Alderney Land and Property (Amendment) Law, 2002

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The Alderney Land and Property (Amendment) Law, 2002

THE STATES OF ALDERNEY, in pursuance of their Resolution of the 11^th September, 2002, have approved the following provisions which, subject to the Sanction of Her Most Excellent Majesty in Council, shall have force of law in the Island of Alderney.

Amendment of Law of 1949.

1. After section 8 of the Alderney Land and Property, etc, Law, 1949, as amended[a], insert the following section -

"Power of Registrar in relation to non-awarded land.

8A. (1) This section applies where the Commissioner has failed to make an award (whether to the States or to any other person) in respect of the ownership of a freehold interest in land in accordance with the requirements of section 8.

(2) Where this section applies -

(a) the Commissioner shall be deemed, in respect of the freehold interest concerned, and in exercise of his powers under section 8, to have awarded ownership of the interest to the States; and

(b) accordingly, the Registrar shall make such entries in the Register as are necessary to give effect to such award.

(3) The Commissioner shall be deemed, for the purposes of this section, to have failed to make an award in respect of the ownership of a freehold interest in land in accordance with the requirements of section 8 if, at the date of commencement of the Alderney Land and Property (Amendment) Law, 2002, the ownership of that interest has not been awarded to any person (which shall be considered to be the case if no person has been entered in the Register as the owner thereof).

(4) The provisions of section 14(1) shall apply in relation to an award deemed to have been made pursuant to subsection (2)(a) as if the words "other than the States" were omitted; and the provisions of section 14(2) shall not apply thereto.

(5) The provisions of this section are without prejudice to the provisions of section 25 ("rectification").".

Citation.

2. This Law may be cited as the Alderney Land and Property (Amendment) Law, 2002.

[a]	Ordres en Conseil Vol. XIV, p. 67; there are amendments not material to this Law.