Bermuda was first settled in 1609 by shipwrecked English colonists heading for Virginia. Self-governing since 1620, Bermuda is the oldest and most populous of the British overseas territories. Vacationing to the island to escape North American winters first developed in Victorian times. Tourism continues to be important to the island's economy, although international business has overtaken it in recent years. Bermuda has also developed into a highly successful offshore financial center. A referendum on independence from the UK was soundly defeated in 1995.
Bermuda is a parliamentary democracy and a self-governing overseas territory of the UK.
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Displaying 36 - 40 of 83Registrar-General (Recording of Documents) Act 1955.
This Act provides for the registration of documents by the Office of the Registrar-General and provides for the keeping and inspection of such documents. The Registrar-General shall be the authority for, among other things: recording and registering mortgages and other conditional conveyances of property under the Mortgage Registration Act 1786; recording and registering voluntary conveyances of land under the Conveyancing Act 1983; deposit of memoranda respecting the acquisition or disposal of land by bodies corporate under the Corporate Bodies' Lands Act.
Enclosure Act 1782.
This Act provides rules for the resolution of disputes regarding enclosure of land. It also provides for remedy in case neglect, refusal, or delay of the owner or owners, proprietor or proprietors, of any land or ground so adjoining the tract or parcel of land or ground about to be enclosed, to contribute to costs and repair of post and rail enclosures at joint expense.
Base Lands Development Amendment Act 2010 (No. 57 of 2010).
This Act amends the Base Lands Development Act 1996 in section 9 relating to the leasing of land in relation with the right of the Government to lease or let to the Bermuda Land Development Company government land.
Amends: Base Lands Development Act 1996. (2011)
Development and Planning Amendment Act 2011 (No. 3 of 2011).
This Act amends the Development and Planning Act 1974 by providing that any Development Order made under section 15 of the principal Act before the coming into operation of this Act, which was not made subject to the affirmative resolution procedure, shall be deemed to have been validly made.
Amends: Development and Planning Act 1974. (2011)
Land Tax Amendment Act 2010 (No. 20 of 2010).
This Act amends the Land Tax Act 1967 in the Schedule in relation with land tax on private dwellings.
Amends: Land Tax Act 1967. (2010)