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(5) The secretary to the Commission shall be a civil servant appointed by the chief officer of the Ministry in accordance with section 11(1) and shall carry out the duties of secretary to the Commission in accordance with section 11(2). Public Lands (Amendment and Validation) Act, 2023 (6) The Commission shall be considered as being properly constituted notwithstanding a vacancy in the office of chairperson, deputy chairperson or one of the other members of the Commission.\u201d. 3. Miscellaneous amendments - deletions and substitutions of various words throughout the principal Act 3. The principal Act is amended as follows \u2014 (a) in sections 7(4)(a), 7(5) and 7(6), by deleting the word \u201cChairperson\u201d and substituting the word \u201cchairperson\u201d; and (b) in sections 5(e), 8(2), 11(1), 11(3), 12(2)(a) and 13(1)(a), by deleting the words \u201cChief Officer\u201d and substituting the words \u201cchief officer\u201d. 4. Validation 4. 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TO VALIDATE THE\nAPPOINTMENTS OF COMMISSION MEMBERS AND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE\nCOMMISSION; AND FOR INCIDENTAL AND CONNECTED PURPOSES\nENACTED by the Legislature of the Cayman Islands.\n1.\nShort title\n1.\nThis Act may be cited as the Public Lands (Amendment and Validation) Act, 2023.\n2.\nRepeal and substitution of section 6 of the Public Lands Act (2020 Revision)\n- membership of the Commission\n2.\nThe Public Lands Act (2020 Revision), in this Act referred to as the \u201cprincipal Act\u201d,\nis amended by repealing section 6 and substituting the following section \u2014\n\u201cMembership of the Commission\n6.\n(1) The Commission shall consist of \u2014\n(a)\na chairperson who is Caymanian;\n(Act 9 of 2023)\nI Assent,\nJane Owen\nGovernor\nDate: 6th October, 2023\n\nSection 2\nPublic Lands (Amendment and Validation) Act, 2023\n\nPage 6\nAct 9 of 2023\nc\n\n(b) six other Caymanian members of the public among whom there\nshall be at least one person from each of the following\ndistricts \u2014\n(i)\nWest Bay;\n(ii) George Town;\n(iii) Bodden Town;\n(iv) North Side;\n(v) East End; and\n(vi) Cayman Brac or Little Cayman;\n(c)\nthe Director of Lands and Survey or the Director\u2019s designate;\n(d) the chief officer of the Ministry with responsibility for lands or\nthe chief officer\u2019s designate;\n(e)\nthe chief officer of the Ministry with responsibility for tourism\nor the chief officer\u2019s designate;\n(f)\nthe chief officer of the Ministry with responsibility for\ncommerce or the chief officer\u2019s designate; and\n(g) the chief officer of the Ministry with responsibility for planning\nor the chief officer\u2019s designate.\n(2) The civil servant members of the Commission named in subsection\n(1)(c) to (g) are ex-officio members of the Commission.\n(3) The Cabinet, on the recommendation of the Minister, shall\nappoint \u2014\n(a)\nthe chairperson of the Commission, who shall not be from\namong the six Caymanian members of the public named in\nsubsection (1)(b);\n(b) the deputy chairperson of the Commission, who shall be from\namong the six Caymanian members of the public named in\nsubsection (1)(b); and\n(c)\nthe other five Caymanian members of the public named in\nsubsection (1)(b).\n(4) The members of the Commission appointed by Cabinet under\nsubsection (3) shall hold office for a term of two years and are\neligible for re-appointment on the expiry of their two-year term for\nadditional two-year terms.\n(5) The secretary to the Commission shall be a civil servant appointed\nby the chief officer of the Ministry in accordance with section 11(1)\nand shall carry out the duties of secretary to the Commission in\naccordance with section 11(2).\n\nPublic Lands (Amendment and Validation) Act, 2023\nSection 3\n\nc\nAct 9 of 2023\nPage 7\n\n(6) The Commission shall be considered as being properly constituted\nnotwithstanding a vacancy in the office of chairperson, deputy\nchairperson or one of the other members of the Commission.\u201d.\n3.\nMiscellaneous amendments - deletions and substitutions of various words\nthroughout the principal Act\n3.\nThe principal Act is amended as follows \u2014\n(a)\nin sections 7(4)(a), 7(5) and 7(6), by deleting the word \u201cChairperson\u201d and\nsubstituting the word \u201cchairperson\u201d; and\n(b) in sections 5(e), 8(2), 11(1), 11(3), 12(2)(a) and 13(1)(a), by deleting the\nwords \u201cChief Officer\u201d and substituting the words \u201cchief officer\u201d.\n4.\nValidation\n4.\n(1) Where, before the commencement of this amending and validating Act,\nmembers of the Commission were re-appointed under section 6 of the principal\nAct as members of the Commission for a period going beyond the term\npermitted under the principal Act, the re-appointments are declared to be valid\nas they would have been if this amending and validating Act had been in force\nat that date.\n(2) The acts or omissions of the Commission members referred to in subsection (1)\nin relation to the Commission shall not be regarded as invalid by reason only\nthat their re-appointments were for a period beyond the term permitted under\nthe principal Act.\n(3) The Commission shall not be regarded as improperly constituted during any\nperiod up to the commencement of this amending and validating Act because of\nthe re-appointment of the Commission members referred to in subsection (1)\nbeyond the period of expiry of their second two-year term.\nPassed by the Parliament the 20th day of September, 2023.\nHon. 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