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Port Nimara Berth Slips Bill - force majeure and remedies

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Fifteenth Meeting of the First Session of Thirteenth Assembly · 10 Feb 2026
Port Nimara Berth Slips Act - registration procedures for berth slips
Good morning to all Members and Madam Speaker. The procedure to register berth slips will be very similar to those we currently adopt for any parcel of land in Anguilla and will follow the requirements of the Registered Land Act. The bill a…
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Port Nimara Berth Slips Act - survey methodology and technical standards
To an extent, because the developer or owner is the entity that will undertake the surveying and provide the data to the department for the berth descriptions detailed in the Bill. The standards adopted and technical standards are within th…
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Port Nimara Berth Slips Bill - technical standards and surveying
To an extent, because the developer, the owner, is the entity that will undertake the surveying and then provide the data to the department for the berth descriptions which are detailed in the Bill. The standards adopted in technical standa…
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Port Nimara Berth Slips Bill - fees and charges
Yes, transactions will be subject to fees. There will be government charges and those are to be determined. Within the regulations, Section 7 allows for regulations to be prepared and they can provide for government fees if required, so a f…
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Port Nimara Berth Slips Bill - ownership and abandonment
Before any slips are divested, there has to be a Port Nimara Berth Slips Master Declaration as per Section 4 of the bill. Within that declaration, it should contain the rights and responsibilities of the berth slip owners and the developer …
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Port Nimara Berth Slips Bill - force majeure and remedies
Government has a right, especially if the alien land holding license is granted, to put conditions to Executive Council on the license, including a bond if that is deemed necessary.
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Port Nimara Berth Slips Bill - force majeure and remedies
As I said before, if Executive Council so desires, for each alien land holding license granted for a berth slip, it can apply a bond condition.
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Port Nimara Berth Slips Bill - derelict vessels and responsibility
This will go back to the declaration. In that declaration, we can see how the rights and responsibilities of the berth slip owner and the developer work, and there's discretion for the Registrar of Lands at section 42G to have included in t…
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Port Nimara Berth Slips Bill - conclusion of Lands and Surveys questions
You're welcome.
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