This Regional Law shall regulate the following aspects of land relations: (a) land as natural object and natural resource; (b) land plots; and (c) parts of land plots. Land plots shall be classified as divisible and indivisible. In case of land transactions and in case of land division shall be prohibited apportionment of land area of less than 300 square metres for individual housing construction and less than 500 square metres for subsidiary small-holding (farming).

This Law regulates relations concerning ownership and tenancy of land, and determines terms and conditions for allocation of plots of agricultural land pertaining to state and municipal property, and also the modalities of expropriation of thereof in regional and municipal ownership. Agricultural land shall be used exclusively for agricultural production, planting of protection belts, scientific research and educational purpose related to agriculture.

Article 2 shall be amended to add the following wording: “Minimum land area of newly consolidated land plot of agricultural land parcelled from shared ownership shall be equal to land share on account of which the aforesaid land plot is parcelled”.

Amends: Regional Law No. 170 “On turnover and land-use planning of agricultural land”. (2012)

This Regional Law establishes the particulars of turnover and land-use planning of agricultural land. Minimum consolidated agricultural land area resulting from privatization shall be 60 ha. Maximum agricultural land area that can be owned by a single natural or legal person shall not exceed 50 percent of the whole available agricultural land area within a municipal district. Regional administration, represented by the authorized executive body shall have preferential right of purchase of a plot of agricultural land at commercial value except for public auction sale.

This Order establishes that protection area shall be established with a view of protection of unique nature complexes and ecosystems of the protected area against unfavourable anthropogenic impact, conservation of old-age forests and biological diversity. Forest plots within the boundaries of protection area shall not be expropriated from landowners, land tenants, and servitude holders.

This Ministerial Decree establishes the rules for state registration of rights and encumbrances to immovable property and transactions therewith. The following rights and encumbrances shall be subject to mandatory state registration: (a) ownership; (b) tenancy; (c) mortgage and encumbrances originating therefrom; (d) lease and sub-lease for the period of three years and over; (e) servitude; (f) use restrictions; (g) court decisions; (h) nature management activities listed by the Government; and (i) open-ended land tenure.

The present Rules are made under the Responsible Energy Development Act. In particular, the Rules establish that private surface agreements between landowners and energy companies operating on their property can now be registered with the Alberta Energy Regulator’s new Private Surface Agreements Registry (PSAR). Created as part of the Alberta Energy Regulator’s mandate to oversee energy development in the province. The Rules allow landowners to request the Regulator’s intervention, if they feel a company is not meeting a term or condition of a registered agreement.

This Regional Law regulates the issues of land tenure and protection of land, land-related property and ownership relations, management and disposal of land. Objects of land relations shall be as follows: (a) land as natural object and natural resource; (b) land plots; and (c) land shares and part of land plots. Regional land shall be classified in the following categories: (a) agricultural land; (b) urban land; (c) industrial, energy, transport and defence land; (d) protected areas; (e) forestland; (f) land or waterbodies; and (g) reserve land.

This Regional Law regulates the issues of allocation free of charge in ownership to legal persons of plots of land pertaining to state or municipal property. It shall be applicable to plots of land with non-delimited plenary powers and jurisdiction that can be disposed of by local government and also to plots of land pertaining to municipal property. The aforesaid plots of land can be allocated for collective housing construction.

This Regional Law establishes the particulars of turnover of agricultural land. It shall be applicable to agricultural land plots and land share in common property. It shall not be applicable plots of agricultural land allocated to citizens for subsidiary smallholding, horticulture, gardening and cattle breeding. Minimum land area of agricultural land required for agricultural production shall be 1 hectare.

This Regional Law regulates relations concerning tenure and conservation of land. Natural and legal persons shall have equal access to purchase in ownership of the plots of land. Local government shall have municipal property related to the following categories of land: (a) recognized as municipal land by federal and regional legislation; (b) right to which originates from delimitation of public property to land; (c) land purchased in accordance with civil legislation; and (d) land transferred free of charge out of federal property.

These Regulations, made by the Minister of Land and Land Development under Sections 155 and 156 of the Land Development Ordinance, as amended by Act No. 16 of 1969, Act No. 21 of 1981, Act No. 22 of 1993, Act No. 9 of 1995 and Act No. 20 of 1996.