Land Administration & Management, Update Expansion Titles, VRS Network

The various Land Titling Initiatives will continue for 2009/2010.

LAMP activities will continue to be expanded, with the intention to broaden the benefits afforded under the Special Provisions Act to the rest of the island. Under the Act, there is a provision for the waiver of all transfer tax and stamp duty as they relate to applications to register land.

Registration fees are also substantially reduced. Exemption is also granted for the payment of Court fees in probate and administration of deceased estates. The unit is aiming to register a further 1500 titles during the financial year outside of the work being done with the NIC in the NIDP areas.

With respect to institutional capacity, the Office of the Prime Minister will be collaborating with Cuba to contract 5 land surveyors to assist with survey work at the Surveys and Mapping Division. Three of the surveyors will be contracted by the end of the first quarter to the financial year.

The NLA will continue its focus on improving customer service and business process improvements. In this regard, the Agency will be introducing the following new products and services and undertaking the following activities:

• New Security Paper for Certificates of Title - the paper used to prepare the Certificates of Title will be changed. The new Certificate will have enhanced security features.
• Online Forms at the Land Titles Division - work will commence on the e-forms which will allow customers to submit documents electronically for processing which will significantly reduce the turnaround times for processing of transactions.
• Mail Boxes - this is a new initiative to be introduced at the Land Titles Division which will enable customers to pick up completed documents from Mail Boxes at their convenience.
• Expanded Regional Offices - the Agency will be offering expanded services at its Central Regional Office to include transactions from the Land Titles and Surveys and Mapping Divisions. The Agency will also re-open its expanded full-service Western Regional Office which is presently under construction.

The duration of the project is 3 ½ years.

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