The 2013 Revised Edition of the Physical Planning Act (Cap. 8.03) represents active canonical law in Montserrat. The 2024 digital cadastre amendments are presented here as an illustrative legislative redline demonstration to showcase point-in-time statutory comparison.
Interactive Temporal Consolidation Scrubber
Scrub across statutory revision milestones to inspect point-in-time legal validity.
[●] 2024 DIGITAL CADASTRE DEMONSTRATION: Illustrates point-in-time gazette incorporation with electronic development permitting and increased environmental penalties.
Section 14 • Development Permission & Environmental Sanctions
Comparing: 2013 Consolidation (Official) → 2024 Demonstration Model
(1) Any person who carries out development without obtaining the prior grant of development permission commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding
[- $10,000 EC -]
[+ $50,000 EC or imprisonment for a term of twelve months +].
(2) [+ In the case of electronic development applications submitted through the Sovereign Digital Portal, the Planning Authority shall communicate its decision within forty-five days of statutory gazetting. +]
(3) Nothing in this section shall prejudice the power of the Court to issue a stop order under Section 19 upon the motion of the Attorney General.
[⊟] 2013 REVISED EDITION (BASE)Cap. 8.03 Official
14. (1) Any person who carries out development without obtaining the prior grant of development permission commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000 EC.
(2) Nothing in this section shall prejudice the power of the Court to issue a stop order under Section 19 upon the motion of the Attorney General.
[⊞] 2024 DIGITAL CADASTRE REFORM (ILLUSTRATIVE DEMONSTRATION)Point-in-Time Scrubber
14. (1) Any person who carries out development without obtaining the prior grant of development permission commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding $50,000 EC or imprisonment for a term of twelve months.
(2) In the case of electronic development applications submitted through the Sovereign Digital Portal, the Planning Authority shall communicate its decision within forty-five days of statutory gazetting.
(3) Nothing in this section shall prejudice the power of the Court to issue a stop order under Section 19 upon the motion of the Attorney General.
CROSS-STATUTORY ANCHORS
Compare Section 14 with corresponding Eastern Caribbean development control enactments.