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.

The Act empowers the planning authorities to prepare development plans in order to ensure sustainable development of land. This Act shall apply to any area designated by the Minister by Notice in the Gazette. The Act establishes the Town and Country Planning Board. The Planning Authority shall prepare a development plan in respect of any area to which this Act applies. Permission of the Minister shall be required group of land or building uses which may be prescribed by Order of the Minister.

This Order specifies permitted development, requires a planning permission to be obtained for certain development and provides with respect to other matters related to development control. Any planning permission granted shall run with the land. The permission granted by the Planning Authority shall be subject to the standard conditions contained in Part II of the First Schedule. Planning permission may also be granted by a local council if authority has been delegated to such council.

This Law, consisting of 23 articles, establishes the legal regime for the on selling, legitimacy of occupation and concession of right of use for rural public lands and occupied territories belonging to the Federal District and to the Rural Estate Company of Brasília TERRACAP. It specifies that the Federal District and TERRACAP are authorized to the above mentioned activities related to rural public lands, which will be harmonised, according to the National Plan of the Agrarian Reform and to the Agricultural Policy, as established by the Federal Constitution.

The Act provides with respect to the granting of loans for the cultivation and management of land. No person who is owner of lands of a gross agricultural value exceeding two thousand five hundred dollars shall be eligible for a loan by the Government under this Act, provided that the Minister may from time to time increase the limit to any amount not exceeding five thousand dollars.

Mediante esta Ley se crea el Fondo para el Desarrollo Agropecuario, cuyas finalidades serán la de promover y ejecutar acciones que dinamicen la actividad privada en el sector agropecuario favoreciendo el aumento de la productividad, el aseguramiento de la sustentabilidad y la valorización de sus productos, garantizando el acceso equilibrado de todos los actores del sector a los recursos, servicios y oportunidades generadas.

This Regional Law establishes that Regional Legislative Assembly shall have the following competence in the sphere of veterinary: (a) legislative regulation in the sphere of land-use planning related to agricultural land; and (b) law enforcement. The Governor shall appoint authorized regional state institution in the sphere of land-use planning related to agricultural land.

This Regional Law regulates the issues of state support of agricultural land fertility. Owners and tenants of agricultural land parcels shall have the right: (a) to carry out agrotechnical, agrochemical, land reclamation and antierosion conservancy arrangements for land improvement; and (b) to obtain from state bodies information related to the state of soil fertility.

La presente Resolución crea el Comité de Conciliación del Fondo Nacional de Vivienda, como instancia administrativa que actúa como sede de estudio, análisis y formulación de políticas sobre prevención del daño antijurídico y defensa de los intereses de la Entidad.

The Parliament establishes that until 30 April 2014 purchase of agricultural and forest land by foreigners shall be prohibited and purchase and sale contract related to purchase of agricultural and forest land by foreigners shall not be concluded.

This Act amends the Local Government Act in provisions concerning, among other things, a notice of proposal to alter municipal boundaries, municipal councils, joint committees, procedures of councils, finance, rating of (agricultural) land, general powers and duties of councils, private drainage and regulation-making powers of councils.

Amends: Local Government Act (Cap. 125). (1983)

These Regulations amend the Planning and Development Regulations 2001 in provisions relation to, among other things, environmental impact assessment for peat extraction so as to facilitate consideration of the need for the assessment of projects which are likely to have significant effects on the environment according to the criteria set out in Schedule 7 of the Regulations.