Cayman to develop new Land Registry in Turks & Caicos
Recently, the Cayman Islands Government and the Turks and Caicos Islands Government have signed an agreement. According to the agreement, the Cayman Islands Lands and Survey Department will develop and implement a Land Registry system that will be fully computerised. This will be a related GIS (Geographical Information Systems) developed by the Cayman Government for the Turks and Caicos Islands Government. The development of the Registry includes also the creation of an interactive website.
The formal signing of the agreement was held in Providenciales on May 12, 2008.
The Cayman Islands were represented by Kearney Gomez, Permanent Secretary for the Ministry of District Administration, Planning, Agriculture and Housing; and Alan Jones, Director of the Lands and Survey Department. The Governor Richard Tauwhare and McAllister Eugene Hanchell, Minister for Natural Resources, Fisheries & the Environment signed the agreement on behalf of the Turks & Caicos Islands. Judith Garland-Campbell, Permanent Secretary for the Ministry of Natural Resources Fisheries & the Environment; Kendall Williams, Registrar of Lands; Grisilda Smith Deputy-Registrar (Turks & Caicos) and Aliceann Kirchman, Registrar of Lands (Cayman Islands) were also present at the meeting.
Discussions on improving Land Registry system between the 2 countries have been ongoing since March 2007. Cayman officials offered technical and practical assistance to Turks & Caicos, so, a long term cooperative agreement was signed between the jurisdictions.