(1)Where a person has occupied and utilised or developed any land unchallenged by the registered owner of the land or agent of the registered owner for less than twelve years and therefore does not qualify to be a bona fide occupant under section 29, that person shall take all reasonable steps to seek and identify the registered owner of the land for the purpose of undertaking negotiations with that owner concerning his or her occupation of the land.

(2)Where any negotiations are entered into between the occupant and the registered owner under subsection (1) and the parties are unable, within a prescribed time, to reach agreement in the matter of the occupation of the land, either party may, in the prescribed manner, invite the mediator to assist them in their negotiations.

(3)The mediator may, upon being invited under subsection (2) and after satisfying himself or herself that there are reasonable prospects of reaching a satisfactory agreement between the parties, accept the invitation and give all reasonable assistance to the parties to reach an agreement on the occupation.

(4)Where, after a period of not less than three months, the mediator certifies that he or she is unable to assist the parties to reach an agreement under this section or the parties or any one of them declines to make use of the services of the mediator, either party may appeal to a district land tribunal and the district land tribunal may make such order as it thinks fit but if the district land tribunal determines that the occupation of land to which this section refers should come to an end, it shall give not less than one year's notice to the occupant of the land to vacate that land.