Registered Land (Fees) Rules (Cap. Cap. 9.01)

© Crown Copyright 2009 Copying/unauthorised distribution strictly prohibited. Printed under Authority by The Regional Law Revision Centre Inc. www.lawrevision.ai Registered Land CAP. 9.01 91 Revision Date: 31 Aug 2009 LAWS OF TURKS & CAICOS ISLANDS REGISTERED LAND (FEES) RULES – SECTION 158 (Legal Notices 12/1984, 5/1995 and 21/2008) Commencement [1 October 1984] Short title 1. These Rules may be cited as the Registered Land (Fees) Rules. Fees 2. (1) Subject to sub-rule 2, the fees specified in the second column of the Schedule shall be paid to the Registrar in respect of the matters specified in the first column of the Schedule. (2) No fee shall be payable under these Rules–– (a) in respect of any application, notice or caution made, given or presented by or on behalf of the Crown or the Government; (b) in respect of the registration of any instrument on an application made by or on behalf of the Crown or the Government; (c) in respect of the issue of any certificate or other document to any public officer acting in the execution of his duties as such. (3) No fee shall be refunded except by the Order of the Registrar. © Crown Copyright 2009 Copying/unauthorised distribution strictly prohibited. Printed under Authority by The Regional Law Revision Centre Inc. www.lawrevision.ai 92 CAP. 9.01 Registered Land Revision Date: 31 Aug 2009 LAWS OF TURKS & CAICOS ISLANDS SCHEDULE (Rule 2(1)) FEES Matter in respect of which fee is payable Fee (1) (2) $ 1. Application for alteration of Registry Map (s. 16(1)) 50.00 2. Application for determination and indication of uncertain or disputed boundary (s. 17(2)) 50.00 3. Application for ascertainment and fixing of boundaries (s. 18(1)) 50.00 4. Application for combination of parcels (s. 21(1)) 50.00 per parcel 5. Application for division of parcel (s. 21(1)) 50.00 per parcel as divided 6. Application for change of layout of parcels (s. 22(1)) 50.00 per parcel 7. Application for conversion of provisional title into absolute title (s. 29(1)) 50.00 8. Application for land certificate or certificate of lease (s. 31(1))–– (a) made together with application for registration of Crown homesite transfer or of Crown homesite lease 10.00 (b) in any other case–– (i) if the total area of land to which the certificate relates does not exceed five acres; 50.00 (ii) if the total area of land to which the certificate relates exceeds five acres. 50.00 and $5.00 per acre or part of an acre in excess of five acres. 9. Application for new certificate (s. 34(1)) The like fee as would be payable in respect of an application for the certificate lost or destroyed. 10. Application to inspect any register, Registry Map or filed instrument or plan (s. 35(1)) 50.00 11. Certified copy of any register, part of Registry Map or filed instrument or plan (s. 35(2))–– (a) for the first sheet–– 25.00 (b) for each subsequent sheet–– © Crown Copyright 2009 Copying/unauthorised distribution strictly prohibited. Printed under Authority by The Regional Law Revision Centre Inc. www.lawrevision.ai Registered Land CAP. 9.01 93 Revision Date: 31 Aug 2009 LAWS OF TURKS & CAICOS ISLANDS (i) measuring 8" x 11" or less; 00.25 (ii) measuring more than 8" x 11" 00.50 12. Application for official search (s. 35(3)) 20.00 13. Application for cancellation of registration on surrender or other determination of lease (ss. 61(1) and 62(1)) 25.00 14. Registration of charge or subsequent charge, variation of a charge, transfer of a charge and discharge of a charge (ss. 64, 65, 69, 71 and 79) 50.00 15. Registration of lease or transfer, other than a Crown homesite lease or Crown homesite transfer (ss. 46 and 83) 25.00 16. Registration of easement other than an easement reserved by a transfer or lease which is itself registered (s. 93(4)) 25.00 for each parcel affected 17. Registration of note of restrictive agreement, other agreement con-tained in a lease or charge (s. 94 (1)) 25.00 18. Registration of grant of a profit (s. 95(3)) 25.00 19. Application for cancellation of registration of easement, profit or restrictive covenant (s. 96(2)) 25.00 20. Application for partition of land owned in common (s. 103(1)) 25.00 21. Registration of power of attorney (s. 114(1)) 25.00 22. Notice of revocation of power of attorney (s. 114 (4)) 10.00 23. Deletion of name of deceased joint proprietor (s. 116) 25.00 24. Lodging of caution (s. 127(1)) 100.00 25. Application for restriction (s. 132(1)) 25.00 26. Application for registration as proprietor by prescription (s. 135(2)) 50.00 27. Application for registration of easement or profit acquired by prescription (s. 138(2)) 50.00 28. Survey carried out on behalf of Registrar for the purposes of subsection (2) of section 17, subsection (1) of section 18, subsection (1) or (2) of section 21 or subsection (1) of section 103. 50.00 per surveyor per hour © Crown Copyright 2009 Copying/unauthorised distribution strictly prohibited. Printed under Authority by The Regional Law Revision Centre Inc. www.lawrevision.ai 94 CAP. 9.01 Registered Land Revision Date: 31 Aug 2009 LAWS OF TURKS & CAICOS ISLANDS Interpretation In this Schedule–– “Belonger” means a person belonging to the Islands as defined by section 2 of the Immigration Ordinance; “Crown homesite lease” means a lease of Crown land not exceeding an area of one-half of an acre to a Belonger by which the Crown has agreed and undertaken to transfer the freehold title to that land to the Belonger on the completion of the construction of a dwelling on that land; “Crown homesite transfer” means a transfer by the Crown to a Belonger in pursuance of a Crown homesite lease. (Amended by L.N. 21/2008) © Crown Copyright 2009 Copying/unauthorised distribution strictly prohibited. Printed under Authority by The Regional Law Revision Centre Inc. www.lawrevision.ai