Tenantries Development Act. Country/Territory Barbados Document type Legislation Date 1980 Source FAO, FAOLEX Original source Laws of Barbados, pp. 1-10. Long titleAn Act to provide for the development of tenantries and for matters connected therewith. Subject Land & soil Keyword Land tenure Lease Subdivision of land Land-use planning Expropriation Public land Geographical area Americas, Caribbean, Latin America and the Caribbean, North Atlantic, Small Island Developing States Abstract This Act concerns the development of tenantries, i.e. an area of land, including public land, subdivided before a specified date into lots for letting for specified purposes. “Tenantry” does not include land adjoining the foreshore. The Minister may design tenantries for purposes of this Act, but only if there are not sufficient on the tenantry including water supply and sewage disposal. The Act sets out the procedure for the approval of development requests. At certain conditions the Minister may proceed to compulsory acquisition of unused land of a designated tenantry and may also acquire adjoining land under the Land Acquisition Act for purposes of an improvement scheme. Full text English Website www.caricomlaw.org