Power to make rules
27.—(1) The Minister may make rules to carry out the purposes of this Act and, in particular, the Minister may make rules for all or any of the following matters:(a)
the fees to be collected by the Collector;
(b)
the form of grants, leases, grants in fee simple, and other instruments for the purposes of this Act.
(2) All rules made under this section must be presented to Parliament as soon as possible after publication in the Gazette.
(3) If a resolution is passed pursuant to a motion (notice of which has been given for a sitting day not later than the first available sitting day of Parliament next after the expiry of one month from the date when the rules made under this section are presented to Parliament) annulling the rules or any part of the rules as from a specified date, the rules or such part thereof (as the case may be) become void as from that date but without affecting the validity of anything previously done under the rules or part of the rules or to the making of new rules.[19
Fees to be paid to Authority
28.—(1) All fees collected in connection with any service provided by the Commissioner of Lands or Collector under this Act or any rules made under this Act must be paid into the funds of the Authority.[17/2001]
(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to any premium, rents or any other consideration paid to the Commissioner of Lands or Collector in exchange for any rights or interest in land which must be paid into the Consolidated Fund.[19A
[17/2001]
Erection and repair of wall, bank, etc.
29.—(1) Every owner or occupier of land abutting on State land must define and keep defined the boundary between the land so owned or occupied and the adjoining State land by some wall, bank, drains, fence, road or path, or other sufficient means so as to show the whole extent of the boundary.[9/2009]
(2) In default of the owner or occupier so doing, the Collector may call upon the owner or occupier by a written notice duly served as prescribed to define or renew the whole or any part of the boundary in the manner aforesaid.
(3) If the defining or renewal of the boundary is not commenced within 30 days from the date the notice is served and diligently proceeded with, the Collector may cause the boundary to be defined or renewed and recover twice the amount of the cost necessarily incurred in defining or renewing the boundary as if the cost were an arrear of rent due to the State in respect of the land.[20
