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Displaying 15161 - 15165 of 15550Land Boundaries Act, 1980.
The Act provides for powers of land surveyors to carry out land survey of boundaries of estates and for procedures of such survey, the review of surveys and the inclusion of surveys in survey plans. Notice of land survey shall be given 7 days prior to survey and shall be in the form as set out in the First Schedule. A warrant of land survey shall be issued in a prescribed form by a judge if survey is carried out to establish boundaries of adjoining lands in order to resolve a land dispute (sect. 6).
Mines and Minerals (Environmental) Regulations, 1997 (Cap. 213).
These Regulations make provision for matters regarding the environment in relation with mining operations.
Law on Amendments to the Republic of Latvia 9 July 1992, Law "On Land Privitization in Rural Regions".
These newly introduced provisions deal with land utilization in relation with the concurrence of rights of former landowners, their possible heirs and present land users in circumstances as described in this Law. The provisions of this Law refer to Law No. 49 of 21 November 1990 "On Land Reform in the Republic of Latvia Rural Regions".
Law with respect to Land Reform in the Republic of Latvia's Rural Areas.
The Act creates the legal framework for the assignment of land to private citizens, for the protection of rights of land users and landowners, and for the use and protection of farmland and other natural resources.The 27 paragraphs of the Act are divided into 4 Parts: Overall Rules (1); Submitting requests for land allotments and their examination (2); Land use tasks (3); Overall regulations on the renewal of landownership rights or delivering land into the possesion of citizens (4). Land reform includes all rural land in the Republic and its users (par. 3).
Resolution concerning agricultural land. Unofficial title ( No. 211 of 1991).
The agricultural lands owned by the State, burdened with the right of "disposal" of persons who personally or through others cultivated it, according to the "agricultural density" decided for them, shall be considered as owned by the state without compensation and shall be registered in the name of the Ministry of Finance as a pure property and the Ministry of Agriculture shall dispose of such lands in accordance with Laws and Resolutions in force (comma A of par. 1).