Barbuda Land (Amendment) Act No. 41 of 2017. Country/Territory Antigua and Barbuda Document type Legislation Date 2018 Source FAO, FAOLEX Original source Official Gazette Vol. XXXVIII No. 8, 22nd January, 2018. Long titleAn Act to amend the Barbuda Land Act 2007, No. 23 of 2007. Subject Land & soil Keyword Land tenure Land reform Land-use planning Public land Lease Cadastre/land registration Geographical area Americas, Caribbean, Latin America and the Caribbean, North Atlantic, Small Island Developing States Entry into force notes This Act shall enter into force on a day to be appointed by the Minister by Notice published in the Official Gazette. Abstract This Act amends the long title of the principal Act as “An Act to restate the law relating to the ownership of all lands within the island of Barbuda as embodied in the Barbuda Act, 1904 Chapter 42 of the Revised Edition of the Laws of Antigua and Barbuda 1993, to provide for Barbudans to have equal rights to purchase the freehold interest in land situate in the island of Barbuda, the right to own a leasehold interest in such land, to provide for the management, administration and development control of land in the island of Barbuda, to provide for the confirmation or otherwise of certain leases of land in Barbuda and for incidental and connected purposes.” Furthermore, this Act repeals Part II of the Principal Act and replaces with the Part II: The ownership of freehold and leasehold interest in land on Barbuda. Part III of the principal Act is amended by repealing and replacing with Part III: The rights of Barbudans. Part VIII of the principal Act is amended regarding land registry. Full text English Website www.laws.gov.ag References - Legislation Amends Barbuda Land Act, 2007 (No. 23 of 2007). Legislation | Antigua and Barbuda | 2007 Keyword: Basic legislation, Land tenure, Land reform, Land-use planning, Public land, Lease, Cadastre/land registration Source: FAO, FAOLEX Repealed by Crown Lands (Regulation) (Amendment) Act No. 6 of 2018. Legislation | Antigua and Barbuda | 2018 Keyword: Land-use planning, Public land Source: FAO, FAOLEX