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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