Law on protection of underground caves.

This Law here regulates the protection and use of underground caves, protection regimes, protection measures and other rules of conduct, including the restoration of underground caves that are polluted or damaged. An underground cave according to this Law is a naturally formed space in the rock, which is closed to the outside space by a vertical projection of the edge of the covered part of the cave, or a chasm with an entrance depression from where the slope exceeds 30 degrees and whose transition part is longer or deeper than 10 m, regardless of whether the entrance or exit is natural or the result of human work. Caves are cavities, crevices, chasms and underground tunnels and may be dry or permanently or intermittently, partially or completely flooded with water. Irrespective of the provision of the previous paragraph, due to morphological, hydrological, faunal or other special features, a space from the previous paragraph that is shorter than 10 m may also be designated as a cave.