This Act establishes the Urban Development Commission as a body corporate, defines its functions and powers and provides with respect to its organization. The Act also establishes the Urban Enterprise Fund and provides for the appointment of the Director of Urban Development. This Act applies…

This Act concerns the development of tenantries, i.e. an area of land, including public land, subdivided before a specified date into lots for letting for specified purposes. “Tenantry” does not include land adjoining the foreshore. The Minister may design tenantries for purposes of this Act,…

This Act places restrictions on trespass by persons on property. Entry on premises, including vessels and other structures, may be prohibited by notice and entry is prohibited without any notice on premises: (a) consisting of a garden, lawn, field, plantation under cultivation or orchard; or (b…

This Act concerns the validity of claims of prescription which may be lawfully made at common law or by custom to any way or other easement or to any watercourse or to the use of any water, to be enjoyed or derived upon, over or from any land or water. The Act, among other things, sets out…

This Act makes provision in relation to the sale of land ordered to be sold by the High Court and related matters such as valuation of land by appointed appraisers. Procedures of sale shall be handled by the Registrar of Titles. When any land ordered to be sold by the High Court remains unsold…

This Act empowers the Registrar of Titles to issue new title deeds to property where such title deeds are deemed to be destroyed by disaster. The Act sets out the procedures for the restoration of title deeds.
Amended by: Land (Title Proceedings) Act (No. 7 of 2011). (2011-03-10)

This Act makes provision for the compulsory acquisition of land for public purposes. The Act sets out the conditions and procedures for land to be acquired by the State for purposes for which the Crown is authorized to acquire land by law or any other purpose that the Minister deems to be a…

This Act concerns control by the Minister responsible for the environment of operations in caves declared to be a cave for purposes of this Act by the Minister. The Act also allows compulsorily acquisition by the Crown of any land required by a public company called the Caves of Barbados Ltd. (“…

This Act makes provision for the registration of the ownership of land, lease and other title to land, and for this, and other purposes, establishes the Land Registry. The Act also provides for the appeal against decisions of the Registrar and for the administration of unregistered lands.The Act…

This Act contains rules regarding the relationship between landlord and tenant and makes provision with respect to judicial proceedings regarding the relationship between landlord and tenant.The provisions of this Act concern, among other things, payment of rent, distress for the non-payment of…

This Act makes provision for the adjudication of claims to title to land and rights and interests in land by a Commissioner appointed for this purpose by the Governor-General under this Act. A Commissioner of Titles shall handle claims regarding title in land situated in the registration…

This Act makes provision for the imposition of land tax and related matters such as the sale of property for distress in case no tax is paid, relief from tax and the constitution of the Land Taxation Relief Board.The Act shall be administered by the Commissioner of Land Tax. For land exclusively…