Article 1 shall be amended to add the following wording: “This Regional law establishes that maximum land parcels of public and municipal land that can be allotted to citizens for subsistence farming on condition of ownership or other types of land tenure shall be 2, 5 ha and on urban land for horticulture 0,5 ha”.

Amends: Regional Law No. 147-ZS “On minimum and maximum land parcels of public and municipal land that can be allotted to citizens for gardening and horticulture”. (2006-12-29)

This Regional Law establishes maximum total land area that can be owned or belong in any other form to citizens carrying out subsistence farming. Maximum land area of agricultural land cannot exceed 2 ha per each subsistence farm. In case of excess of the aforesaid limit the exceeding land area must be expropriated within one year from the date of origin of the aforesaid rights or within the same time period the citizen must be registered as individual entrepreneur in the form of peasant farm.

This Regional Law establishes minimum and maximum land areas out of stock of public and municipal land allotted to citizens in ownership. Land parcels shall be allotted to citizens for peasant farming, subsistence farming. individual housing construction, gardening, horticulture and stockbreeding. Decision on allotment of land parcels shall be made by the Regional Administration and local government within their competence. Maximum land areas of land plots allotted to citizens free of charge shall be established in accordance with legislative acts validated by the local government.

Article 2 of the above/mentioned Act establishes that the lessor shall notify the conclusion of a lease contract without delay to to competent authority, as well as of any modification of such a contract.

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).

The present Act introduces some amendments to the Farm Lands Ownership Act. In particular, it amends section 6 by striking out "vice-chairman" substitutin it with "vice-chair". Furthermore, it amends section 13 dealing with protection from liability.

Amends: Farm Lands Ownership Act (C.C.S.M. c. F.35). (2015)

This Act continues to make provision with respect to the registration, use and tenure of common land, the management and control of agricultural activities, vegetation, the exercise of rights of common on common land and related matters.The commons registration authorities shall continue to keep registers of common land and town or village greens and may deregister common land and make other amendments in respect of the register as provided for in this Act.The appropriate national authority shall have the powers to establish commons councils with functions related to the management of agric

This Regional Law establishes the right of citizens, pertaining to the categories envisaged by this Regional Law, to allotment free of charge of the plots of land out of stock of public and municipal land. Allotment of land to RF citizens with permanent residence on the regional territory shall be carried once-only for the following types of land tenure: (a) individual housing construction; (b) gardening; (c) horticulture; and (d) private subsidiary farming.

This Regional Law establishes legal grounds for performance of subsidiary smallholding by citizens (natural persons) and state support thereto by state bodies and local government in the form of financial assistance for production of agricultural commodities and preferential taxation. Either urban land or agricultural land in the countryside, allotted to citizens or purchased thereby, can be used for subsidiary smallholding. Subsidiary smallholding shall include farming, gardening, horticulture and stockbreeding.

This Regional Law establishes maximum and minimum areas of land plots authorized for allotment in ownership to citizens out of stock of land pertaining to state or municipal property for farming, gardening, horticulture, stockbreeding and housing construction in rural areas. Maximum areas of land plots shall be authorized for allotment once-only free of charge in ownership to some categories of citizens that have the right to such allotment in accordance with the list of categories of citizens established by federal and regional legislation.

This Law provides for the protection of the quality of agricultural land, i.e. land used for horticulture, fruit growing, seed growing, dairy farming, the breeding and keeping of livestock, and grazing land, meadow land, market gardens and nursery grounds.

This Regional Law establishes that total land area for subsistence farming that can be owned or be allotted on other conditions shall be 17 ha for each subsistence farm.