The Act makes amendments of miscellaneous character to the Registered Land Act consequential to the enactment of the Customary land Act, 2016 and the Land Act, 2016.
This Regulation consisting of 59 articles aims at regulating the use of agricultural land in the Sultanate.
The present Regulations are made under the Provincial Lands Act, 2016. In particular, the Regulations lay down provisions relating to Crown resource land referred to in: a) The Forest Resources Management Act; b) The Provincial Lands Act; c) The Natural Resources Act.
These Regulations apply to certain public agricultural land, namely to land that belongs to the Government and which is mainly let for the growing of crops, flowers, fruit-trees or vines and for cognate agricultural purposes. These provisions regulate the transfer and lease of such agricultural land.
The present Regulations are mande under the Provincial Lands Act, 2016. In particular, the Regulations provide for use and ownership of agricultural land in the Province of Saskatchewan. Furthermore, the Regulations address the issue of foreign ownership, sale of provincial land, agricultural leases, leases for oil and gas development or mineral development.
Article 3 shall be amended to add the folowing wording: "Regional state authorized executive body shall be responsible for conclusion of lease contracts, purchase and sale contracts and free land tenancy related to land plots pertaining to the ownership of the Regional Government".
Amends: Regional Law No. 23-Z “On regulation of land relations”. (2009-03-12)
Article 6.2 shall be amended to add the following wording: "Agricultural land plots pertaining to the regional or municipal public ownership shall be allottedon lease for the period of five years to smallholders (peasant farms) participating in state programs for support of agriculture for agricultural production purposes without tenders or auction sale".
This Act amends the Land Act in section 70 by deleting the word "prescribed". Section 70 deals with how an application for a state lease shall be made. It now reads: "An application for a State lease shall - (a) be made in the approved form, and (b) be accompanied by the fee for the registration of the application.
Article 3 shall be amended to add the following wording: “Maximum allowable land area allotted in ownership or on other terms of possession set at ten hectares shall not be applicable in case of allotment on condition of free of charge tenancy or on lease of public or municipal land plots”.
