17Settlement grants

17 Settlement grants

(1)  *[Section 17 Subsection (1) amended by No. 19 of 1980, s. 171 and Sched. 1 ]*As soon as practicable after the Board's allotment in accordance with section fifteen the Board shall by memorandum of grant in accordance with the form in Schedule 1 registered under the Land Titles Act 1980 grant the holding to the tenant his heirs and assigns to hold of the Board for ever –

(a) at the rent specified in the notice of allotment with such addition (if any) as is provided in section nineteen ;

(b) upon the conditions in this Act provided; and

(c) any special conditions specified in the notice of allotment.

(2)  No tenant shall be entitled to such a grant while he is failing to perform any conditions of his tenancy or if he has been ejected for such a failure.

(3)  If before the registration of such a grant the tenant has entered under section fifteen , the grant shall for the purpose of all times under it, including those for payment of rent and other moneys, relate back to the date of entry, a mention of which shall be made in the memorandum of grant.

(4)  For the purposes of subsection (3) of this section, where the tenant has entered as provided in section sixteen that entry shall be deemed entry under section fifteen .