State Lands (Fees) Regulations (Cap. 57:01)
Made 1993 · Text as of 2026-10-01
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About this law
- Language
- English
- Kind
- Regulation
- Organisation
- Caribbean Community (CARICOM)
- Country
- Trinidad & Tobago
- Subjects
- Land and soil, Mineral resources
- Keywords
- public land, land tenure, lease, agricultural land, cadastre/land registration, fees/royalties, contracts, mining
- Categories
- metals-base, metals-precious, minerals-critical
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1. These Regulations may be cited as the State Lands (Fees) Regulations.
2. The fees specified in the Schedule shall be paid in respect of the several matters to which they are applicable and shall be payable to the Director of Surveys. SCHEDULE TABLE OF FEES
1. Upon preparation and processing the following short-term agricultural agreements: (a) Monthly agreements … … … … (b) Yearly agreements … … … … (c) Probationary tenancy agreements … …
2. Upon preparation and processing the following agreements: (a) Agreements for the extraction of sand, gravel and other minerals … … … … (b) Annual renewal of agreements for the extraction of sand, gravel and other minerals … …
3. The processing and preparation of curtilage agreements …
4. The processing of reclamation licences: (a) Upon application for a reclamation licence … (b) For annual renewal of a reclamation licence …
5. Upon application for a jetty licence … … …
6. Upon application for approval of building plans on land that is subject to a State Lease … … … … …
7. For survey control information: (a) Co-ordinates of one horizontal control point … (b) Mean sea level high value for one point … …
8. The grant of consent of the Director of Surveys to the assignment of interests held in lease: (a) For an absolute assignment … … … (b) For an assignment by way of mortgage… …
9. For the processing, preparation and renewal of the following leases: (a) Standard agricultural lease … … … (b) Residential lease … … … … (c) Commercial lease … … … … (d) Industrial lease … … … … (e) Community organisation and church lease … (f) Social club lease … … … … $ ¢. 100.00 100.00 100.00 200.00 200.00 100.00 250.00 250.00 250.00 250.00 50.00 50.00 $ ¢. 0.1 per cent of value of land with a minimum fee of $200.00 0.1 per cent of value of land with a minimum fee of $200.00 100.00 200.00 500.00 500.00 200.00 500.00