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Environmentally Sensitive Areas (Pennine Dales) Designation Order 1997 (S.I. No. 1442 of 1997).

Regulations
United Kingdom
Europe
Northern Europe

Made under section 18 of the Agriculture Act 1986 which gives the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the power to designate an area of England as an environmentally sensitive area, this Order provides for an agreement between the Minister and a farmer. In the designated area prescribed agricultural methods shall be adopted so as to conserve, protect or enhance environmental features in that area. For this purpose the Minister may enter into a management agreement with any person having an interest in agricultural land in any designated area.

Act XXI of 1996 on Regional development and Regional Planning.

Legislation
Hungary
Eastern Europe
Europe

The purpose of this Act is to establish the fundamental objectives and rules of regional development and land use planning, and to define the institutional system therefor. This Act shall apply to the implementation of regional development and land use planning duties on national and regional level, and the provisions of this Act shall apply to natural persons and legal entities, as well as unincorporated organizations participating in or affected by the above activities.

Regulation to Provide for the Procedure of Allocation and Administration of Land (L.N. No. 31/1997).

Regulations
Eritrea
Africa
Eastern Africa

The Regulation is made under the Land Proclamation No. 58/1994. It sets out the procedure for the allocation and administration of land and applies to all types of urban and rural land. Land shall be allocated for tiesa, agricultural usufruct or leasehold, on the basis of a master plan. To ensure these rights, right holders shall be given an allocation certificate or lease agreement. To prevent allocation of land to holders with the sole aim of holding land idle, the size of land to be allocated shall be proportionate to the planned aim (art. 3(4)).

Loi nº 96-1241 relative à l'aménagement, la protection et la mise en valeur de la zone dite des cinquante pas géométriques dans les départements d'outre mer.

Legislation
Guadeloupe
Martinique
Réunion
Africa
Eastern Africa
Americas
Caribbean

Cette loi porte dispositions relatives à l'aménagement, la protection et la mise en valeur de la zone dite des cinquante pas géométriques dans les départements d'outre mer. A l'intérieur de cette zone le Préfet délimite par arrêté, d'une part les espaces urbains et les secteurs occupés par une urbanisation diffuse, d'autre part, les espaces naturels.

Regional Decree No. 14/91/M approving Decree-Law No. 186/90 (establishing that land use plannings must be regulated according to environmental impact assessment program).

Legislation
Portugal
Southern Europe
Europe

This Regional Decree approves Decree-Law No. 186/90 (establishing that land use plannings must be regulated according to environmental impact assessment program). It consists of 6 articles approving provisions established by the aforementioned Decree-Law for the Autonomous Region of Madeira too and establishes competent regional authority for carrying out controls on such sector.

Town Planning Act 1961.

Legislation
Eswatini
Southern Africa
Africa

The Act provides for the establishment of a town planning board, which shall exercise the following functions: (a) to advise the Minister in matters relating to the preparation and carrying into effect of town planning schemes; (b) to encourage the study of town planning: (c) to advise and assist local authorities generally in connection with town planning schemes and the layout of new township.

Interministerial Order No. 1 establishing competent authorities for land use planning and colonization according to agricultural Reform.

Regulations
Brazil
Americas
South America

This Interministerial Order establishes competent authorities for land use planning and colonization according to agricultural Reform. It specifies that the Brazilian Institute for Forestry Development IBDF and Special Secretary of Environment SEMA shall be the competent authorities for all matters relating to rural land purchase, in particular with agricultural purposes, land expropriation and colonization procedures, etc.

Decree-Law No. 3.365 regulating land expropriation for public use.

Legislation
Brazil
Americas
South America

This Decree-Law regulates land expropriation for public use purposes. It consists of 43 articles specifying land expropriation procedure and the requirements to be satisfied by lands in order to carry out this procedure. It also lists every different type of land to be expropriated for the aforementioned purposes, establishing their values and laying down legal procedures.

Implemented by: Decree of 30 December 2010 extending the National Park of "Serra das Confusões" within the State of Piauí. (2010-12-30)

Act No. 23 of 1995 concerning land use.

Legislation
Norway
Europe
Northern Europe

An Act to provide for the sustainable use of land and natural resources on it.The text of Part I consists of 18 sections divided into 7 Chapters: Purposes of the Act (I); Application sphere of the Act (II); Land use authorities in municipalities and counties (III); Protection of cultivation and arable land (IV); Partition of agricultural land (V); Expropriation and valuation (VI); Miscellaneous provisions (VII).Chapter IV provides for the protection of agricultural use of land and the protection of agricultural land against misuse by men.