Land Ownership Act 2016

Ruling Council of the Empire of Adammia

Act 33

Land Ownership Act 2016

This Act of Council hereby establishes the system by which ownership of land within the Empire of Adammia is managed.

Section 1

• a) All land (including areas of water) within the provinces of the Empire of Adammia shall be considered to have a macronational and micronational owner.
• b) The macronational owner of land within the provinces is determined by the legal mechanisms of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
• c) Affirming Article III Subsection 2 of the Supreme Directive, macronational land ownership makes the owner the highest authority over the land in question.

Section 2

• a) By default, the micronational owner of land within the provinces shall be considered to be the macronational landowner, except where defined by previous legislation.
• b) Records of all micronational and macronational land ownership are to be kept by the Imperial Land Registry. Micronational land ownership legally belongs to the owner recorded by the Imperial Land Registry.
• c) In order for micronational land ownership to change, the previous owner and the prospective new owner must both sign a deed which specifies the exact area of land which is being transferred. A copy of this deed must be sent to the Imperial Land Registry, which must update its records immediately upon receiving the said deed, at which point the transfer will become official.
• d) Areas of land which can have specific micronational owners include single rooms and areas of buildings, regardless of of whether the said areas overlap when viewed from above.
• e) Entities which can own micronational land are full citizens of the Empire, registered companies, government departments and agencies, the Office of the Emperor, the Office of State, the Ruling Council, local governments, political parties, and sports associations. No other entity may have micronational land ownership anywhere within the provinces.
• f) Land ownership records and deeds which specify an individual citizen as a landowner may also, optionally, specify the noble House to which they belong.
• g) Land ownership records may also, optionally, specify entities to which the micronational landowner has leased the land; these entities must meet the same criteria as micronational landowners.
• h) Micronational landowners may permit or refuse any activities to take place on their land, but may be overruled by the local government of the province in which the land is located, which may in turn be overruled by the Imperial Government, which may in turn be overruled by the macronational landowner. Any entity which carries out an activity not permitted by a micronational landowner on their land without the permission of the local government of the province in which the land is located, the Imperial Government or the macronational landowner, despite being clearly warned, has committed the crime of trespassing and will be liable to a fine of up to £30 payable to His Majesty's Imperial Treasury.
• i) All land owned micronationally by members of the Imperial Family or the Office of the Emperor is known collectively as the Imperial Estate.

Section 3

• a) All land within Territories located within the Country of Adammia shall be denoted by the Imperial Land Registry as having a macronational owner only, as determined by the legal mechanisms of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and an entity which administers that land, which must be either a government department, a government agency or the Office of the Emperor.
• b) The entity administering such land must permit any individual, including those who are not citizens of Adammia, to access that land.
• c) Such land which is administered by the Office of the Emperor shall also be part of the Imperial Estate.

Section 4

• a) Land ownership laws for Colonies, as well as Territories located beyond the Country of Adammia, may be determined by the governments responsible for those subdivisions freely of this Act of Council.
• b) Any land granted to any member of the Imperial Family or the Office of the Emperor under such land ownership laws shall also be part of the Imperial Estate.

Section 5

• a) Clarifying Article 2c) of the Defence Act 2015, the Ministry of Defence must be the micronational landowner or administrator of all bases of the Military of Adammia located within the Country of Adammia.
• b) The Transport Network Agency must be the micronational landowner or administrator of all motorways located within the Country of Adammia, and has the responsibility of maintaining them.
• c) The local government of a given province must be the micronational landowner of all non-motorway transport routes within that province, and has the responsibility of maintaining them.
• d) Any transfer of micronational land ownership necessary for the above three articles to be upheld at the time this Act is passed into law shall be considered immediate without a deed being signed unless the entity which would otherwise have been the micronational landowner objects.

Written by HIM Emperor Adam I

Passed by Council
6 in favour
6 not present

Signed,
Adamus Primus Imperator

2nd July 2016 19:06
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