Act 16
Land Act
1998
(4) Where the tenant by occupancy is compelled to
vacate the land by reason of the fact that his or her building has
been condemned or demolished by order of a body or authority
authorised to do so under any enactment, then where the
occupancy is in respect of land in an urban area(i) the occupant's right of occupancy shall not be
taken to have been extinguished;
(ii) if development is- not possible, owing to
planning or building restrictions under
any law, the occupant is entitled to assign
his or her right of occupancy giving the
registered owner the first option;
(iii) the registered owner shall have the right with
the approval of the Board to acquire the
right of occupancy upon payment to the
occupant compensation for the right of
occupancy and any development of the
land, determined by a valuer appointed by
the Government.
(5) The Urban Council within whose jurisdiction land in
an urban area is situated, may determine that, subject to any
existing scheme approved.under the provisions of the Town and
Country Planning Act, · no building may be erected and no
development may be carried out on that land unless the owner
and the tenants by occupancy have agreed to a programme of
planned development which has been approved by that Urban
Council and any such programme of plann~d development shall
include arrangements for the future ownership and occupation of
the land, having regard to the provisions of this Act.
39. A tenant by .occupancy referred to in section 32 of this
Act may, in accordance with this section, acquire any of the
following registraple interests in respect of the land he or she
occupies45
Cap. 30.
Registrable
interest.
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