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Act No. 85 of 2005 relating to legal relations and management of land and natural resources in the county of Finnmark (Finnmark Act)

Lov om rettsforhold og forvaltning av grunn og naturressurser i Finnmark fylke [Finnmarksloven]

Legislation
Norway, Europe, Northern Europe
Land Conflicts
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Rangelands, Drylands & Pastoralism
Forest Tenure
customary law
pastoralists
environment
fisheries
land management
forest land
land dispute resolution
forest conservation
land ownership
This Act provides for the management of land and natural resources in the county of Finnmark. This shall be done in a balanced and ecologically sustainable manner for the benefit of the residents of the county and particularly as so as to enhance Sami culture, reindeer husbandry, use of non-cultivated areas, commercial activity and social life. The Act shall apply to real property and watercourses with natural resources in the county of Finnmark. On the shoreline, the Act shall apply as far out to sea as private right of ownership extends.
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Commons Act 2006 (Chapter 26).

An Act to make provision about common land and town or village greens; and for connected purposes.

Legislation
United Kingdom, Europe, Northern Europe
Rangelands, Drylands & Pastoralism
customary law
pastoralists
land-use planning
farming systems
land registration
cadastres
grazing
This Act continues to make provision with respect to the registration, use and tenure of common land, the management and control of agricultural activities, vegetation, the exercise of rights of common on common land and related matters.The commons registration authorities shall continue to keep registers of common land and town or village greens and may deregister common land and make other amendments in respect of the register as provided for in this Act.The appropriate national authority shall have the powers to establish commons councils with functions related to the management of agric
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Commons Act 2006 (Commencement No.2, Transitional Provisions and Savings) (Wales) Order 2012 (S.I. No. 739 (W.99) (C.19) of 2012).

Regulations
United Kingdom, Europe, Northern Europe
land-use planning
cadastres
customary law
land registration
This Order brings into force and makes transitional provisions in relation with provisions of the which relate to deregistration and exchange of, and works on, common land, together with related appeals and all remaining purposes provisions which relate to deregistration and exchange of, and works on, common land.

Implements: Commons Act 2006 (Chapter 26). (2006-07-19)
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Commons Registration (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2009 (S.I. No. 2018 of 2009).

Regulations
United Kingdom, Europe, Northern Europe
land-use planning
cadastres
customary law
land registration
These Regulations amend the Commons Registration (England) Regulations 2008: in relation with the transitional period; by specifying the model entries relevant to registrations made under section 19 of the Commons Act 2006; and by permitting a registration authority to allow an applicant longer than the period of 21 days within which to respond to representations made about his or her application.

Amends: Commons Registration (England) Regulations 2008 (S.I. No. 1961 of 2008). (2008-07-21)
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Commons Registration (England) Regulations 2008 (S.I. No. 1961 of 2008).

Regulations
United Kingdom, Europe, Northern Europe
land-use planning
cadastres
customary law
land registration
These Regulations make provision for the registration of common land and town or village greens under Part 1 of the Commons Act 2006. They apply to the registration areas (as defined in these Regulations) of the commons registration authorities in England specified in Schedule 1. Registers shall be kept by commons registration authorities. The Regulations concern, among other things, applications and proposals to amend the registers, including provision for the holding of public inquiries in appropriate cases.
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Commons Registration (England) Regulations 2014 S.I. No. 3038 of 2014).

Regulations
United Kingdom, Europe, Northern Europe
Rangelands, Drylands & Pastoralism
land-use planning
cadastres
customary law
pastoralists
land registration
These Regulations make provision for the registration of common land and town or village greens under Part 1 of the Commons Act 2006. They apply to the registration areas (as defined in these Regulations) of the commons registration authorities in England specified in Schedule 1. Registers shall be kept by commons registration authorities. The Regulations concern, among other things, applications and proposals to amend the registers, including provision for the holding of public inquiries in appropriate cases.
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Constitution of Finland.

Constitution
June, 1999
Finland, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Germany, Denmark, Spain, Estonia, France, United Kingdom, Greece, Croatia, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Latvia, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, Europe, Northern Europe
food security
customary law
sustainable development
land governance
land tenure
environment
fisheries
property rights
gender equity in access to land
farmland
land rights
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Creating a system to record tenure rights and first registration

Journal Articles & Books
January, 2019
Sweden, Ukraine, Peru, Sri Lanka, United Kingdom, Canada, Uganda, Uzbekistan, Tanzania, Netherlands, France, Spain, Croatia, China, Australia, Ireland, Finland, New Zealand, Rwanda, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Ghana
land rights
customary law
land tenure
This guide is about extending the recording or registration of tenure rights to people who currently are not served by systems to record their rights. It provides practical advice on ways to introduce a new system to record tenure rights and for the recording of rights for the first time by the state, a process that is sometimes called first registration.
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Crofters (Scotland) Act 1993 (1993 Cap. 44).

An Act to consolidate certain enactments relating to crofting, with amendments to give effect to recommendations of the Scottish Law Commission.

Legislation
United Kingdom, Europe, Northern Europe
Rangelands, Drylands & Pastoralism
customary law
pastoralists
land subdivision
fisheries
leases
grazing
This Act continues into being the Crofters Commission and provides with respect to crofting, a particular form of land tenure exercised in Scotland and related matters such acquisition of land by crofters. The Commission was established by the he Crofters (Scotland) Act 1955.
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Crofting (Amendment) (Scotland) Act 2013 (2013 asp 10).

An Act of the Scottish Parliament to allow decrofting by owner-occupier crofters; and for connected purposes.

Legislation
United Kingdom, Europe, Northern Europe
leases
customary law
This Act amends principally the Crofters (Scotland) Act 1993 and consequentially the Crofting Reform (Scotland) Act 2010 in respect of applications to decroft by owner-occupier crofters and the subsequent handling of such application by the Crofters Commission. The Act also provides with respect to appeals against decisions of the Commission. An owner-occupier crofter may apply to the Commission for a decrofting direction, i.e. a direction that the owner-occupier’s croft is to cease to be a croft.