This Decree establishes maximum allowable limits of concentration of total amount of quicksilver and arsenic in soil of different categories: (a) inhabited areas; (b) industrial areas; (c) transport and engineering infrastructure land; (d) recreational land; (e) agricultural land; (f) special purpose land; and (g) other territories. Annex 1 contains the list of chemicals and authorized concentration limits’ indices.

The Law provides for the application of taxes on lands on which have been carried out interventions financed wholly or partly by State funds (road building, water or electricity supplies, etc. etc.) that improved them. The rate tenants or owners have to pay is calculated as 50% of market value increase for that parcel of land.As far as the decisions of the board are concerned, article 6 establishes that the chairman of the board shall inform the Settlement Officer of the decision taken in respect of every application.

By this Decree, the rules were approved regarding permit for process engineering and agricultural activities in lands affected by landslide, flood, erosion, wind erosion, land subsidence, abrasion and volcanic mud as well as in wetlands. This Decree states that the State Committee of Geology and Mineral Resources shall be the authorized body for assessment of exposure and monitoring of exogenous geological processes and shall take measures against them.

Article 4 shall be amended to add the following wording: “Maximum agricultural land area within the boundaries of a single municipal district, except for districts specified hereinafter, that can pertain to ownership of a single natural or legal person shall not exceed 10 percent of total available agricultural land area located on the aforesaid territory at the moment of allotment or purchase of such land plots”.

Amends: Regional Law No. 46-Z “On turnover of agricultural land”. (2015-02-24)

The Ninth Development Plan is a national plan with a sectoral approach covering the period 2007–2013. The main objectives of the Plan are: a) increasing competitiveness, b) increasing employment, c) strengthening human development and social solidarity, d) ensuring regional development, e) increasing quality and effectiveness in public services. The Plan also aims at protecting the environment and improving urban infrastructure, making agricultural structures more efficient and promoting the development of rural areas.Food security is among the specific objectives of the Plan.

This Resolution approves the attached Regulations on land taxes as specified in Schedules 1, 2, and 3: Temporary basic rate of the unified agricultural tax (1); Rates valid for one occasion and annual tax for usage of the lands of settlements and non- agricultural lands (2); Tax rates for use of householding plots allocated to citizens from urban and rural areas (3).

The National Gender and Children Policy is a national multi-sectoral policy for Ghana which was developed by the Ministry of Women and Children’s Affairs with the objective to mainstream gender concerns in the national development process in order to improve the social, civic, economic and cultural conditions of the people of Ghana, particularly women and children.

El presente Decreto fija los criterios para determinar el valor concesional de adjudicación simple de tierras a favor de colonizadores individuales, tal como previsto en el artículo 74 de la Ley Nº 1.715, en el marco del proceso de saneamiento de la propiedad agraria.

Implementa: Ley Nº 1.715 - Servicio Nacional de Reforma Agraria. (1996-10-18)
Revocado por: Decreto Supremo Nº 29.215 - Reglamento de la Ley Nº 1.715 del Servicio Nacional de Reforma Agraria. (2007-08-02)

This Order applies to the survey declarations in accordance to the Farm Act, by establishing rules on whether proof presented to the Cadastre Authority with regard to land registration may be processed without authorization; on certification of land deduction by acquisition of agricultural property; and on the establishment of an overview map. Cadastral changes may be implemented without a license by statements from licensed surveyors.

These Regulations amend the Nitrate Pollution Prevention Regulations 2008 so as to provide for revised designations of areas of land in England identified as nitrate vulnerable zones for the purposes of Council Directive 91/676/EEC concerning the protection of waters against pollution caused by nitrates from agricultural sources.

This Regional Law establishes that public or municipal land plot can be allotted free of charge on condition of tenancy for maximum period of six year for residential housing construction or family farming to certain categories of agricultural specialists (list of professions included).

La presente Resolución modifica el Reglamento de Inscripciones del Registro de predios, en relación al procedimiento que regula la inscripción definitiva de los predios.

Enmienda: Resolución Nº 540/03/SUNARP - Reglamento de inscripciones del Registro de predios. (2003-11-17)