Land Titles Registration Regulations 2010 (S.R. No. 17 of 2010)

S.R. 2010/17 SAMOA TULAFONO FAATONUTONU O LE FAAMAUINA O PULE O FANUA 2010 Faatulagaina o Aiaiga 1. Igoa puupuu ma le amataga 2. Faamatalaina o uiga o upu 3. Tuuina atu o faasilasilaga 4. Faailoaina manino o faatinoga 5. Suesuega a tagata lautele E TUSA AI ma le fuaiupu 92(1) o le Tulafono o le Faamauina o Pule o Fanua 2008, O AU, TUI ATUA TUPUA TAMASESE EFI, o Le Ao o le Malo, UA OU FAIA AI tulafono faatonutonu nei: FAIA i Apia i lenei aso 12 o Aperila 2010. sainia: (Tui Atua Tupua Tamasese Efi) O LE AO O LE MALO 2 Tulafono Faatonutonu o le Faamauina 2010/17 o Pule o Fanua TULAFONO FAATONUTONU 1. Igoa puupuu ma le amataga-(1) E mafai ona taua nei Tulafono Faatonutonu o Tulafono Faatonutonu o le Faamauina o Pule o Fanua 2010. (2) O nei Tulafono Faatonutonu e amata faamamaluina i le aso e faia ai. (3) E leai se mea i totonu o nei tulafono faatonutonu e aafia ai le umiaina o fanua faaleaganuu o lo o umia e tusa ai ma le uiga o le Mataupu 101(2) o le Faavae po o le faaliliuina o fanua faaleaganuu e tusa ai ma le uiga o le Mataupu 102 o le Faavae. 2. Faamatalaina o uiga o upu - Seia vagana ai ua manaomia e le mataupu se isi uiga e ese ai: “faamaonia” o lona uiga ua faamaonia mo le taimi nei e le Resitara; “tusi faamaonia e galue ai” o lona uiga o se tusi faamaonia e galue ai o lo o i ai nei na tuuina atu e tusa ai ma le Tulafono o Alii Loia 1976; “Sui o Samoa” ua faasino i le uiga o tuuina atu i ai e le Tulafono o Tautoga, Faamatalaga Tauto ma Tautinoga 1963; “Loia faufautua” o lona uiga o se Loia faufautua po o se Loia o le Faamasinoga ma Loia faufautua o le Faamasinoga Sili a Samoa; “o le Tulafono” o lona uiga o le Tulafono o le Faamauina o Pule o Fanua 2008. 3. Tuuina atu o faasilasilaga - Afai e tuuina atu e le Resitara se faasilasilaga i lalo o le fuaiupu 5(1)(h) o le Tulafono, o lea faasilasilaga e tatau ona tuuina atu: (a) i so o se tagata e faia se faaaliga e taofia ai, pe afai o lo o faailoa i se faaaliga e taofia ai se tuatusi mo auaunaga e ala i le faaooina atu o se ata o lea faaaliga e taofia ai i lena tuatusi i le va o le itula e 8:30 i le taeao ma le itula e 4:30 i le afiafi i so o se aso e ese mai ai i se Aso Toonai, Aso Sa po o se Aso Malolo mo tagata uma ma ia tuuina ai i ina lea lava ata o le faaaliga e taofia ai i nisi 2010/17 Tulafono Faatonutonu o le Faamauina 3 o Pule o Fanua tagata i lena tuatusi, po o pe afai e leai se tagata i lena taimi, ia faapipiiina lea lava ata o le tusi taofi i le faitotoa o le fale i lena tuatusi (po o pe afai o le fale e leai se faitotoa, ia faapipii i se vaega o le fale o sosoo i se itu e ulufale ai); ma (b) i so o se isi lava tagata (i) po o le faaoo atu o se ata o lena faaaliga e taofia ai i loia faufautua mo le isi lena tagata ( pe afai e silafia e le Resitara); po o (ii) i le filifiliga a le Resitara e ala i se lomiga faasalalau o lena faasilasilaga i totonu o se nusipepa ua lomia faasalalau i totonu o Samoa po o i se auala o le faasalalauina o se faasilasilaga i le leitio po o le televise. 4. Faailoaina manino o faatinoga-(1) Afai ua faatinoina i Samoa so o se pepa faaletulafono o manaomia le faailoaina manino, e ao i lea faatinoga ona faailoa manino: (a) e se Resitara po o le Sui Resitara o le Faamasinoga Sili; (b) e le Resitara po o le Resitara Lagolago o Fanua; (c) e le Tausi Mavaega; (d) e se Tagata e Molimauina Tusi Faamaonia Faaletulafono; po o (e) e se loia faufautua. (2) Afai ua faatinoina i se isi nofoaga e ese mai na i lo Samoa so o se pepa faaletulafono o manaomia le faailoaina manino o lona uiga, o lena faatinoga e ao ona faailoa manino e: (a) se Sui o Samoa po o se Tagata e Molimauina Tusi Faamaonia Faaletulafono o lo o faatinoina lona tofiga i totonu o le atunuu lea o lo o ua sainia ai le pepa faaletulafono; (b) se Loia faufautua o ia lea o lo o umia se tusi faamaonia e galue ai; po o (c) se Tagata e Faamaonia Aloaia Pepa Faaletulafono faatasi ai ma lana faamaufaailoga po o lana faailoga ua faapipiiina i ai po o so o se isi lava tagata ua faatagaina mo le faailoaina manino o 4 Tulafono Faatonutonu o le Faamauina 2010/17 o Pule o Fanua pepa faaletulafono i totonu o le atunuu lea o lo o ua sainia ai le pepa faaletulafono. 5. Suesuega a tagata lautele - Mo faamoemoega o le fuaiupu 72 o le Tulafono: (a) o taimi faatonuina ia e tatau ona faaavanoa ai faamatalaga i totonu o le Tusi Resitala, o le itula e 9 i le taeao e oo i le itula e 4:30 i le afiafi o aso taitasi (e ese mai ai na i lo se Aso Toonai, Aso Sa po o aso malolo mo tagata uma); ma (b) o le faiga ua faatonuina e tatau ona faaavanoa ai faamatalaga i totonu o le Tusi Resitala i se tagata talosaga o le (i) tuuina atu o se ata o le faamatalaga i le tagata talosaga i se faiga ua lolomiina, faaeletoroni po o isi pepa ua faamaonia; (ii) tuuina atu o se tusi faamaonia i le tagata talosaga e tusa ai ma le fuaiupu 73 po o le 74 o le Tulafono, i le tulaga o faamatalaga o aofia ai i totonu o se lautusi faakomepiuta o le Tusi Resitala; po o (iii) faatagaina o le tagata talosaga e suesueina le ata ua faapepaina i le tulaga o faamatalaga o aofia ai i totonu o le ata ua faapepaina. Tuuina atu i lalo o le pule faataga a le Tulafono o Tulafono Faatonutonu 1953. Aso e amata faamamaluina ai: 12 Aperila 2010 O nei Tulafono Faatonutonu o lo o faafoeina e le Matagaluega o Punaoa Faalenatura ma le Siosiomaga. O ata o nei Tulafono Faatonutonu o lo o mafai ona faatauina atu, mai le Ofisa o le Failautusi o le Fono Aoao Faitulafono. Lolomiina e le Failautusi o le Fono Aoao Faitulafono, i le pule a le Fono Aoao Faitulafono. S.R. 2010/17 SAMOA LAND TITLES REGISTRATION REGULATIONS 2010 Arrangement of Provisions 1. Short title and commencement 2. Interpretation 3. Service of notice 4. Attestation of execution 5. Public searches PURSUANT to section 92(1) of the Land Titles Registration Act 2008, I, TUI ATUA TUPUA TAMASESE EFI, Head of State, MAKE the following regulations: DATED at Apia this 12th day of April 2010. signed: (Tui Atua Tupua Tamasese Efi) HEAD OF STATE REGULATIONS 1. Short title and commencement-(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Land Titles Registration Regulations 2010. (2) These Regulations commence on the date that they are made. 6 Land Titles Registration Regulations 2010/17 (3) Nothing in these regulations affects ownership of customary land held within the meaning of Article 101(2) of the Constitution or alienates customary land within the meaning of Article 102 of the Constitution. 2. Interpretation - Unless the context otherwise requires: “approved” means approved for the time being by the Registrar; “practising certificate” means a current practising certificate issued pursuant to the Law Practitioners Act 1976; “Samoa representative” refers to the meaning given to it by the Oaths, Affidavits and Declarations Act 1963; “Solicitor” means a Solicitor or a Barrister and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Samoa; “the Act” means the Land Titles Registration Act 2008. 3. Service of notice - Where the Registrar gives notice under section 5(1)(h) of the Act, such notice shall be given: (a) to any caveator, where an address for service is shown in the caveat by delivering a copy thereof to that address between the hours of 8:30am and 4:30pm on any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or Public Holiday and there leaving the same with some person at that address, or if no person is then present by affixing the same to the door of the premises at that address (or if the premises have no door, to a portion of the premises adjacent to an entrance); and (b) to any other person (i) either by delivering a copy thereof to the solicitors for that other person (if known to the Registrar); or (ii) at the option of the Registrar by publication of that notice in a newspaper published in Samoa or by means of a notice broadcast by radio or television. 2010/17 Land Titles Registration Regulations 7 4. Attestation of execution-(1) If any instrument requiring attestation is executed in Samoa, the execution thereof must be attested: (a) by a Registrar or Deputy Registrar of the Supreme Court; (b) by the Registrar or Assistant Registrar of Land; (c) by the Public Trustee; (d) by a Notary Public; or (e) by a solicitor. (2) If any instrument requiring attestation is executed elsewhere than in Samoa, then the execution thereof must be attested by: (a) a Samoa Representative or Notary Public exercising his office in the country in which the instrument is signed; (b) a Solicitor who holds a practising certificate; or (c) a Justice of the Peace with his or her seal or stamp affixed or any other person authorised for the attestation of instruments in the country in which the instrument is signed. 5. Public searches - For the purposes of section 72 of the Act: (a) the prescribed times at which information in the Register is to be made available are 9am to 4.30pm each day (other than a Saturday, Sunday or public holiday); and (b) the prescribed manner in which information in the Register is to be made available to an applicant is (i) by providing a copy of the information to the applicant in printed, electronic or other approved form; (ii) in the case of information contained in a computer folio of the Register, by furnishing a certificate to the applicant in accordance with section 73 or 74 of the Act; or 8 Land Titles Registration Regulations 2010/17 (iii) in the case of information contained in hardcopy form, by permitting the applicant to inspect the hardcopy. Issued under the authority of the Regulations Ordinance 1953. Date of Commencement: 12th April 2010 These Regulations are administered by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment. Copies of these Regulations can be purchased from the Office of the Clerk of the Legislative Assembly. Printed by the Clerk of the Legislative Assembly, by authority of the Legislative Assembly.