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Displaying 1546 - 1550 of 15550Regional Law No. 976-OZ “On transactions with agricultural land”.
This Regional Law regulates relations regarding transactions with agricultural land, establishes terms and conditions of allotment of plots of agricultural land pertaining to public and municipal land, and also establishes maximum land area of the plots of agricultural land. It shall not be applicable to agricultural land destined for subsidiary private farming, gardening and horticulture. Minimum land area of a plot of agricultural land cannot be less than a land share in common land ownership.
Regional Law No.61-RZ “On particulars of regulation of land relations”.
This Regional Law sets forth the following priorities of land policy: (a) state regulation with a view of conservation of particularly valuable land categories, agricultural land and protected areas; (b) exercise of rights of residents in the sphere of land relations; (c) conservation of agricultural land; (d) ecofriendly methods of land tenure; and (d) conservation of traditional Cossack land tenure.
Regional Law No. 50-Z “On conservation of the objects of cultural heritage”.
This Regional Law regulates issues of conservation, use, popularization and state protection of objects of cultural heritage (monuments of history and culture) of the peoples of the Russian Federation at the regional and municipal levels within the limits of competence and authority of the regional administration.
Regional Law No. 71 “On the particulars of turnover of agricultural land”.
This Regional Law establishes the particulars of turnover of agricultural land, including privatization of agricultural land pertaining to public and municipal property. It determines that minimum land area of consolidated agricultural land plot shall be two hectares, while minimum land area of consolidated agricultural land plot in case of irrigation by stationary sprinklers or drained land shall be no less than 50 hectares and in case of irrigation by mobile sprinklers shall be no less than 10 hectares.
Lands Tribunal (Amendment) Rules 2003 (S.I. No. 2945 of 2003).
These Rules give effect to section 175 of the Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Act 2002 which provides that permission to appeal to the Lands Tribunal from a leasehold valuation tribunal is required in all cases and that a party may not be ordered to pay costs in such appeals unless the Tribunal considers that he has "acted frivolously, vexatiously, abusively, disruptively or otherwise unreasonably in connection with the appeal" (section 175(6)). In addition minor amendments have been made to the 1996 Rules to bring them in line with the terminology of the 2002 Act.