Withdrawal of permit

(1) The Commissioner of Lands and Surveys may, without being liable for any compensation whatsoever, withdraw any permission that may have been granted to any person to occupy land within any Reserve if such person– (a) fails properly to demarcate his holding within one week of the date of the permit; (b) fails in any year to pay the prescribed occupancy fee on or before the second day of January; (c) fails to enter into possession of the land allotted to him within three months of the issue of the permit, or to clear or cultivate a reasonable area of the land; (d) fails to keep the land allotted to him in a reasonable state of cultivation; National Lands 27 (e) cultivates or interferes in any manner with any land within any Reserve other than the land allotted to him, or refuses to accept any decision made in accordance with regulation 10 above; (f) fails or neglects when required so to do, to comply with any law for the control of insect pests or plant disease; (g) is convicted in a court of law of any offence involving fraud or dishonesty, and whose conduct is, in the opinion of the magistrate by whom he was convicted detrimental to the peace, good order or welfare of any Reserve; (h) fails to comply with such instructions or rules as may be issued from time to time for the good management of any Reserve; (i) fails, on demand, to produce his permit; (j) without the written permission of the Commissioner of Lands and Surveys assigns, transfers or otherwise deals with any right or interest under his permit. (2) Any person aggrieved by the withdrawal of his permit under this regulation may appeal to the Minister charged with the responsibility for land matters. __________ 28 National Lands SCHEDULE Name of Reserve Maximum Occupancy fee per year or part of year Occupancy -where situated area for cultivation permitted to fee for lot for habitation for land for any one person on one cultivation permit Consejo-Corozal District 5 acres 2.00 - Santa Rosa-Corozal District 5 acres 5.00 2.00 Corozal-Corozal District 5 acres 5.00 2.00 Pembroke Hall-Corozal District 5 acres 5.00 2.00 Sarteneja-Corozal District 5 acres 5.00 2.00 Strathbogue-Corozal District 5 acres 2.00 2.00 Naranjal-Orange Walk District 5 acres 5.00 - Santa Anna-Belize District 5 acres 2.00 2.00 Black Creek-Belize District 5 acres 5.00 2.00 Mullins River-Stann Creek District 5 acres 2.00 - Chunox-Corozal District 5 acres 5.00 2.00 Santa Clara-Corozal District 5 acres 5.00 2.00 National Lands 29 Jacinto Creek-Toledo District 5 acres 5.00 2.00 Amado Creek-Toledo District 5 acres 5.00 2.00 Cayo-Benque Viejo, Cayo District 5 acres 5.00 2.00 Hope Greek-Toledo District 5 acres 5.00 2.00 Legugu Creek Agricultural Reserve-Toledo District 5 acres 5.00 2.00 Mafredi Agricultural Reserve Toledo district 5 acres 5.00 2.00 “Chan Quebrada” Agricultural * Reserve-Toledo District 5 acres 5.00 2.00 S.I. 13 of 1966. “Cow Pen” Agricultural Reserve- Toledo District 5 acres 5.00 2.00 __________ * This Statutory Instrument came into effect on 26th March 1966. 30 National Lands S.I. 13 of 1966.* EXPLANATORY NOTE By this Order the Minister of Natural Resources has fixed the occupancy fees for five acre plots of land in the areas of Chan, Quebrada and Cow Pen in the Toledo District which are required by the people of that District for growing bananas. The fee of $5.00 is the annual fee for land cultivation, while the fee of $2.00 is for a lot for habitation. This note forms no part of the Statutory Instrument. __________ * This Statutory Instrument came into effect on 26th March 1966.