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Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2006 (W.S.I. No. 3316 (W.301) of 2006).

Regulations
United Kingdom
Europe
Northern Europe

These Regulations amend the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Regulations 1990 in relation to Wales by inserting a new regulation 3B that makes provision in respect of the requirement for access statements to accompany applications for listed building consent. The new provision is in consequence of section 42 of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004, which inserted the "access statements" requirement into the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990.

Local Government: Municipal Property Rates Act, 2004 (No. 6 of 2004).

Legislation
South Africa
Southern Africa
Africa

This Act concerns the imposition of a municipal rate on (rights in) immovable property and public service infrastructure envisaged in section 229(1)(a) of the Constitution. The Act makes provision for exemptions, rebates and reductions on properties used for agricultural purposes, and defines criteria for this purpose. Municipalities may set differential rates for various properties including land used for agriculture and protected areas in the sense of the National Environmental Management: Protected Areas Act, 2003.

Governmental Decree No. 677 validating the Regulation on management of land of state natural parks.

Regulations
Russia
Kyrgyzstan
Asia
Central Asia

This Governmental Decree classifies areas of state natural parks in three categories: (a) protected; (b) ecologically stabilizing; (c) tourist and recreational; and (d) area of limited economic activity. Any activity causing deterioration and exhaustion of natural resources and objects and also violating different protection regimes shall be prohibited on the territory of state natural parks.

Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2008 (S.I. No. 551 of 2008).

Regulations
United Kingdom
Europe
Northern Europe

This Order amends the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Regulations 1990 in provisions regarding applications made to local planning authorities for listed building consent or conservation area consent and requires certificates issued under regulation 6 to be in the form published by the Secretary of State. The Order makes also consequential and transitional amendments to the principal Order.

Amends: Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Regulations 1990 (S.I. No. 1519 of 1990). (1990-07-20)

Foreshore and Seabed Endowment Revesting Act (No. 103 of 1991).

Legislation
New Zealand
Oceania

The principal aim of this Act is to revoke certain endowments of foreshore and seabed so as to revest them in the Crown. In particular, it applies to land formerly, and at the date of commencement of this Act, alienated from the Crown and vested in Harbour Boards or local authorities as well as land that has been reclaimed from the sea unlawfully (sect. 4). The "foreshore" is defined as such parts of the bed, shore, or banks of the sea or river as are covered and uncovered by the flow and ebb of the tide at mean spring tides.

Regional Law No. 1770-OD “On service land allotment”.

Legislation
Russia
Eastern Europe
Europe

This Regional Law establishes categories of workers that shall be granted the right of land allotment for the length of service. The aforesaid land shall be isolated form land stock pertaining to forest management organizations, hunting management organizations, state nature reserves and national parks and shall be allotted to the staff of the aforesaid organizations for length of service as free of charge land tenure for a limited period of time. Land area of the allotted land parcels shall comply with minimum and maximum regional rates of land allotment.

Regional Law No. 564 “On regional protected areas”.

Legislation
Russia
Eastern Europe
Europe

This Regional Law regulates some issues in the sphere of organization, protection and management of protected areas. Regional protected areas shall be classified as follows: (a) natural parks; (b) state nature reserves: (c) nature monuments; and (d) dendrological parks and botanical gardens. The following protected areas shall be set up on the regional territory: (a) scientific research permanent establishments; and (b) landscape natural parks. Special protection zone shall be set up around protected areas with a view of prevention of negative anthropogenic impact.

Act No. 63 of 1970: Nature Conservation Act.

Legislation
Norway
Europe
Northern Europe

This Act makes provision for the protection of nature by: (1) prescribing a valuation of major works, construction and other activity which will entail substantial change to the landscape or substantial damage to the natural environment before such work is begun by the appropriate authorities (Chap. I); (2) providing for the establishment of national parks, nature reserves and natural monuments (Chap. II); (c) providing for the protection of fauna and flora (Chap.

National Parks and Protected Areas (Amendment) Act, 2015 (No. 1 of 2015).

Legislation
Dominica
Caribbean
Americas

This Act amends the National Parks and Protected Areas Act, 1975 in section designated national parks (listed in the Schedule to the principal Order) and on powers of the President to amend the Schedule for purposes of designating national parks or altering its boundaries or description. Leases to the State of lands included in a park shall be excluded from the park upon expiry of the lease.

Amends: National Parks and Protected Areas Act, 1975. (1990)

Planning (Avian Influenza) (Special Development) Order (Northern Ireland) 2008 (S.R. No. 235 of 2008).

Regulations
United Kingdom
Europe
Northern Europe

This Order grants planning permission in respect of certain development which is necessary for the purposes of housing poultry and other captive birds to protect them from avian influenza. The Order applies to land within a controlled zone, H5N1 controlled zone, wild bird control area or wild bird monitoring area declared by the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development and to any identified premises. Where this Order applies, no specific application for planning permission is needed for the development permitted by this Order.

Environmental Management: Integrated Coastal Management Amendment Act, 2014 (No. 36 of 2014).

Legislation
South Africa
Southern Africa
Africa

This Act amends the Integrated Coastal Management Act, 2008 with respect to a wide variety of matters including composition coastal public property, access fees, purposes for which coastal public property is established, reclamation of land by public authorities for state infrastructure and other purposes, the declaration of state-owned land as coastal public property, establishment of coastal management lines for protection purposes, award of coastal use permits on coastal public property and unlawful structures on coastal public property.

An Act to restrict the leases of public agricultural land to the resident citizens of the CNMI and of the U.S., and to similarly restrict the use of publicly owned marine and wetlands areas that come under agricultural, aquacultural, or maricultural de...

Legislation
Northern Mariana Islands
Oceania

This Act restricts the use of public lands set aside for agricultural purposes to citizens of the Northern Mariana Islands and US nationals so as to prevent large-scale commercial exploitation of such lands which are scarce.Such lands as are leased or its use is permitted in accordance with the provisions of this Act and shall be developed in accordance with their most appropriate use or uses, i.e. either agricultural, aquacultural, maricultural, or animal husbandry.