Revised Laws of Saint Lucia (2021)

PART 5
OBJECTIONS AND FINALITY

20.   Appeals against the adjudication record

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    (1)   The Minister or any person named in or affected by the adjudication record or demarcation map who considers such record or map to be inaccurate or incomplete in any respect or who is aggrieved by any act or decision of the demarcation officer or survey officer or by any entry in or omission from the adjudication record by the recording officer may, within 90 days of the day upon which notice of completion of the adjudication record is published, give written notice of his or her intention to petition the adjudication officer in respect of the act, decision, entry or omission concerned and the petition shall be heard and determined by the adjudication officer.

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    (2)   Where the adjudication officer has considered any matter under subsection (1) (except such a matter as is referred to in section 22) the Minister or any other person who is dissatisfied with the decision of the adjudication officer shall before the date of the certificate mentioned in section 23 give written notice to the adjudication officer of his or her intention to appeal against that decision.

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    (3)   The adjudication officer shall enter a restriction on the adjudication record if he or she has been given a notice of appeal under this section.

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    (4)   Any person may within 2 months of the date of the certificate referred to in section 23, appeal to the Land Adjudication Tribunal against any decision of the adjudication officer.

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    (5)   On any such appeal the Land Adjudication Tribunal may make such order or substitute for the decision of the adjudication officer, demarcation officer, survey officer or recording officer as the case may be, such decision as it may consider just.

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    (6)   All decisions of the Land Adjudication Tribunal shall be in writing and copies shall be furnished to the adjudication officer, the Registrar, the appellant, and to all other parties who, in his or her opinion, may be affected by the appeal.

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    (Amended by Act 8 of 1986)