Land (Ascension) Ordinance 2008, CAP A23

LAWS OF ASCENSION CAP A23 1 Revised: Registered Land March 07 Ordinance LAND (ASCENSION) ORDINANCE, CAP A Ascension No. 5 of 2008 Enacted ………………………...…...…...9th June, 2008 Date of Commencement ……………… On Publication Published in the Gazette ………..….…... 9th June, 2008 AN ORDINANCE TO PROVIDE FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF PROCESSES FOR THE CONSISTENT AND TRANSPARENT CONTROL, OCCUPANCY AND USE OF LAND ON ASCENSION. Enacted by the Governor of St. Helena and its Dependencies. Short title and commencement 1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Land (Ascension) Ordinance 2008. Declaration of title 2. For the avoidance of doubt, it is declared that all lands on Ascension are Crown lands. Governor to establish policy relating to land occupancy and use 3. The Governor shall prepare and publish (and may from time to time amend) a policy to secure a consistent and transparent process for granting rights of occupancy in relation to land on Ascension and for the control of the use of land. Repeals and transitional provisions 4. (1) The following Ordinances are repealed (a) Land Adjudication (Ascension) Ordinance, 2002; (b) Registered Land Ordinance, Cap A23 (2) The Ascension Land Ordinance (Repeal) Ordinance, 2002, is amended by repealing the words “later Ordinance” in section 3, and substituting therefor the words “a policy published under the provisions of the Land (Ascension) Ordinance 2008.