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  1. Library Resource
    Legislation
    Bermuda, Americas, Northern America

    This Act amends the Trusts (Special Provisions) Act 1989 by adding a new section (2A) concerning the legal effect of the reservation by the settlor to himself or grant to any other person in a trust instrument of any limited beneficial interest in the trust property or any or all of the powers specified in the new section. Those powers concern modification, transfer, etc. of trusts, trust instruments or trust property. A trust instrument may provide that the reservation or grant of any of such powers shall not impose a fiduciary duty on the holder of such powers.

  2. Library Resource
    Legislation
    Bermuda, Americas, Northern America

    This Act concerns survival of actions upon the death of a person for the benefit of his or her estate. The Act also concerns actions in tort against estate of deceased person.

  3. Library Resource
    Legislation
    Bermuda, Americas, Northern America

    This Act regulates certain aspects of trusts, i.e. a legal relationship created, either inter-vivos or on death in which assets are placed under the control of a trustee for the benefit of a beneficiary or for a specified purpose. Matters regulated include: governing law; capacity to create trusts; and jurisdiction of the Supreme Court. One Part of the Act is dedicated to special purpose trusts, i.e. trust created for a non-charitable purpose or purposes. No interest in land in Bermuda shall be held, directly or indirectly, in a purpose trust.

  4. Library Resource
    Legislation
    Bermuda, Americas, Northern America

    This Act regulates inheritance by will of real estate and other property. The Act concerns, among other things: the drafting and interpretation of wills; the capacity to make wills; property disposable by will; validity of wills; and devise of real estate to more than one person.

  5. Library Resource
    Legislation
    Bermuda, Americas, Northern America

    This Act provides for acquisition of lands by the Government for public purposes. No land shall be acquired by the Government: (a) unless the acquisition of the land or the purpose for which it is to be acquired has been expressly authorized by the Legislature (except for construction of roads). The acquisition of land by the Government shall be by means of purchase by agreement or by means of compulsory purchase as provided for in this Act. Part II concerns purchase by agreement between the Minister and the owner of the land.

  6. Library Resource
    Legislation
    Bermuda, Americas, Northern America

    This Act amends and consolidates the Law relative to development and planning in relation with land.The Act consists of 84 sections divided into 11 Chapters: Interpretation and application (I), Administration (II); Development Plan (III); Control of Development of Land (IV); Special provision in certain cases (V); Subdivisions (VI); Compensation for refusal or conditional grant of planning permission (VII); Planning and other Regulations (VIII); Appeals and reviews (IX); Enforcement (X); Supplemental (XI).There shall continue in existence a Development Applications Board under section 3 and

  7. Library Resource
    Legislation
    Bermuda, Americas, Northern America

    This Act provides rule for tenancy relationships and relevant contracts, including contracts for agricultural tenancies.The Act consists of 37 sections divided into 6 Parts; Preliminary (I); Payment of rent (II); Short residential tenancies (III); Termination of contracts of tenancy (IV); Recovery of possession and mesne profits (V); Supplemental (VI).Section 12 prescribes minimum periods of notice of termination of agricultural tenancies.

  8. Library Resource
    Legislation
    Bermuda, Americas, Northern America

    This Act regulates inheritance in general and in particular of land as defined in section 1. Section 3 concerns acquisition of land as a devisee, whereas section 4 provides for acquisition of land under certain limitations.

  9. Library Resource
    Legislation
    Bermuda, Americas, Northern America

    This Act regulates the (grant of) administration of real and personal estates of deceased persons. The Act consists of 51 sections divided into 5 Parts.An application for the grant or revocation of probate or administration shall be made through the Registrar in the prescribed form. No grant shall be made by the Registrar until a contention is disposed of, or it appears to the Registrar that a grant ought not to be made without the direction of the Court.

  10. Library Resource
    Legislation
    Bermuda, Americas, Northern America

    This Act provides for the registration of title in land in the Bermudas. It establishes the Land Title Registry Office and defines the general powers of registrar. This Act does not affect the law of property in Bermuda as it applies to estates, interests or dealings in land that are not registered or required to be registered under this Act. The registrar shall establish and maintain the land title register and the cautions register. The cautions register shall include an individual register for each caution against the first registration of title to an unregistered estate.

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