This Regional Law establishes the particulars of turnover of agricultural land the beginning of privatization of public and municipal land from 1 March 2005. Minimum dimension of consolidated newly formed land parcel shall be 200 ha. Minimum dimension of land parcels for private farming (horticulture) shall be 2 ha, and minimum dimension of land parcels for other purposes shall be 50 ha (art. 6). Unused or used non-purposefully land parcels shall be subject to compulsory expropriation (art. 8).

This Regional Law establishes the modalities of allotment of public agricultural land to citizens for haymaking and grazing. It establishes dimensions of agricultural land parcels depending upon agricultural animal species owned by the citizens. If a citizens does not have agricultural animals then maximum dimension of agricultural land parcel allotted for haymaking shall be 0,15 ha and agricultural land parcels cannot be allotted thereto.

This Act provides that an original grantee and his or hers heirs and assigns who hold land in Seychelles under a deed of concession granted by the Crown before this Act shall be deemed to hold such land in full legal ownership as if under such deed of concession and said full legal ownership of the land had been transferred by the Republic for valuable consideration without any of terms and conditions. This rule shall also apply to and to any person deriving title from such original grantee or his heirs or original assigns.

This Regional Law establishes that land parcels pertaining to regional or municipal property can be expropriated for public or municipal needs for the following purposes: (a) housing construction; (b) creation of new or expansion of existing protected areas; and (c) realization of regional target-oriented programs.

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 for the grant by the Government of perpetual leases, i.e. leases of State land granted for the purposes of land settlement, which shall endure in perpetuity unless they lapse or are terminated or surrendered. Perpetual leases of State land may be granted for purposes of land settlement and shall be subject to terms and conditions stated in them and in provisions of this Act. Transfer, mortgage, etc. of a lease shall be subject to permission of the Government.

This Presidential Decree, consisting of 2 Chapters, regulates spatial planning for public lands within the coastal area of the Province of Luanda transferring them to the private sector, according to Law No. 9/98. In particular, it regulates the public coastal lands and public territories within the maritime areas destined to the settlement of infrastructures and support equipments, not only limited for beach facilities, but also for the entire marine coastal zones within the Province of Luanda.

These Regulations amend the State Lands Act in the Second Schedule in with regard to a reduction of rent for eco-tourism projects in inland areas and some other matters.

Amends: State Lands Act. (2016)

This Presidential Decree approves the mid-term Development Plan 2009-2013 for the Province of Huíla (in the Annex). The above mentioned Plan specifies the projects prescribed by the General Budget of 2012 under the Development Programme of this Province. Moreover, this Plan establishes priority projects to be assessed and eventually implemented and treated in coordination with the executive central services.

Article 1 of the above-mentioned Ordinance establishes that when the costs of correction or obstruction of public waters are not covered by subsidies of the Federation, Canton or municipalities, the land owners have to make contribution as set out in the present Ordinance. The text consists of 31 articles divided into 5 chapters as follows: General provisions (I); Calculation of contributions (II); Proceedings (III); Maintenance of dams (IV); Final provisions (V).

This Regional Law establishes that forestry taxes and lease payments shall be collected for: (a) allotment of standing timber; (b) procurement of edible and non-edible non-timber products; (c) agro-forestry; (d) use of forest fund (public forest) for hunting management; and (e) recreational use of forests, including tourism, sport and culture. Forestry taxes shall include taxes for forest land management.

This Regional Law establishes the conditions for allotment of parcels of public or municipal agricultural land on lease to citizens for haying and grazing. Agricultural land parcels shall be allotted to citizens on condition of ownership of agricultural animals thereby. Minimum land area shall be 5 ha. Common access land areas, waterbodies and parks shall not be allotted for haying and grazing. Planting of perennial timber species and shrubbery, and also timber extraction shall be prohibited on land areas allotted for haying and grazing.