Tanzania
Road Frontage Premia Act
Chapter 75
- Published in Tanzania Government Gazette
- Commenced on 30 March 1970
- [This is the version of this document at 31 July 2002.]
- [Note: This legislation has been thoroughly revised and consolidated under the supervision of the Attorney General's Office, in compliance with the Laws Revision Act No. 7 of 1994, the Revised Laws and Annual Revision Act (Chapter 356 (R.L.)), and the Interpretation of Laws and General Clauses Act No. 30 of 1972. This version is up-to-date as at 31st July 2002.]
1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the Road Frontage Premia Act.2. Interpretation
In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires—"Commissioner" means the Commissioner for Lands;"Government lease" has the meaning assigned to that term in the Freehold Titles (Conversion) and Government Lease Act, 1963 repealed by the Government Leaseholds (Conversion to Rights of Occupancy) Act, 1969;"Minister" means the Minister responsible for lands;"occupier" means any person who is in occupation of any parcel of land in an urban area otherwise than under a right of occupancy or a government lease and includes his personal representatives and other statutory assignees;"right of occupancy" has the meaning assigned to that term in the Land Act1;"road" means any road or street, square, court, alley or passage, bridge, lane, footpath, bridle path or driftway, and includes land reserved therefor, but does not include a highway as defined in the Highways Act2 or a sanitary lane or any land reserved for a highway or a sanitary lane;"road frontage premium" means the sum of money payable by an occupier under section 4 in respect of the construction of a road or execution of any road work;"road work" means any work for the purpose of sewering, levelling, paving, metalling, flagging, channelling or making good any road or part of a road;"urban area" means an area which is within the boundaries of an urban authority established under the Local Government (Urban Authorities) Act3.3. Apportionment of road frontage premia
4. Occupier required to pay road frontage premium
5. Appeals
Any occupier who is aggrieved by any decision of the Commissioner under this Act may appeal to the Minister in writing within four weeks of the receipt by him of a notice under section6. Regulations
The Minister may make regulations for the better carrying out of the objects and purposes of this Act, and, without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, may make regulations prescribing the manner in which an appeal under section 5 may be made.7. ***
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[Omitted]History of this document
31 July 2002 this version
Consolidation
30 March 1970
Commenced
Cited documents 3
Legislation 3
1. | Land Act | 1268 citations |
2. | Local Government (Urban Authorities) Act, 1982 | 30 citations |
3. | Highways Act | 11 citations |