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First colonized by the Spanish, the islands came under British control in the early 19th century. The islands' sugar industry was hurt by the emancipation of the slaves in 1834. Manpower was replaced with the importation of contract laborers from India between 1845 and 1917, which boosted sugar production as well as the cocoa industry. The discovery of oil on Trinidad in 1910 added another important export. Independence was attained in 1962. The country is one of the most prosperous in the Caribbean thanks largely to petroleum and natural gas production and processing. Tourism, mostly in Tobago, is targeted for expansion and is growing. The government is coping with a rise in violent crime.
Trinidad and Tobago is a parliamentary republic.
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Displaying 26 - 30 of 53Land Tenants (Security of Tenure) (Amendment) Act, 2010 (Act No. 10 of 2010).
This Act amends the Land Tenants (Security of Tenure) Act in section 4(3) by deleting the words “at least six months” and substituting the words “on or”. Section 4(2) provides that a statutory lease shall be a lease for thirty years commencing from the appointed day and, subject to subsection (3), renewable by the tenant for a further period of thirty years.
Valuation of Land Act (Cap. 58:03).
This Act provides for the appointment of the Commissioner of Valuations and the valuation of agricultural and other land. The Commissioner shall make a valuation of the: (a) site value and improved value; or (b) capital value and annual rental value, of every parcel of land or any part thereof. Fresh valuation in respect of land shall commence as near as may be to five years from the date of the last valuation of the land as recorded in the Valuation Roll.
Land Acquisition Act (Cap. 58:01).
This Act sets out provisions relative to the compulsory acquisition of land for public purposes by the state. The provisions concern, among other things: procedures for acquisition, compensation, registration of lands acquired and regulation-making powers of the Minister.Land shall be declared to be land required for public purposes by an Order of the President. Parliament may approve such Order. The Act defines the functions of the Commissioner of Lands and the Registrar General in the process of acquisition. The Act also concerns (deemed) abandonment of acquisition.
Land Acquisition (Prescribed Forms) Regulations, 1996 (Cap. 58:01).
These Regulations prescribe the forms required to be prescribed under sections 3(1), 4(2)(b), 5(1),5 (3) and 5(9), 6(1), 7(1), 8(2), 22(2) and 23(1) of the Land Acquisition Act, 1994. The forms are set out in the Schedule to these Regulations. They concern various matters of land acquisition, including: notice of likely acquisition; various kinds land acquisition orders; notification of acquisition to the land registrar; request for payment of compensation.
Implements: Land Acquisition Act (Cap. 58:01). (2014-12-31)
State Land (Regularisation of Tenure) (Certificate of Comfort) Regulations (Cap. 57:05).
These Regulations provides for the application for and granting of a certificate of comfort against ejectment pursuant to section 11 of the State Land (Regularisation of Tenure) Act, 1998. In accordance with these Regulations, a squatter shall apply for a certificate in a prescribed form and attach to the application document of proof of occupation of the dwelling. Regulation 4 provides for application in case the application is out of occupation.