This Act provides for town and country planning and other planning in relation with development in Trinidad and Tobago. The Act defines duties of the Minister and establishes an Advisory Town Planning Panel. Development plans shall be prepared by the Minister after a general survey. The Act further provides, among other things for: (a) the granting of development permissions; (b) compensation for consequences of planning decisions; (c) planning control and enforcement; and (d) acquisition and disposal of land for planning purposes.

La présente loi a pour but de permettre l'application de la législation fédérale en matière de mensuration officielle et d'information géographique. L’article 3 établit que le Conseil d’Etat est responsable de l’exécution de la mensuration officielle e liste les tâches dont il est chargé. Le texte comprend 47 articles répartis en 5 sections comme suit: Dispositions générales (1er); Organisation (2); Premier relevé et renouvellement (3); Rectification (4); Diffusion de données et de plans (5).

Section 2 (definitions) is amended by adding definitions of "survey and measurement", and "registered records". Section 7 is completely rewritten It provides for the circumstance in which the effective boundaries of a recorded area are not corresponding with the actual survey. A new section (8A) relative to replacement of old records of newly surveyed areas, is added. Section 11A concerns the preparation of land-ownership certificates.

Amends: Land (Survey and Measurement) Act, 1963. (1979-11-21)

La présente ordonnance met en exécution l’article 2 de la loi cantonale sur la mensuration officielle et l'information géographique du 16 mars 2006. Notamment, l’article 1er établit que les limites communales doivent correspondre avec les limites des biens-fonds.

"Land" in this Act means all categories of land, including tanks, ponds, and forest land (sect. 2). The Government may issue orders for purposes of land measurement by the authority prescribed by rules made under the present Act (sect. 3). Sections 4 and 5 make provision for the measurement of land and the demarcation of boundaries of specified lands. Section 6 make provision for land survey operations. After survey, measurement, and registration the prescribed authority shall issue a certificate of registration under section 8.

This Decree establishes the modalities of making amendments to the boundaries of plots of land, tracing new boundaries and insertion of updated data into land cadastre information system. Annex 1 contains the form of notification on change of the boundaries of land plots.

Ce décret charge le Ministère de l'économie et des finances de procéder au relevé systématique de toutes les terres cultivables disponibles du domaine privé de l'Etat et d'en faire dresser le cadastre afin de les lotir et de les distribuer aux familles paysannes nécessiteuses qui en produiront la demande. Cette distribution sera assortie de l'obligation pour ces familles de mettre personnellemnt en culture, dans l'année même, au moins 2/3 des terres dont elles sont bénéficiaires. Les bénéficiaires sont considérés comme des usufruitiers de l'Etat pour une période de neuf ans renouvelable.

This Regional Law validates the list of grounds for refusal of validation of land use planning schemes: (a) use of different systems of coordinate than the regional ones used for state cadastre of immovable property; (b) imprecise and inaccurate coordinates related to the location of land plots; (c) used of wrong mapping methods; (d) absence in the state information systems of data and information permitting to verify submitted coordinates; and (e) absence in the state cadastre of data and information on coordinates of land plot.

This Act concerns the registration and practice of land surveyors. It consists of 34 sections and 3 Schedules.

This Act provides for land administration and other matters relating to land, the protection of the environment and several matters relating to the conservation of wildlife and fisheries resources.The Act consists of General Administration (I); Surveys (II); Purchase and Development of Land (III); Classification and Alienation of Government Land (IV); Leases (V); Renewal of Renewable Leases and Reassessments (VI); Remissions, Revaluations, Forfeitures (VII); Conservation and Environment (VIII); Miscellaneous (IX).

This Regional Law regulates management of the objects of cultural heritage pertaining to the regional and municipal property. The scope of this Regional Law shall be conservation, protection and promotion of the objects of cultural heritage. It shall be applicable also to classification of the objects of cultural heritage, registration thereof, mapping of the boundaries of areas containing objects of cultural heritage.

Amended by: Regional Law No. 10-4695 amending Regional Law No. 8-3166 “On objects of cultural heritage”. (2016-06-16)

This Regional Law delimits plenary powers between state bodies in the sphere of regulation of land relations. Legislative Assembly shall carry out the following plenary powers: (a) adoption of legislative acts regulating land relations; (b) establishment of cases of land expropriation; and (c) establishment of minimum and maximum land areas allotted to citizens for housing construction.