Cap. 20:29 LAND (b) ColviM!ssroN No.12/2017 any expenses incurred by the person so appointed in canying out his or her audit shall be met from the funds of the Commission. PART XI GE!'-.'ERA.L 56 Rentals payable by holders of partially alienated State land (1) The Minister, after consultation with the Minister responsible for Finance, may, subject to subsection (2), charge monthly or annual rentals to be payable by holders of partially alienated State land, and in so doing may(a) fix the same rate of rental payable by all holders of partially alienated State land; (b) fix different rates of rental depending on whether the partially alienated State land is held under a permit, offer letter, ninety-nine year lease, lease with a purchase option or any other kind of lease. (2) Subject to subsection (3), the rate of any rentals refened to in subsection ( 1) shall be fixed by the Finance Act [Chapter 23 :04]. (3) The Minister may, by statutory instrument, prescribe the following in relation to the rentals payable by holders of partially alienated State land, which statutory instrument may, subject to subsection (4), take effect before the matters prescribed therein are fixed and enacted by the Finance Act [Chapter 23:04]- (a) the persons responsible for the payment, collection and remittal of the rentals; and (b) the manner in which and the times at which the rentals shall be paid, collected and remitted; and (c) the basis upon which the rentals shall be calculated; and (d) the date from which the rentals shall be collected: Provided that such date shall not be earlier than the date of publication of the statutory instmment in the Gazette; and (e) the surcharge or interest, if any, to be paid by the persons refened to in paragraph (a) for failure to pay or remit the rentals timeously. (4) If the matters prescribed in a statutory instrument made under subsection (3) are not fixed and enacted by an Act of Parliament amending the Finance Act [Chapter 23:04] within six months from the date of operation of the statutory instrument, the statutory instrument is deemed with effect from the expiry of that period to have been annulled, without, however, affecting the validity of anything done under it in the interval between the date when it came into operation and the date of its annulment 57 Minister may give policy directions to Commission, etc. (1) Subject to subsection (2), the Minister may give the Commission such general directions relating to the policy the Commission is to observe in the exercise of its functions as the Minister considers to be necessary in the national interest (2) Before giving the Commission a direction in tetms of subsection (1), the Minister shall inform the Commission, in writing, of the proposed direction and the Commission shall, within thirty days or such fmther period as the Minister may allow, submit to the Minister, in writing, its views on the proposal. 239