Regional Legislative Decree No. 18/2017/M establishing the bases of the Public Policy for Land, Regional Territorial Planning and Urbanism within the Autonomous Region of Madeira.

This Regional Legislative Decree, consisting of 171 articles divided into nine Chapters, establishes the general bases of the Public Policy for Land, Regional Territorial Planning and Urbanism within the Autonomous Region of Madeira. This Regional Legislative Decree under Law n. 31/2014, of May 30, defines the regional system for the territorial management. The regional territorial planning and urban planning policy is based on the regional territorial management system, which is organized in the Autonomous Region of Madeira within a framework of coordinated interaction in three sectors: a) The regional; inter-municipal; and the municipal areas.
This Law is divided as follows: General provisions (Chap. I); Regional territorial management system (Chap. II); Violation of territorial programmes and plans (Chap. III); Precautionary measures (Chap. IV); Execution and compensation (Chap. V); Economic and financial regime (Chap. VI); Evaluation (Chap. VII); Efficacy and publicity (Chap. VIII); Final and transitional provisions (Chap. IX).