Revised Laws of Saint Lucia (2021)

43.   Special enforcement areas

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    (1)   Despite anything contained in the provisions of this Act the Minister may, for the purpose of preventing squatting or other forms of unauthorised development, by order published in the Gazette, declare any area to be a special enforcement area.

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    (2)   Without prejudice to the provisions of section 51, where an area is declared to be a special enforcement area under subsection (1) the Head of the Physical Planning and Development Division may upon service of a notice on the owner or occupier of the land, not less than 14 days before the intended action, remove, demolish or alter any development where such development has commenced without the written permission of the Head of the Physical Planning and Development Division and where the Head of the Physical Planning and Development Division is satisfied that permission would not have been granted for that development.