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  1. Library Resource
    Legislation
    Antigua and Barbuda, Caribbean, Americas

    This Act sets out the procedures, principles and criteria for the adjudication of land in an area declared to be an adjudication area by Order of the Minister made under this Act. The Act also declares all waste and unoccupied land to be Crown land.The Minister shall appoint an Adjudication Officer who shall be in charge of the adjudication of land in the area. Every person claiming an interest in land in the adjudication area shall observe the procedures and criteria as laid down in this Act.

  2. Library Resource
    Legislation
    Antigua and Barbuda, Caribbean, Americas

    The Act makes provision for the registration of titles in land, effect of registration, protection of persons dealing in registered land, disposition of land or a title in land in general, acquisition of land or transfer of rights in land under certain titles such as prescription and easement, and related matters.The Act consists of 161 sections divided into 12 Parts: Preliminary (I); Organization and administration (II); Effect of registration (III); Certificate and searches (IV); Dispositions (V); Instruments and agents (VI); Transmissions and trusts (VII); Restraints on dispositions (VII

  3. Library Resource
    Legislation
    Antigua and Barbuda, Caribbean, Americas

    This Act provides for the control on the development of land and for this purpose establishes the Development Control Authority. "It shall be the duty of the Authority to institute a survey of the State, examining the matters which may be expected to affect the development of the State or the planning of its development and in any event to keep all such matters under review" (sect. 6(1)). For the purposes of subsection (1), the Authority shall prepare a survey of matters mentioned in subsection (1) and a Development Plan as described in subsection (3) of section 6.

  4. Library Resource
    Legislation
    Antigua and Barbuda, Caribbean, Americas

    This Act makes provision for rights in land of the Crown and citizens of Barbuda and related matters such as registration and provides rules relative to the development of land in Barbuda.The Act states that all land shall be owned in common by the people of Barbuda and that the land shall vest in the Crown on behalf of the people of Barbuda. No land in Barbuda shall be sold and no person shall acquire the ownership of any land. The Council of Barbuda may grant leases of land for major developments.

  5. Library Resource
    Legislation
    Antigua and Barbuda, Caribbean, Americas

    The Act consists of 83 sections divided into 10 Parts: Preliminary (I); Administration (II); Development plans (III); Control of development of land (IV); Enforcement (V); Environmental protection (VI); Building regulations (VII); Compensation and acquisition (VIII); Appeals (IX); Miscellaneous and supplementary (X).Section 3 defines duties of the Minister and particular holds the Minister responsible for securing the objects and purposes set out in section 3. A Development Control Authority is established as a body corporate under section 5.

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