ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA
REGISTRATION OF CONDOMINIUM TITLES (AMENDMENT) BILL, 2022
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ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA
REGISTRATION OF CONDOMINIUM TITLES (AMENDMENT) BILL (2022
ARRANGEMENT OF CLAUSES
CLAUSES
1. Short Tit le ................................................................................................................................................ 4
2. Interpretation........................................................................................................................................... 4
3. Amendment of section 7 – Requirements of a condominium p lan................................................ 5
4. Amendment of section 16 – Regulat ions ........................................................................................... 5
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ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA
REGISTRATION OF CONDOMINIUM TITLES (AMENDMENT) ACT 2022
No of 2022
AN ACT to amend the Registration of Condominium Titles Act, Cap. 376 and for other connected
purposes.
ENACTED by the Parliament of Antigua and Barbuda as follows -
1. Short Title
This Act may be cited as the Registration of Condominium Titles (Amendment) Act, 2022.
2. Interpretation
In this Act –
“principal Act” means the Registration of Condominium Titles Act, Cap. 376.
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3. Amendment of section 7 – Requirements of a condominium plan
Section 7 of the principal Act is amended by—
(a) repealing subsection (2) in its entirety and replacing this with the following –
“(2) A condominium plan located in the island of Antigua which is lodged for registration
shall be accompanied by such certificate and other documents as may be prescribed.”
(b) inserting after subsection (2), the following new subsections (3) and (4) and renumbering (3), (4) and (5) as (5), (6) and (7)–
“(3) A condominium plan located on the island of Barbuda which is lodged for
registration shall be accompanied by:
(a) a non-citizen land-holding licence issued by the Governor General, if required; and
(b) The survey plan authenticated by the Chief Surveyor”
(4) The Registrar shall, on receipt of the condominium plan filed under subsection 6,--
(a) create special registers required in accordance with the condominium plan; and
(b) issue the certificates thereunder.”
4. Amendment of section 16 – Regulations
Section 16 of the principal Act is amended by repealing the words, “Governor General” and
replacing these with the word “Cabinet”.
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Passed the House of Representatives on
the day of , 2022.
Passed the Senate on the day of
, 2022.
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Speaker.
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President.
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Clerk to the House of Representatives.
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Clerk to the Senate.
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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
The purpose of this Bill is to facilitate the process for registration of Condominium Plans in
the island of Barbuda. In the absence of a Cadastral survey, an adjudication procedure and
other requirements for the registration of lands in Barbuda, it has become necessary to
create a mechanism to address this lacuna temporarily. Hence, the amendments proposed in
this Bill
For this purpose, section 7 of the Registration of Condominium Titles Act Cap. 376 is
amended to deal with applications for registration of Condominium Titles in Barbuda.
For this purpose, two systems of registration of condominium titles are created. One for
Antigua and the other for Barbuda.
Clauses 3 and 4, proposes to authorize the Registrar to create special registers in accordance
with the Condominium plan for the island of Barbuda and further to issue such certificates
as may be necessary.
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Hon. Steadroy C.O. Benjamin
Attorney General and
Minister with responsibility for Labour and National Security