Land (Annual Nominal Ground Rent) Regulations, 2011

Section 1. Title Section These Regulations may be cited as the Land (Annual Nominal Ground Rent) Regulations, 2011.

Section 2. Approved annual nominal ground rent determined by district land boards Section The annual nominal ground rent payable under section 31 of the Land Act as determined by the respective district land boards is approved as specified in Schedule 1 .

Section 3. Annual nominal ground rent determined by the Minister Section The annual nominal ground rent payable under section 31 of the Land Act for the areas where the district land board has not determined the rent payable is specified in Schedule 2 .

Section 4. Payment of annual nominal ground rent Section 4(1) The tenant by occupancy shall pay to the registered owner an annual nominal ground rent at the rate prescribed in Schedule 1 or Schedule 2 to these Regulations. Section 4(2) A registered owner who receives annual nominal ground rent from a tenant by occupancy shall issue a written receipt or acknowledgment letter indicating the name of the person paying the annual nominal ground rent, the amount of money paid and the year for which the annual nominal ground rent was paid. Section 4(3) Where the tenant by occupancy cannot find or identify the registered owner, the tenant by occupancy may apply to the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry responsible for lands or any other officer designated by the Permanent Secretary for approval to deposit the annual nominal ground rent in a prescribed bank account. Section 4(4) Subregulation (3) , shall apply where the registered owner refuses to receive the annual nominal ground rent from the tenant by occupancy. Section 4(5) The application referred to in subregulation (3) , shall be in Form 1 set out in Schedule 3 to these Regulations and shall be accompanied by the information referre...

Section 5. Opening of bank account Section The Permanent Secretary of the Ministry responsible for lands shall, with the approval of the Accountant General and in accordance with the Public Finance Management Act, open a bank account with the Bank of Uganda or any other financial institution where the tenants by occupancy approved by the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry responsible for lands may deposit the annual nominal ground rent due to a registered owner who cannot be found or who has refused to accept the payment of annual nominal ground rent. [section 5 added by section 2 of Statutory Instrument 2 of 2025 ]

Section 6. Approval to deposit annual nominal ground rent in the bank account Section 6(1) The Permanent Secretary of the Ministry responsible for lands shall, before granting approval to an applicant to deposit the annual nominal ground rent in the bank account referred to in regulation 5 , be satisfied that the applicant— Section 6(1)(a) is a tenant by occupancy as defined under section 29 of the Act; Section 6(1)(b) has a recommendation letter from the area local authorities; Section 6(1)(c) has adequate and conclusive documents relating to the land which shall be authenticated by the relevant authorities in the area where the land is located, from the village level to the district level; Section 6(1)(d) has an inspection report from the area land committee where the land is situated; and Section 6(1)(e) any other consideration as the Permanent Secretary may consider reasonable. Section 6(2) A tenant by occupancy who is approved to deposit the annual nominal ground rent in a bank account in accordance with these Regulations shall, after depositing the annual nominal ground rent, retain a copy of the deposit slip as evidence of depositing the annual nominal ground rent in the ban...

Section 7. Processing and access to nominal ground rent by registered owner Section 7(1) The Permanent Secretary in the Ministry responsible for lands shall ensure that a registered owner whose money has been deposited on the prescribed bank account by the tenant by occupancy has access to the money when he or she requests to receive the money. Section 7(2) A registered owner who may wish to access his or her money deposited in the prescribed bank account as annual nominal ground rent, shall make an application to the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry responsible for lands to access and receive the money deposited in the prescribed bank account. Section 7(3) The application referred to in subregulation (2) , shall be in Form 2 set out in Schedule 3 to these Regulations, and shall be accompanied by a copy of the certificate of title of the land to which the application relates.