• 2023 No. 84: Proclamation re designation of The Very Reverend Dr. Jeffrey Douglas Gibson to perform the functions

of the office  of  President.

Resolution No. 29/2023                                       Ref. No.: M.P.  0301/967 Vol. I PARLIAMENT

RESOLVED that Parliament in accordance with section 5 of the Land Acquisition Act, Cap. 228 approve the compulsory acquisition by the State of parcels of land situate at Work Hall in the parish of Saint Philip in this Island and more particularly described in the Schedules for the public purpose of regularizing a squatters’ housing area.

APPROVED by the House of Assembly this 14th day of November, Two thousand and twenty-three.

  1. HOLDER

Speaker.

APPROVED by the Senate this 13th day of  December, Two thousand and twenty-three.

  • FARLEY President.

I  assent

  • MASON

President of Barbados

2023-12-20.

FIRST SCHEDULE

ALL THAT land the property of Arthur Pounder situate at Work Hall in the parish of Saint Philip in this Island containing by admeasurement 9 853.1 square metres or thereabouts abutting and bounding on a road in common leading to Highway 5 in one direction on a right of way 4.88 metres wide on lands now or late of Martha Hawkesworth on lands now or late of Kevin Gobin et al on lands now or late of Jonathan Henry on lands now or late of Reynold White on Lots 4, 3 and 2 on lands now or late of Scofield Alleyne (Lot 1) and on a public road or however else the same may abut and bound as shown and delineated on a plan certified on the 7th day of March, 2022 by Samuel

N. Taylor, Land Surveyor and recorded in the Lands and Surveys Department on the

26th day of May, 2022 as Plan No.  819/2022.

Resolution No. 29/2023 – Cont’d

SECOND SCHEDULE

FIRSTLY ALL THAT land the property of Reynold White situate at Work Hall in the parish of Saint Philip in this Island containing by admeasurement 43.2 square metres in road or thereabouts abutting and bounding on other lands now or late of Reynold White on lands now or late of Maureen Butcher (Lot 9) and on a public road or however else the same may abut and bound as shown and delineated on a plan certified on the 7th day of March, 2022 by Samuel N. Taylor, Land Surveyor and recorded in the Lands and Surveys Department on the 26th day of May, 2022 as Plan No. 819/2022;

SECONDLYALL THAT land the property of Reynold White situate at Work Hall in the parish of Saint Philip in this Island containing by admeasurement 86.1 square metres in road or thereabouts abutting and bounding on lands now or late of Arthur Pounder on lands now or late of Jonathan Henry on a road and on other lands now or late of Reynold White or however else the same may abut and bound as shown and delineated on a plan certified on the 7th day of March, 2022 by Samuel N. Taylor, Land Surveyor and recorded in the Lands and Surveys Department on the 26th day of May, 2022 as Plan No. 819/2022.

THIRD SCHEDULE

ALL THAT land the property of Jonathan Henry situate at Work Hall in the parish

of Saint Philip in this Island containing by admeasurement 2 377.3 square metres (including

  1. square metres in road) or thereabouts abutting and bounding on lands now or late of Arthur Pounder on lands now or late of Kevin Gobin et al on lands now or late of Beresford Smith and on a road on two sides and on other lands now or late of Reynold White or however else the same may abut and bound as shown and delineated on a plan certified on the 7th day of March, 2022 by Samuel N. Taylor, Land Surveyor and recorded in the Lands and Surveys Department on the 26th day of May, 2022 as Plan No. 819/2022.

FOURTH SCHEDULE

ALL THAT land the property of Beresford Smith situate at Work Hall in the parish of Saint Philip in this Island containing by admeasurement 1 678.5 square metres or thereabouts abutting and bounding on lands now or late of Gwendolyn Browne on lands now or late of Abel Scott on a road on lands now or late of Jonathan Henry and on lands now or late of Kevin Gobin et al or however else the same may abut and bound as shown and delineated on a plan certified on the 7th day of March, 2022 by Samuel N. Taylor, Land Surveyor and recorded in the Lands and Surveys Department on the 26th day of May, 2022 as Plan No.  819/2022.

FIFTH  SCHEDULE

ALL THAT land the property of Kevin Gobin et al situate at Work Hall in the parish of Saint Philip in this Island containing by admeasurement 1 000.6 square metres or thereabouts abutting and bounding on lands now or  late of  Martha  Hawkesworth on lands now or late of Gwendolyn Browne on lands now or late of Beresford Smith on lands now or late of Jonathan Henry and on lands now or late of Arthur Pounder or however else the same may abut and bound as shown and delineated on a plan certified on the 7th day of March, 2022 by Samuel N. Taylor, Land Surveyor and recorded in the Lands and Surveys Department on the 26th day of May, 2022 as Plan No.   819/2022.

Resolution No. 29/2023 – Concl’d

SIXTH SCHEDULE

ALL THAT land the property of Martha Hawkesworth situate at Work Hall in the parish of Saint Philip in this Island containing by admeasurement 992.4 square metres (including 156.7 square metres in right of way) or thereabouts abutting and bounding on a right of way 4.88 metres wide on lands now or late of Elizabeth Alleyne on lands now or late of Gwendolyn Browne on lands now or late of Kevin Gobin et al and on lands now or late of Arthur Pounder or however else the same may abut and bound as shown and delineated on a plan certified on the 7th day of March, 2022 by Samuel N. Taylor, Land Surveyor and recorded in the Lands and Surveys Department on the 26th day of May, 2022 as Plan No.  819/2022.

SEVENTH SCHEDULE

ALL THAT land the property of Gwendolyn Browne situate at Work Hall in the parish of Saint Philip in this Island containing by admeasurement 141.0 in square metres in right of way or thereabouts abutting and bounding on a right of way 4.88 metres wide on lands now or late of Elizabeth Alleyne on a right of way 4.88 metres wide which leads to a cul-de-sac in one direction and on other lands now or late of Gwendolyn Browne and on lands now or late of Martha Hawkesworth or however else the same may abut and bound as shown and delineated on a plan certified on the 7th day of March, 2022 by Samuel N. Taylor, Land Surveyor and recorded in the Lands and Surveys Department on the 26th day of May, 2022 as Plan No.  819/2022.

Resolution No. 30/2023                                       Ref. No.: M.P.  032/2-74 Vol. II PARLIAMENT

RESOLVED that Parliament in accordance with section 5 of the Crown Lands (Vesting and Disposal) Act, Cap. 225 approve the vesting in the National Housing Corporation of a parcel of land situate at Dodds Plantation in the parish of Saint Philip in this Island and more particularly described in the Schedule for residential, commercial and recreational purposes.

APPROVED by the House of Assembly this 7th day of November, Two thousand and twenty-three.

  1. HOLDER

Speaker.

APPROVED by the Senate this 13th day of  December, Two thousand and twenty-three.

  • FARLEY President.

I  assent

  • MASON

President of Barbados

2023-12-20.

SCHEDULE

ALL THAT land the property of the State situate at Dodds  Plantation in  the parish of Saint Philip in this Island containing by admeasurement 195,906.60 squares metres (19.591 hectares) or thereabouts abutting and bounding on lands now or late of Lillian Walrond deceased on lands now or late of Nathan D. Garner on lands now or late of Harold Franklin on lands now or formerly of Guinea Estates Inc. on lands now or formerly of Ronald Stoute & Sons Limited and on a public road known as Highway 4B which leads to Highway H in one direction and to Church Village in the other direction or however else the same may abut and bound as shown and delineated on a plan certified on the 15th day of May, 2023 by Alex R. Chandler, Land Surveyor and recorded in the Lands and Surveys Department on the 16th day of May, 2023 as Plan No. 807/2023.

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Printed and Published by

the Barbados Government Printing Department

S.I. 2023 No. 84

By The Very Reverend Dr. Jeffrey Douglas Gibson, Acting President of Barbados

J. GIBSON Acting President

A PROCLAMATION

WHEREAS by section 33 of the Constitution of Barbados it is provided that where the office of President is vacant or the President is incapable of performing the functions of President by reason of illness or absence from Barbados or is on vacation leave or for any other reason unable to perform the functions of the office,  the  Prime  Minister  shall,  after  consultation  with  the  Leader  of  the

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Opposition, appoint a person who is qualified to be elected to the office of President to act during the vacancy or, as the case may be, during the absence of the President;

AND WHEREAS the President will be absent from her duties during the period 21st December, 2023 to 3rd  January, 2024:

AND WHEREAS I, The Very Reverend Dr. Jeffrey Douglas Gibson, have been designated by the Prime Minister to perform the functions of the office of President:

NOW THEREFORE I do hereby publish, proclaim and make known that I have taken the necessary oaths and have assumed the full burden of administering the Government of Barbados and of doing and executing all things that belong to the office of President thereof according to the tenor of the said Constitution

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of Barbados constituting the office of President and according to the laws for the time being in force within Barbados.

Given under my hand and the Public Seal of Barbados this 21st day of December, 2023.