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  1. Library Resource
    Legislation
    Bermuda, Americas, Northern America

    This Act amends the Development and Planning Act 1974 in provisions concerning powers of the Development Applications Board and granting of planning permission by the Director of Planning. It also inserts new sections on delegation by the Board of powers to the Director and appeal to the Board from decision of the Director.

    Amends: Development and Planning Act 1974. (2011)

  2. 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.

  3. Library Resource
    Legislation
    Bermuda, Americas, Northern America

    This Act concerns operations on and regarding public land. It assigns to the Minister responsible for works and engineering the charge and management of public works including: public water supply and public sewerage systems; public water supply, public sewerage systems, parks and highways; and the collection and disposal of refuse. There shall also be a Department of Works and Engineering and a Board of Works.The Act also concerns the powers of the Minister responsible for public lands to acquire lands or to sell public lands and dredging and other operations on the bed of the sea.

  4. 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.

  5. 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.

  6. 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.

  7. Library Resource
    Legislation
    Bermuda, Americas, Northern America

    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.

  8. 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.

  9. 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

  10. 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.

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