These Rules, made under section 11 of the Commonage Act, concern commoners in the Tarpum Bay district. The Rules: allow a commoner to take up abandoned land of another commoner for cultivation; set limits for the proximity of cultivation on land bordering land of another commoner; provide rules for the setting fire to fields and provide for arbitration in case of damage; place restrictions on the sale of land by commoners; require a commoner not to fell more land than he or she is able to cultivate within a year; and secure free access to water resources by commoners.

These Regulations implement the Soil and Land Conservation Act 1945 by providing forms to obtain authority cards as referred to in section 21(1) of the Act; procedure to notify the Commissioner of the intention to drain or pump water; and, subject to section 25A(8) of the Act, the procedure to be followed before recommending that a service charge be imposed, including public meeting to be held, procedures to be followed and information to be presented; etc.

Implements: Soil and Land Conservation Act, 1945. (1999-06-12)

This Decree-Law, consisting of 7 Chapters, approves the National Regulation for Land and Urban Planning (RNOTPU). it specifies the basic legislation for territorial planning and its management, as established by Legislative Decree No. 1/2006. The Decree-Law, defines the instruments to regulate territorial: management development, planning, sectoral policy and regarding special nature, such as land planning of: protected areas, touristic areas, coastal zone management and hydrographic basins. It is divided as follows: General provisions (Chap. I); Instument for territorial management (Chap.

This Circular sets out requirements and procedures for submitting registration dossiers for the mortgage of land use rights and land-attached assets.

This Regional Law regulates some issues related to turnover of agricultural land, shares in common property of agricultural land, and envisages the cases of participation of municipal units in the aforesaid sphere. Privatization of agricultural land shall be effective from the date of entry into force of this Regional Law (art. 2). Minimum land area for artificially irrigated agricultural land or drained land shall be equal to field area having a separate land reclamation system but no less than 30 ha.

This Regional Law establishes maximum land parcel area destined for individual farming that can be owned or exercise other rights of use by citizens carrying out individual farming which totals 2 ha.

This Regulation provides procedures for making effective use of state land from abandoned land (TCUN).The Regulation provides for: the availability of TCUN; certainty that the land is not in a physical or judicial dispute; the safeguard of TCUN so as to protect and prevent it from being occupied, cultivated and controlled by new cultivators; the appropriation of control, ownership and use of TCUN; TCUN database; supervision and control of the effective use of TCUN; etc.

This Act provides rules for the registration of rights in land in the Seychelles. There shall be a Land Registry and an (appointed) Land Registrar. The Act also concerns the effect of registration, conversion of qualified title into absolute title, co-ownership and partition of land, registration of rights held by foreigners and the form of transfer of various rights in lands. The provisions of this Act shall apply to usufructuary interests in the same manner as they apply to leases.

This Regional Law regulates the issues related to formation, protection, keeping, functioning and suppression of protected areas, organization and reservation thereof. It classifies protected areas as follows: (a) natural parks; (b) state nature reserves; (c) nature monuments; (d) dendrological parks and botanical gardens; and (e) healthcare resorts, spas and recreational areas.

The Act provides that all deeds, conveyances, wills and instruments in writing whereby any land or interest in or affecting land other than land registered in accordance with the Registered Land Act, may be affected shall subject to compulsory registration in the Deeds Registry Office. The Minister may exempt certain leases from this requirement.

This Law, consisting of 5 chapters, divided in 71 articles, regulates the general principles on land, territorial and urban planning. In particular, the Law rules on: land and territorial planning, land classification, and registration procedures. Moreover, the Law indicates the competent authorities and their related functions. The Law is divided as follows: General provisions (Chap I); Territorial planning structural tools (Chap II); Composition of territorial competent authorities (Chap III); Territorial plan regime (Chap IV); Final provisions (Chap V).

This Decree approves the General Regulation for Land Concession. This Regulation, consisting of 10 Chapters, specifies the general basis of the legal regime defined by Law No. 9/04. It establishes the legal framework for the concession of free lands within the Republic of Angola. It does not apply for private property lands, which will be regulated by the Civil Code. This Regulation aims at: defining the process of concession, recognition, transmission, usufruct and the end of rights on such lands.