Bermuda Consolidated Legislation

 

BERMUDA STATUTORY INSTRUMENT

SR&O 20/1956

ACQUISITION OF LAND REGULATIONS 1956

[made under section 84 of the Bermuda Immigration and Protection Act 1956 [title 5 item 16] and brought into operation on 1 December 1956]

ARRANGEMENT OF REGULATIONS

1 Citation

2 Interpretation

3 Applications

4 [omitted]

 

 

Citation

1 These Regulations may be cited as the Acquisition of Land Reg ulations 1956.

Interpretation

2 In these Regulations—

"the Act" means the Bermuda Immigration and Protection Act 1956 [title 5 item 16];

"Commonwealth citizen" and "alien" have the meanings respec tively assigned thereto in section 3 of the Act; and

"land," "licence", "restricted person" and "specially restricted child of an alien" have the meanings respectively assigned thereto in section 72 of the Act.

Applications

3 Applications to the Governor, under section 83 of the Act, for the grant of a licence to acquire land in Bermuda shall:

(a) in the case of a Commonwealth citizen who is a re stricted person, be in the form set out in the First Schedule; and

(b) in the case of an alien, or the specially restricted child of an alien, be in the form set out in the Second Schedule, and shall be accompanied by the fee prescribed in the Regulations made under the Government Fees Act 1965 [title 15 item 18]; and

(c) in any other case, be in the form set out in the Third Schedule, and shall where the beneficiary or any of them is an alien be accompanied by the fee prescribed in the Regulations made under the Government Fees Act 1965 [title 15 item 18] as if the application had been made by an alien,

and shall be forwarded to the Secretary to the Cabinet verified in the case of an application by an alien or the specially restricted child of an alien, by affidavit.

 

4 [omitted]

FIRST SCHEDULE
Bermuda Immigration and Protection Act 1956

APPLICATION BY A RESTRICTED PERSON WHO IS A COMMONWEALTH CITIZEN FOR THE GRANT OF A LICENCE TO ACQUIRE LAND

1 Name of applicant

2 Permanent address

3 Profession, trade or occupation (if any)

4 Location, description, approximate area, and present use of any land previously owned in Bermuda by applicant and/or by wife/husband of applicant

5 Location, description, approximate area, and use of any land previously owned in Bermuda by applicant and/or by wife/husband of applicant, but disposed of prior to application, with date(s) of disposal [blank] (If none state None)

6 Location, description and approximate area of land proposed to be acquired by applicant

7 Estate proposed to be acquired in the land

8 Object or purpose for which the land is to be acquired

9 Name and address of present owner of the land to be acquired

10 Purchase or other price to be paid for the land

11 Name and address of bank which may be used as a reference

12 Names and addresses of two persons (one of whom preferably should be a person resident in Bermuda) who may be used as personal references

I declare that to the best of my knowledge and belief the partic ulars contained in this application are true.

Dated this [blank] day of [blank] 19 [blank].

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Signature of Applicant

SECOND SCHEDULE
Bermuda immigration and Protection Act 1956

APPLICATION BY A RESTRICTED PERSON WHO IS AN ALIEN, FOR A LICENCE TO ACQUIRE OR TO HOLD LAND

1 Name of applicant

2 Nationality—

(i) at birth

(ii) at date of application

3 Place of birth

4 Date of birth

5 Permanent address

6 Profession, trade or occupation (if any)

7 Nationality of applicant's father

8 Place of birth of applicant's father

9 Maiden name, nationality at birth and place of birth of appli cant's mother

10 Maiden name, nationality at birth and place of birth of appli cant's wife

11 Whether applicant has previously acquired any land in Bermuda, and, if so, what quantity; whether any of such land is still held and, if so, the quantity and description thereof

12 Whether applicant's wife/husband has previously acquired any land in Bermuda, and, if so, what quantity; whether any of such land is still held and, if so, the quantity and description thereof

13 The object or purpose for which applicant desires to acquire or hold the land

14 Full description of the land intended to be acquired or held and the area thereof, together with three plans drawn to scale by a competent surveyor, and a section of the six inch Ordnance Map with the land shown coloured red thereon

15 (a) In the case of land sought to be acquired by deed:

(i) the name and address of the vendor of the land sought to be acquired; and

(ii) the purchase price

or

(b) In the case of land acquired by devise or inheritance, the name and the last permanent address of the deceased testator or intestate

16 Banker's reference

17 Two personal references

Dated this [blank] day of [blank] 19 [blank].

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Signature of Applicant

THIRD SCHEDULE
Bermuda Immigration and Protection Act 1956

APPLICATION BY A TRUSTEE FOR A LICENCE TO ACQUIRE OR HOLD AND ON BEHALF OF RESTRICTED PERSONS

A Particulars relating to the Trustee

1 Name of applicant

2 Nationality‑

(i) at birth

(ii) at date of application

3 Place of birth

4 Date of birth

5 Permanent address

6 Profession, trade or occupation (if any)

7 Banker's references

8 Two person references.

B Particulars relating to Beneficiaries under the Trust Instrument (to be completed by the trustee in respect of each person entitled at the date of his application to a benefit under, or a share of the proceeds of, the trust):

9 Name

10 Nationality—

(i) at birth

(ii) at date of application

11 Place of birth

12 Date of birth

13 Permanent address

14 Profession, trade or occupation (if any)

15 Nationality of father

16 Place of birth of father

17 Maiden name, nationality at birth and place of birth of mother

18 Whether beneficiary has previously acquired any land in Bermuda and, if so, what quantity; whether any of such land is still held and, if so, the quantity and description thereof.

19 Whether beneficiary's wife/husband has previously acquired any land in Bermuda, and, if so, what quantity; whether any of such land is still held and, if so, the quantity and description thereof.

20 Beneficiary' interest under the Trust Instrument

21 Bankers' references

22 Two personal references

C Particulars relating to the land to be acquired or held

23 Full description of the land intended to be acquired or held and the area thereof, together with three plans drawn to scale by a competent surveyor, and a section of the six inch Ordnance Map with the land shown coloured red thereon.

24 (1) (a) In the case of land sought to be acquired by deed:

(i) the name and address of the vendor of the land;

(ii) the purchase price;

or

(b) In the case of land acquired by devise or inheritance, the name and the last permanent address of the deceased testator or intestate.

Declaration

I declare that to the best of my knowledge and belief the partic ulars contained in this application are true. I forward herewith a certified true copy of the Trust Instrument and I undertake to submit a further application in respect of any beneficiary who subsequently becomes en titled to any benefit under, or share of the proceeds of, the trust as set out in the Trust Instrument.

Dated this [blank] day of [blank] 19 [blank].

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Signature of Applicant