(1) Applications for the lease or, in exceptional circumstances, for the purchase of Crown Lands shall be made out at the office of the Commissioner in Castries according to a form to be obtained at such office and shall clearly describe the boundaries of the land applied for. Forms will be supplied and filled up free of charge.
(2) The Commissioner shall examine all such applications and shall forward them to the Director of Agricultural Services for his or her recommendations thereon.
(3) Applications for any land which come within any one of the following conditions shall not ordinarily be approved, namely when—
(a) the land applied for is more than 1,000 feet above sea level;
(b) the land applied for is within 200 feet from the top of steep ridges, which are less than 1,000 feet above sea level;
(c) the land applied for is within 33 feet of the top of the banks of any river or stream;
(d) the land applied for is located on any hill of forest timber which it may be deemed advisable to conserve;
(e) the area applied for is less than 5 acres, except such land forms part of any town or village or is required for an allotment garden or there are exceptional circumstances connected with it;
(f) the area applied for, in addition to any land already sold or leased to the applicant, exceeds 10 acres.