Order No.18 of 1999 of the State Committee on Construction and Housing and Communal Complex regarding validation of Instructions on the modalities of carrying out state control the use and protection of land in urban and countryside settlements.

Deputy chief of the State Committee on Construction and Housing and Communal Complex orders to validate the Instructions. The present Instructions contains directions as regards the modalities of carrying out state control over the use and protection of land in urban and countryside settlements, including temporary settlements and inconstant structure of the population concerning issues assigned to the competence of the institutions of architecture, urban construction and the State architectural and construction survey. These Instructions are destined for the officials and commissions attached to the institutions of the State architectural and construction survey that carry out within their limits of competence control over the use of land in the settlements. The authorized institutions entitled to carry out control over the use of land in the settlements in accordance with the plenary powers established by urban construction and land legislation, include the State Construction Committee, architectural and urban construction bodies of the subjects of the Russian Federation, urban, district and municipal architectural and urban construction bodies and bodies of the State architectural and construction survey. The document consists of VIII Sections. Section I lays down the general provisions. Section II determines the main directions of activity of the architectural and urban construction bodies as regards control over the use of land in the settlements. Section III determines control over the observance of the requirements of urban construction and land legislation in the process of the use and protection of land in the settlements. Section IV regards legalization of the documents in cases of the infringement of urban construction and land legislation. Section V regards examination of cases of the infringement of urban construction and land legislation. Section VI regards examination of complaints and objections to the decisions concerning cases of the infringement of urban construction and land legislation. Section VII regards collection and expenditure of revenues from fines for the infringement of urban construction and land legislation. Section VIII establishes the modalities of forwarding reports regarding control over the use and protection of land in the settlements.

Implements: Federal Law "Urban Code" No. 73-FZ of 1998. (1998-05-07)
Amends: Ministerial Decree No. 1362 of 1993 regarding validation of the Regulation on the modalities of carrying out state control over the use and the protection of land. (1993-12-23)
Amends: Land Code, Law No. 1103-1 of 1991. (1991-04-25)
Amends: Presidential Decree No. 2162 of 1993 regarding reinforcement of the State control over the use and the protection of land for the period of land reform. (1993-12-16)