This Decree issues the Law on Expropriation of Ownership for Public Interest.The Decree is divided in three Chapters: Expropriation of property (I); Temporary seizure of real property (II); General provisions (III).Chapter I sets out rules and procedures for the expropriation of ownership by the competent authority. It also lists the complaint and compensation procedures. Chapter II concerns the temporary seizure of property in case of emergency due to hurricanes or to the outbreak of epidemics.

La presente Ley crea el Fondo para compra de tierras con equidad de género para mujeres rurales, con el fin de otorgar apropiación jurídica y material de la tierra a favor de las mujeres rurales con el objeto de mejorar la calidad de vida del núcleo familiar.

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 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)

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 Law establishes the modalities of application of immovable property tax. Objects of taxation for natural and legal persons shall be immovable property located on the national territory except for subsidiary small-holding, agricultural constructions, educational entities, fishing and engineering constructions (if they are not used for economic activity). Taxation period shall be one calendar year. Tax tariff shall be from 0.3 to 1 percent of tax value of immovable property.

The present Act regulates the ownership of land where agricultural cooperatives have made plantations. Article 2 establishes that the plantations shall be an integral part of the land passing in private ownership. Article 4 deals with compensation payments. The text consists of 7 articles.

The Act amends certain regulations regarding animal husbandry and their space requirements, the removal of land border for the acquisition and lease thereof, change of residency requirement regulations.

This Act provides for procedures for the removal of squatters from land. Any person who claims possession of land which he or she alleges is occupied by a person who entered into or remained in occupation without his or her licence or consent, or that of any predecessor in title, may make application to the Court to recover possession of the land. The Act also defines powers of the police force to enter on to land in the possession of trespassers and remove them and their belongings.

The present Ordinance implements Federal Agricultural Lease Act of 4 October 1985. Article 2 nominates the Agricultural Office responsible for the enforcement of the above-mentioned Act. The text consists of 8 articles.