Immovable Property
Table of Provisions (6)
Statutory Text (6 Provisions)
L.N. 320 of 2007
IMMOVABLE PROPERTY
(ACQUISITION BY NON-RESIDENTS) ACT
(CAP. 246)
Immovable Property
(Designation of Special Areas) (Amendment) Regulations, 2007
IN exercise of the powers conferred by article 8 of the Immovable
Property (Acquisition by Non-Residents) Act, hereinafter referred to
as “the Act”, the Prime Minister and Minister of Finance has made the
following regulations>-
The title of these regulations is the Immovable Property Title.
(Designation of Special Areas) (Amendment) Regulations, 2007 and L.N. 227 of 2006.
they shall be read and construed as one with the Immovable Property
(Designation of Special Areas) Regulations, 2006, hereinafter referred
to as “the principal regulations.”.
Regulations 4 and 5 of the principal regulations shall be Renumbering of
regulations 4 and 5
renumbered as regulations 6 and 7 thereof.
of the principal
regulations.
Immediately after regulation 3 of the principal regulations there Adds new
regulation 4 to the
shall be added the following new regulation>-
principal
regulations.
“Criteria and
(1) The Minister may also issue an Order
designating an area as a Special Designated Area in terms of
article 2 of the Act if an application is made in regard to a
site, of a superficial area below 10,000 square metres, which
is an extension of and adjacent to an existing development
that has already been granted Special Designated Area status
in virtue of the provisions of regulation 2 of these regulations,
or by an Order issued prior to the coming into force of the
said regulation, or in virtue of this regulation.
(2) Prior to issuing such an Order, the Minister
shall ensure that satisfactory evidence is submitted to show
that the applicant is the same person who was granted the
original Special Designated Area status, or an assignee or
successor in title of such person< and that the applicant has
abided by all the conditions contained in the original Order
granting Special Designated Area status as well as with all
the conditions contained in these regulations, where
applicable.”.
4. Immediately after new regulation 4 of the principal regulations,
there shall be added the following new regulation>-
Upon approval of the application by the Minister,
“Fee payable.
but prior to the designation of the area as a Special Designated
Area, the applicant shall pay a one-time fee of one thousand
lira (Lm1,000) increased by one lira (Lm1) per square metre
of superficial area for any area in excess of one thousand
square metres (1,000m 2 )>
Provided that for the purposes of this regulation two or
more areas which are not adjacent to each other shall be
considered as separate areas to be covered by separate
applications.”.
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