The Regional Counsel for Agriculture and Forestry shall be in charge of the drafting of a general plan concerning the interventions to be undertaken in the field of soil conservation, protection of the environmental balance in forests as well as nature preservation. The Act describes the…

The present Act provides for the restriction on removal of sand. No person shall remove or carry away from any beach or sea shore or from any land or place, whether publicly or privately owned, any sand without a permit by the Director of Public Works. Section 7 establishes the penalties to be…

The Director of Agriculture is hereby empowered to require returns to owners of any agricultural land or farmhouse in Malta. Owners of agricultural lands or farmhouse shall, in case of change of the ownership, inform the Director of Agriculture. Further are set out the penalties to be applied in…

This Act aims at preserving soil which is suitable or could be made suitable for purposes of agriculture. To this end, Section 3 lays down particular prohibitions. No person shall, inter alia: (a) transport certain quantities of fertile soil without the written permission of the Director of…

The present Regional Act lays down provisions in matter of abandoned lands, uncultivated lands and lands which are insufficiently cultivated, so as to ensure the rational exploitation of agricultural lands falling within the Emilia Romagna Region and encourage the general agricultural…

The present Provincial Act lays down provisions intended to protect the internal waters of the Autonomous Province of Bolzano. For the purpose of this Act, natural and artificial lakes comprised within the provincial territory are considered as protected basins. Such protection determines some…

This Decree Law represents the basic legal framework in matter of forestry. Since it was enacted in 1923, it must be coordinated with the Constitution, which entrusts particular legislative and administrative competences to the Regions in matter of forestry as well (art. 117). The Decree…

This Protocol has been adopted in implementation of the Alpine Convention as regards soil protection. The Protocol consists of the following Chapters: (I) General Provisions; (II) Specific Measures; (III) Research, Education and Information; (IV) Implementation, Control and Valuation; (V) Final…

In view of the fact that a good knowledge of the biochemical characteristics of soil is necessary in order to arrange and implement a sound national policy for programming the use of soil and waste water for irrigation purposes, this Decree approves the official methods to be applied in the…

By way of implementation of the Fertile Soil (Preservation) Act, these regulations concern the submission of the application for transportation of fertile soil. According to regulation 3, no person shall, except upon permission from the Director of Agriculture, deposit any fertile soil on any…

These provisions aim at implementing the Land Registration Act, particularly as regards the application for the registration of land or the issue of a certificate of title and application for registration of acquistion by prescription. Article 13 concerns appeals against the decisions of the…

The Act provides for the establishment in Malta of the Land Registry for the purposes of registration of title to land. The Act consists of sixty sections divided into the following ten Parts: (I) Preliminary; (II) Administrative provisions; (III) Registration of land; (IV) Dealings with…