Crown Lands (Sale) (Amendment) Regulations (S.R.O. No. 11 of 2010)

27 SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES STATUTORY RULES AND ORDERS 2010 NO. II (Gazetted lxth May,20JO) IN EXERCISE of the powers conferred by section 4 of the Crown Lands Act, Chapter 23X,the Governor-General makes the following Regulations CROWN LANDS (SALE) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 2010 I. These Regulations may be cited as the Crown Lands (Sale) Citation (Amendment) Regulations, 20 IO. 2. Regulation 6 of the Crown Lands (Sale) Regulations, referred to Amendment of in these Regulations as the "principal Regulations," is amended- Regulatton 6 (a) by revoking subregulation (3) and inserting the following as subreguJation (3) "(3) A licensee shall pay interest at the rate of three per centum per annum or part thereof on any amount in default ."; (b) by inserting after subregulation (3) the following new subregulation "(4) Notwithstanding subregulation (3) the Cabinet may direct that the payment ofthe interest accrued beyond five years on the whole or any part of the amount in default shall be waived.". 3. The Second Schedule to the principal Regulations is revoked and the following substituted Amendment of the Seeond Sehedule 2X *Onl' ve a r from dat'l' of t his Al(rl'l'IIIl'nt, Same duv and month as last "SECOND SCHEDULE Regulation 6 SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES AGREEMENT TO PURCHASE CROWN LAND MEMORANDUM of AGREEMENT made the day of 20 BETWEEN the Governor-General of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines acting for and on behalf of the Government of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines by his agent the Chief Surveyor hereinafter called the VENDOR of the ONE PART and hereinafter called the PURCHASER of the OTHER PART. 1. The VENDOR agrees to sell and the PURCHASER agrees to purchase ALL THAT piece or parcel of Crown Land situate at (full description of land) and being (acreage of land) or thereabouts in quantity at the price of S payable in instalments and subject to the conditions hereinafter mentioned. 2. Immediately upon the signing of this Agreement the PURCHASER shall pay at the Treasury an instalment of $ which acknowledged as a first instalment on account of the purchase money and shall pay the balance thereof in four equal yearly instalments of S the first of such yearly instalment to be paid on the * day of in the succeeding years. 3. The PURCHASER upon signing this Agreement and paying at the Treasury the first instalment of the purchase money shall be put into possession of the land hereby agreed to be sold as a mere licensee and the land shall remain the property of the Crown until the obtaining of the Crown Grant after the payment of the sale price in full. 4. If the PURCHASFR shall have failed to complete the payments in the four year period interest. at the rate of three per centum per annum orpart thereof. will be charged on any amount in dd;llJlt. 5. The PURCHASER will not (a) so long as any part of the purchase money remains unpaid, sell, let, mortgage or assign his interest in the land without the consent in writing of Cabinet; or (b) use the land so as to cause a nuisance to the public or other purchaser or lessee of adjacent Crown Lands. 6. If the PURCHASER shall fail to pay any instalment of the purchase money and if the same shall be in arrear and unpaid for thirty days after the same is due, whether the same has been legally demanded or not, or if the PURCHASER shall fail to observe or commit a breach of any of the conditions of agreements on his part herein set out then all the right and interest of the PURCHASER under this Agreement may be forfeited and on the decision of Cabinet it shall be lawful for the Chief Surveyor or any other person as the Minister may nominate, to enter upon and take possession of the land and to summarily eject the PURCHASER or any other person who may hold for him therefrom without any legal process and as effectually as the Registrar might do on a recovery in ejectment, and in case of such entry and any action being brought therefor the defendant may plead leave and licence and this provision shall be conclusive evidence of leave and licence by the Plaintiff for the entry, trespass or other matters complained of in such action, provided that before exercising the right ofre-entry a notice shall be given to the PURCHASER about the default or violation and a reasonable period not exceeding six months shall be given to make good thc default or rectify the violation and if he has failed to comply with the terms and conditions therein contained the right of entry may be exercised straightaway. 7. The VENDOR reserves to himself the right to all roads and paths existing upon the land agreed to be sold. 8. The VENDOR reserves to himselfin fee simple out of the grant hereby agreed to be made all mines, \ e ins , beds. deposits or accumulations of mineral 011 already found. or \\ hich may hereafter be found. under the premises aforesaid \\ ith full liberty at all times for the \'LN[)()R to enter and inspect the same for the purpose of searching for. getting and laking <1\\<1: the s<lid mineral oil.subicrt tosuch ClllllpCn.Siliion for II)II"'y donc 10 or upon the surface. or to any building slanding 29 30 thereon, as may be determined by two arbitrators, of whom one shall be appointed on behalf of the VENDOR and the other by and on behalf of the PURCHASER or such other private party (if any) interested for the time being in the said premises, or in the event of disagreement between such arbitrators, such compensation as may be determined by any umpire, who shall be appointed in writing by such arbitrators before they enter on the matter so referred to them or on any such matter upon which such arbitrators may differ and in such event the decision of the umpire thereon shall be final and binding. IN WITNESS whereof the parties hereto have hereunto set their hands the day and year herein first written. Signatures of purchaser Chief Surveyor and witness Witness.". Dated the 5th day of May, 2010. SUSAN DOUGAN Secretary to the Cabinet.