This Notice of the President of South Africa, made pursuant to section 235(8) of the Constitution, assigns the administration of the Mountain Catchment Areas Act, excluding certain functions that fall outside the functional areas specified in Schedule 6 to the Constitution, to a competent authority, to be designated by the Premier of the province concerned, within the jurisdiction of the government of a province mentioned in section 124 of the Constitution. The Notice defines the extend of the assignment (the whole Act except section 8(2) and amend the Act as specified in the Schedule.

These Regulations, made by the Minister of Forestry under section 13 of the Mountain Catchment Areas Act, implements provisions of that Act in respect of: the constitution and composition of Fire Protection Committees; the election of members of advisory committees for Mountain Catchment Areas; applications for financial aid; declaration of private land as Mountain Catchment Area and relative procedures; directions to owners of land in a Mountain Catchment Area; and applications for compensation of patrimonial loss.

Implements: Mountain Catchment Areas Act. (1996)

La presente Ley modifica el Texto Refundido de las Leyes de Ordenación del Territorio de Canarias y de Espacios Naturales de Canarias, en aspectos relacionados con el régimen jurídico a aplicar a las instalaciones, construcciones y edificaciones, así como a los usos ya existentes.

Enmienda: Decreto Legislativo Nº 1/2000 - Texto Refundido de las Leyes de Ordenación del Territorio de Canarias y de Espacios Naturales de Canarias. (2000-05-08)

This Regional Law establishes legal and economic grounds for state regulation of fertility of agricultural land with the consideration of conservation, reproduction and rational management of agricultural land by owners, tenants and lease holders. State of fertility of agricultural land shall be subject to registration in order to give a complete overview agro-ecological monitoring and qualitative and quantitative changes of the state of agricultural land. Soil fertility of agricultural land shall be ensured through agrochemical servicing.

This Regional Law establishes legal grounds for land reclamation activity with the consideration of natural and climatic conditions, and also rights and duties of natural and legal persons ensuring efficient tenure and protection of reclaimed land. The scope of land reclamation shall be to ensure improvement of soil fertility and creation of condition for involvement agricultural production of unused and low-productive land. Land reclamation shall be classified as follows: (a) hydrotechnical amelioration; (b) agro-forestry; (c) land clearing; and (d) chemical amelioration.

These Regulations amend the Landfill Tax Regulations 1996 in regulation 31(3) concerning the maximum credit a landfill site operator may claim against annual landfill tax liability, in respect of qualifying contributions made. They also update a reference to section 72 of the Charities Act 1993.

Amends: Landfill Tax Regulations 1996 (S.I. No. 1527 of 1996). (1996-06-12)

This Order, made under section 9(1) of the Town and Country Planning Act, provides that development of any class specified in the Schedule to this Order shall be permitted and may be undertaken without the permission of the Minister upon land to which this Order applies, provided that the permission in respect of any such class of development shall be subject to any condition or limitation imposed in the Schedule in relation to that class.

El presente Decreto, que reglamenta la Ley de protección a los ocupantes de zonas clasificadas como especiales, tiene por objeto establecer el procedimiento en el caso de que se presente alguna de las situaciones de excepción que prevé el artículo 3° de la Ley, en las cuales el Ministro de Ambiente, Energía y Telecomunicaciones podrá levantar la moratoria prevista cuando se trate de terrenos comprendidos dentro del Patrimonio Natural del Estado bajo su administración.

Implementa: Ley Nº 9073 - Ley de protección a los ocupantes de zonas clasificadas como especiales. (2012-09-19)

Article 1 of this Decree determines the cases in which a soil conservation plan must be elaborated. General requisites of content of the plans are laid down in Annex 1, while detailed and technical requisites are determined in Annex 2. In certain cases a simplified plan may be presented in conformity with Annex 3 to this Decree. According to Article 4 pedological characteristics contained in plans shall be registered by the soil conservation authority in the pedological database.

The Regulation sets guidelines on governmental financial subsidy (max. 50%) granted for the planning of rural development located by shorelines, with the requirement of completing works before April 2017. At completion of the planning, the financial subsidy beneficiaries (cooperatives, counties or municipalities) shall prepare and submit a final report on methods and results obtained to the National Housing Board with copy to the Environmental Protection Agency. Decisions under this Regulation shall be without appeals.

La presente Ley de protección y uso sostenible del litoral, precisa el concepto de dominio público marítimo-terrestre, tanto en lo que se refiere a la zona marítimo-terrestre como a las playas. La ley establece que la zona marítimo-terrestre se fijará hasta donde alcancen las olas en los mayores temporales conocidos a partir de los criterios técnicos que se establezcan, añadiendo mayor certeza, seguridad y uniformidad en los deslindes.

The scope of this Regional Law shall be to ensure reproduction of agricultural land fertility through biologization of arable farming by land owners, land tenants, including lease holders. Owners, tenants and lease holders of agricultural land shall have the following rights: (a) carry out phytoagrotechnical, phytosanitary, land reclamation and anti-erosion arrangements; and (b) have access to information related to soil fertility managed by state bodies.