The present Ordinance implements the Land Use Planning and Building Law of 2 May 2010 and the Building Ordinance of 23 February 2011. In particular, the Ordinance lays down provisions relating to the correct and efficient implementation of the afore-mentioned Law and Ordinance. The text consists of 16 articles divided into 5 Parts as follows: Competences (1); Building application documents (2); Control stage of construction phases (3); Binding standards of specialized organizations (4); Final provisions (5).

This Act provides for the creation of a Commissioner on Resources and Environment responsible before the Cabinet (Executive Council) and who's role is fundamentally to advise on and develop a strategy for land use and related resource and environmental issues and on the need for legislation, policies and practices respecting these issues. The Commissioner also has coordination and monitoring duties and must take the interests of individuals, groups and Aboriginal peoples into account (sects. 3 and 4).

This Act makes provision with respect to a uniform system for effective immovable asset management within government. "Immovable asset" means any immovable asset acquired or owned by government, excluding any right contemplated in the Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Act, 2002.The Act defines duties and powers of national and provincial authorities in relation with effective asset management including the disposal of state lands and lays down principles of immovable asset management.