REQUEST FOR INFORMATION: DRAFTING OF LEGISLATIVE INSTRUMENTS FOR THE LAND ACT 2020, ACT 1036

Following the passage of the Land Act, 2020 (Act 1036), the Lands Commission under the auspices of the Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources has initiated steps towards the preparation of Legislative Instruments that would provide the procedural matters needed for the implementation and enforcement of the provisions of the Act 1036 as specified under section 280 and other relevant sections; where section 280 reads;

The Minister may, on the advice of the Lands Commission, by legislative instrument, make Regulations to provide for-

• matters relating to power of entry and survey;
• matters relating to erection and protection of boundary marks and survey beacons;
• matters relating to land valuation;
• matters relating to fees for consent and concurrence, and other matters concerning transactions relating to stool or skin, or clan or family land;
• facilities and other requirements for the provision of electronic conveyancing services and conditions of a licence for the provision of electronic conveyancing services;
• matters relating to registration of title to land;
• matters relating to registration of instruments affecting land;
• matters relating to cancellation of entries in the land register;
• compulsory acquisition of land by the State;
• sustainable land management;
• the detailed requirement of registration and disposition of stool or skin, or clan or family land;
• matters relating to registration of easements, restrictive agreements, profits and licences;
• matters to receipt or acknowledgment of presentation of instruments at the registry;
• conditions for access to the land information system and the transaction that may be made by using that system;
• matters relating to Form of Instruments;
• matters relating to verification of execution of instruments;
• matters relating to the allocation of public lands;
• fees in respect of matters connected with registration;
• matters relating to form of oath of proof;
• matters relating to form of acknowledgment receipt for instrument presented for registration;
• matters relating to management of vested lands;
• matters relating to large scale land acquisition; and
• generally for giving full effect to the provisions of this Act.

The Minister may, on the advice of the Lands Commission, and in consultation with the Office of the Administrator of Stool Lands, provide for

• the establishment, records and fees of Customary Lands Secretariats; and
• any other matter for the effective and efficient implementation of this Act.

The Lands Commission is requesting from the general public information and comments relevant to the preparation of the Legislative Instruments.

1. Comments and information must be referenced with the sections of Act 1036 that it relates to.

Example:

Section 1: (Comment and information)

Section 2: (Comment and information)

2. Comments and information must be addressed and submitted to;

           THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY

            LANDS COMMISSION

            ACCRA

3. Comments and information should also be submitted in SOFT COPY (WORD DOCUMENT) to relandact@lc.gov.gh.

4. Comments and information must be submitted on or before the 30^th of April 2023.

For any further information or clarification, please send an email to regulations.landact@lc.gov.gh

SIGNED: THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY

LANDS COMMISSION