These Regulations implement provisions of the Deeds Registry Act in relation with the organization and administration of the Registry, the preparation of documents, the lodgment and execution of deeds and certification of documents.

These Regulations implement provisions of the Sectional Titles Act in relation with a wide variety of matters including: preparation of draft section plans, submission of a draft sectional plan to Surveyor‐General; certificates of title, sectional title registers, registration and certification of transfers and subdivisions and sectional mortgage bonds.

This Act makes provision for the regulation and control of land survey practices and for this purpose establishes the Land Surveyors' Board and appoints the Chief Surveyor. The Chief Surveyor shall also direct and control all public surveys and shall be the authority for the preparation and publication of the official maps of Montserrat. The Board shall, among other things, examine, license and register surveyors and may take disciplinary measures and hear disputes. The Act sets out rules for the conduct of surveys. Only licensed Surveyors may survey land.

La presente Ley crea la Autoridad Nacional de Administración de Tierras, que unifica las competencias de la Dirección general de Catastro, la Dirección Nacional de Reforma Agraria, el Programa nacional de administración de tierras y el Instituto Geográfico Nacional Tommy Guardia, con la finalidad de que regule y asegure el cumplimiento y aplicación de las políticas, leyes y reglamentos en materia de tierras y demás bienes inmuebles.

This Act provides for the bases and procedure for expropriation of immovables. This Act applies to all cases of expropriation of immovables unless otherwise provided by law. Expropriation is not precluded by provisions of law which prohibit or restrict the transfer or division of immovables or by the rights of third persons entered in the land register.

This Act provides the restrictions on the acquisition of immovables arising from public interest. For the purposes of this Act, public interest is, in particular, development of the management for specific purposes of immovables used as profit yielding land which contain usable agricultural area or parcels of forest land.

For the purposes of this Act, the objects of common ownership are a plot of land and such parts and equipment of a structure which are not part of the physical share of any apartment ownership and are not in the ownership of a third person. Immovable property ownership the object of which is a plot of land together with a structure or a structure to be built thereon may be divided into apartmentownerships. Apartment ownership is created by entry in the land register.

The Apartment Associations Act provides for differences in legal status, bases of activity and termination of apartment associations. An apartment association is a non-profit association established by apartment owners for the purpose of shared management of the legal shares of the buildings and plot of land which are part of the object of apartment ownership and representation of the sharedinterests of the members of the apartment association.

This Act makes provision for the registration of land and related matters. It also defines certain rights relating to land and the effect of registration. The Act establishes a land register, which shall comprise a register in respect of every parcel which has been adjudicated in accordance with the Land Adjudication Act, 1978 and a register of leases required to be registered by this Act. Various provisions concern leases of registered land and charges on land.

This Act makes provision for the recording of deeds, i.e. every document in writing affecting or relating to lands, tenements, or hereditaments in Montserrat. However, the Act does not apply to any document evidencing a transaction that shall be registered under the Registered Land Act. It defines the effect of the (non-) registration of deeds and concerns the proof of deeds. It also makes provision for administrative matters relating to recording and duties of recording officers.

Amended by: Law Revision (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 2013 (No. 14 of 2013). (2013-08-25)

These Rules implement provisions of the Registered Land Act in relation with, among other things, forms of registration, (refund of) fees and the verification of judgements for purposes of section 108 of the Act.

Implements: Registered Land Act (Cap. 8.01). (2013-01-01)
Amended by: Registered Land (Amendment) Rules 2013 (S.R.O. 12 of 2013). (2013-02-28)

This Act lays down the principles and the framework of institutions, information systems and proceedings in connection to national implementation of agricultural, rural development and fishery subsidies to be granted from European (European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development, European Agricultural Guarantee Fund and European Fisheries Fund) and from national financial resources.