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Law on economic development (Economic Development Act).

Legislation
Switzerland
Europe
Western Europe

The present Law promotes the sustainable growth of the national economy, and in particular, the responsible land use planning and redevelopment of certain areas in the Canton Aargau. The text - consisting of 11 articles – deals with the following aspects: purpose, objectives, sustainable location development, administrative proceedings, location marketing, enforcement, cooperation with third parties, publication and entry into force.

Law No. 271-VI amending Law of Ukraine “Law No. 963-IV on state control over land tenure and protection of land”.

Legislation
Ukraine
Eastern Europe
Europe

According to amendments to Article 1 it shall be established that: (a) the border of a land plot shall be a conventional closed broken line that shall demarcate land plots; (b) a boundary-mark shall be a special sign of the established pattern that shall register the location of turning points of the borders of a land plot in kind (at site); and (c) unauthorized occupation of a land plot shall be any actions that testify to the actual utilization of a land plot in the absence of the relevant decision of the relevant body of executive power or the relevant body of local government on the tra

Large Scale Land Acquisitions for Investment in Kenya

Journal Articles & Books
Reports & Research
November, 2016
Kenya

Land acquisitions, either driven by foreign investments or domestic investment needs have continued to polarize opinions. When this research was proposed, it was premised on arguments by scholars Ruth Meinzen-Dick and Helen Markelova, who had analysed agricultural land deals, and argued that there were potentially two schools of thought about foreign acquisitions over agricultural land.

AN EVALUATION OF THE CADASTRAL SYSTEM IN KENYA AND A STRATEGY FOR ITS MODERNIZATION

Reports & Research
July, 2013
Kenya

The Cadastral system in Kenya was established in 1903 to support land alienation for the white settlers who had come into the country in the early part of the 20th Century. In the last hundred years, the system has remained more or less the same, where land records are kept in paper format and majority of operations are carried out on a manual basis. The lack of a modern cadastral system has contributed to problems in land administration in the country.

THE MISSING MIDDLE:

Policy Papers & Briefs
March, 2017
Southern Africa

This learning brief suggests that one of the factors limiting the ability of the country to make good on its constitutional obligations relating to land reform is that we, as a country, have a missing middle – smallholder plots – when it comes to land reform.

Implementation and Outcomes of Restrictions on Agricultural Land Subdivision: An Investigation of Article 30 of the 2013 Land Law

Reports & Research
June, 2016
Africa

Focuses on Article 30 of the Rwanda 2013 Land Law, which prohibits sub-division. Finds that implementation of Article 30 has not prevented land subdivisions, but rather encouraged informal subdivisions and transfers. Recommends that the provision should be reviewed.

Inland Port Special Planning Area Regulation (Man. Reg. 48/2016).

Regulations
March, 2016
Canada

The present Regulation is made under the Planning Act. In particular, the Regulation lays down provisions relating to the Inland Port Special Planning Area. The text consists of 4 sections and 2 Schedules as follows: Inland Port Special Planning Area Development Plan By-Law (1); Inland Port Special Planning Area Zoning By-Law (2).

Implements: Planning Act (C.C.S.M. c. P80). (2015)

Town and Country Planning (Kingston and Saint Andrew and the Pedro Cays) Provisional Development Order, 2017 (S.I. No. 55 of 2017).

Regulations
May, 2017
Jamaica

This Order, made under section 5 of the Town and Country Planning Act, provides for a wide variety of matters regarding the administration and development of the areas of the Parishes of Kingston and Saint Andrew and the Pedro Cays as described in the First Schedule.

Land Regulations, 2017 (S.I. No. 280 of 2017).

Regulations
November, 2017
Kenya

These Regulations implement provisions of the Land Act, 2012, with respect to a variety of matters including administration of public land and private land, conversion of freehold or leasehold tenure, compulsory acquisition, settlement programmes, easements and analogous rights, and evictions from unlawfully occupied public land.The National Land Commission shall keep and maintain a data base of all public land and an inventory of land based natural resources.

Land Registration (General) Regulations, 2017 (S.I. No. 278 of 2017).

Regulations
December, 2017
Kenya

These Regulations of the Cabinet Secretary implement provisions of the Land Registration Act in respect of the organization and administration of land registries, the procedures for the registration of land, and related matters. The land register referred to under section 7 of the Act shall contain (a) the property section; (b) the proprietorship section; and (c) the encumbrance section. The Regulations set out the content of each section and also of the proprietorship section of a register that pertains to community land.