Partition (Amendment) Act No. 5 of 1981

PARTITION (AMENDMENT) CHAPTER 82 PARTITION (AMENDMENT) Act AN ACr TO AMEND THE PARTITION LAW. No. 5 of 1981. Short title. Amendment of section 8 of Chapter 82. [f 2, 5 of 1981.1 Amendment of section 10 of the principal enactment. [f 3, 5 of 1981.] Amendment of section 29 of the principal enactment. [f 4.5 of 1981.1 [Act No. 5 of 198!-Commencement and Operation-11th February, 1981.] I . This Act may be cited as the Partition (Amendment) Act. 2. Section 8 of the · Partition Law (hereinafter referred to as the " principal enactment j is hereby amended by the substitution, for the words " In estimating the costs of such preliminary survey the court shall have regard to the rates set out in the First Schedule to this Law. ", of the words " In estimating the costs of such preliminary survey the court shall have reference to such rates as may be prescribed by regulations. ". 3. Section 10 of the principal enactment :is hereby amended in subsection (1) of that :Section, by the substitution, for the words "in accordance with the rates set out in the First Schedule to thii Law ", of the words " in accordance with the rates prescribed under section 8. ". 4. Section 29 of the principal enactment is hereby amended as follows : (a) in paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of that section, by the substitution, for the words " according to the rates set out in the Third Schedule to this Law ", of the words " according to such rates as may be prescribed by regulations " ; · (11] in subsection ( 5) of that section, by the substitution, for the words " in accordance with the rates set out in the Third Schedule to this Law ", of the words " in accordance with the rates prescribed under paragraph (a) of subsection (1). ". 5. The following new section is hereby inserted immediately after section 82, and shall have effect as section 82A, of the principal enactment : "Regulations. 82A. ( 1) The Minister may make regulations in respect of any matter which is required or authorized by this Act to be prescribed. (2) Every regulation made by the Minister shall be published in the Gazette and shall come into operation on the date of such publication or on such later date as may be specified in the regulation. (3) Every regulation made by the Minister shall, as soon as convenient after its publication in the Gazette, be brought before Parliament for approval. Any regulation which-is not so approved shall be deemed to be rescinded as from the date of such disapproval but without prejudice to anything done thereunder. (4) Notification of the date on which any regulation made by the Minister is so deemed to be rescinded shall be published in the Gazette. ". 6. The First and the Third Schedules to the principal enactment are hereby repealed. (S) 1/29 [Cap. 82 Insertion of new section 82Ain the principal enactment. [I 5, 5 ofl981.] Repeal ofFirst andThird Schedules to the principal enactment. Cl 6.5 of 1981.J