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FAO Legal Office
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FAOLEX

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The FAO Legal Office provides in-house counsel in accordance with the Basic Texts of the Organization, gives legal advisory services to FAO members, assists in the formulation of treaties on food and agriculture, for which the Director-General acts as Depositary, publishes legal studies and maintains a database (FAOLEX) of national legislation and international agreements concerning food and agriculture (including fisheries, forestry and water).

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Land Utilization Act.

Legislation
Belize
Americas
Central America

The Ordinance consists of 19 articles that are divided into three Parts: Preliminary (I); Subdivision (II) and Utilization (III). No person may subdivide any land to which this Act applies except in accordance with the provisions contained in the Act. Part III empowers the Minister to make regulations for the better utilization of land regarding, inter alia, the prohibition of land clearing within demarcated catchment areas, measures to prevent soil erosion, restrictions on construction and the demarcation of special development areas.

Land Code of the Azerbaijan Republic, 1991.

Legislation
Azerbaijan
Western Asia
Asia

The Land Code (115 articles) is divided into 16 sections: General Provisions (1), Rights and obligations of proprietors (2), Farmland (3), Landownership, landholding and land use (4), Land of settlements (5), Land for industry, transportation, communication and other purposes (6), Land in sub-urban and green zones (7), Land of forest, water bodies and the land reserve (8), Damages (9), Land protection (10), Monitoring the use and protection of land (11), State land records (12), Land management (13), Settlement of disputes (14), Accountability (15) and International treaties (16).The Code o

Town and Country (Declaration of Planning Areas) Order, 1980 (Chapter 32:09).

Regulations
Botswana
Southern Africa
Africa

The Order, which contains 4 articles and a Schedule, declares the areas specified in the Schedule as planning areas for the purposes of the principal Act. The Order also prescribes some procedural requirements for the application for a development permission.

Implements: Town and Country Planning Act (Chapter 32:09). (2008-12-31)

Town and Country Planning (General Development) Order, 1980 (Chapter 32:09).

Regulations
Botswana
Southern Africa
Africa

The Order (22 articles, 2 Schedules) regulates the application and granting of planning permissions. Planning permission means the permission required under Part IV of the principal Act for any development of land carried out in a planning area. The two Schedules contain the classification of developments (first) and fees (second).

Implements: Town and Country Planning Act (Chapter 32:09). (2008-12-31)
Repealed by: Town and Country Planning (General Development) Order, 2014 (S.I. No. 51 of 2014). (2014-04-22)