOAI the Deputy Chairperson and the Director General of the SLRD the Secretary (President Office’s Notification No. This structure is replicated at the state/region, district and township levels. As per the Farmland Law, FABs are responsible for: approving farmland use rights registration and transactions and submitting those to the SLRD for registration, revoking farmland use rights if conditions are not fulfilled, resolving disputes over the allocation and use of farmland, valuing farmland for tax, acquisition and compensation purposes and ensuring fair compensation for those expropriated, and approving farmland transfers for other purposes.