Bermuda was first settled in 1609 by shipwrecked English colonists heading for Virginia. Self-governing since 1620, Bermuda is the oldest and most populous of the British overseas territories. Vacationing to the island to escape North American winters first developed in Victorian times. Tourism continues to be important to the island's economy, although international business has overtaken it in recent years. Bermuda has also developed into a highly successful offshore financial center. A referendum on independence from the UK was soundly defeated in 1995.
Bermuda is a parliamentary democracy and a self-governing overseas territory of the UK.
Source: CIA World Factbook
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Displaying 71 - 75 of 83Development and Planning (Application Procedure) Rules 1997.
These Rules concern applications for planning permission in the sense of section 1 of the Development and Planning Act 1974. They specify documentation requirements of the application such as architectural plan, draft plan of subdivision, location plan, site excavation plan, and site plan. Applications include applications for: applications to develop land, applications to subdivide land and applications for carrying out foreshore work. Other provisions concern procedures of applications and decision making, notification, etc.
Development and Planning (Base Lands) Act.
This Act stipulates that, notwithstanding any provision to the contrary made in or under the Act but subject to section 5 of this Act, it is lawful for the Base Lands to be developed and used in accordance with the Base Lands Plan. The Plan has effect by virtue of this rule as a development plan under the Act in relation to those Lands.
Development and Planning (Appeals to the Minister) Rules 1974.
The Rules concern appeals under section 57 of the Act. Under section 57, the Director of Planning or any person aggrieved by a decision of the Development Applications Board may by notice under that section appeal to the Minister. Matters provided for include: time limit for appealing, notice of appeal, service of notice, Director of Planning's case, additional documents, the record, appeals where no inquiry held, Minister may dismiss appeal in spite of certain irregularities, extension of time, abandonment of appeal.
Implements: Development and Planning Act 1974. (2011)
Development and Planning (Use Classes) Order 1975.
These Regulations stipulate that where a building or other land is used for a purpose of any class specified in the Schedule, the use of such building or other land for any other purpose of the same class shall not be deemed for the purposes of the Development and Planning Act 1974 to involve development of the land, provided that remains the necessity of obtaining planning permission for a change in the use of any building or land if such change involves an intensification of user amounting to a material change in the use.
Base Lands Development Act 1996.
This Act concerns the development of land described in the Schedule. Section 3 provides for the creation of the Bermuda Land Development Company Limited. The general purpose of the Company is to manage, or oversee the management of, the land entrusted to it with a view: (a) generally, to the integration of that land into the economic and social fabric; (b) in particular, to the creation of opportunities for increased employment now and in the future, in furtherance of the well-being of the present and future generations of Bermudians.