| KINGSTON, June 24 (JIS): |
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With the computerization of the National Land
Agency’s land registration and parcel data management system,
persons desirous of new land titles, excluding first-time applications,
can expect their titles to be delivered within 30 days. The disclosure came from Minister of Land and Environment, Dean Peart during his contribution to the 2004/05 Sectoral Debate in Gordon House on Wednesday (June 23). Persons making memorandum transactions, Minister Peart said, would also have a quicker turnaround time in the processing of their documentation. He said these transactions, “including transfers will be delivered within 15 days down from 25.” Speaking against the background of the National Land Agency’s (NLA) steady progress in computerizing its system, the Minister revealed that a new service known as simultaneous lodgments, which was expected to be in effect by July, would reduce the time taken to produce titles. “The new service will integrate the surveying, titling and land valuation processes in a single lodgement,” he explained. In further addressing the advantages of the technological improvements to be made by NLA’s system, the Land and Environment Minister said simultaneous lodgments would “also support the Government’s objective of establishing a single database of land information including survey plans, titles and crown land information.” He
told the press conference that since last month, once titles had
been issued, the NLA had automatically been updating the Land Valuation
Roll. |
