Base Lands Development Amendment Act 2006
BASE LANDS DEVELOPMENT AMENDMENT ACT 2006
BERMUDA
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BASE LANDS DEVELOPMENT AMENDMENT ACT 2006
Date of Assent: 26 June 2006
Operative Date: 26 June 2006
WHEREAS it is expedient to amend the Base Lands Development
Act 1996.
Be it enacted by The Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, by and
with the advice and consent of the Senate and the House of Assembly of
Bermuda, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
Short title
1 This Act, which amends the Base Lands Development Act 1996
(“the principal Act”), may be cited as the Base Lands Development
Amendment Act 2006.
Amends section 9
2 Section 9 of the principal Act is amended —
(a) by repealing subsection (3) and substituting the following
subsection—
“(3) The Company may make a lease or letting of any part
of the scheduled land to any person for a term not exceeding
120 years or for terms renewable at the option of the lessee or
tenant not exceeding in the aggregate 120 years.”; and
(b) by inserting the following subsections next after subsection
(3)—
“(4) Notwithstanding subsection (3) the Company shall
obtain the prior consent of the Minister responsible for Works
and Engineering and Housing for a lease or letting of the
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scheduled land for a term exceeding 21 years or for terms
renewable at the option of the lessee or tenant exceeding in
the aggregate 21 years.
(5) Except with the prior approval of Cabinet, the Minister
shall not consent to a lease or letting to which subsection (4)
applies.
(6) The Company shall obtain the prior approval by
resolution of both Houses of the Legislature for any lease or
letting to which subsection (4) applies.”.
