Norway Norway Impact Assessment Regulations 2017 Commenced on 1 July 2017 [This is the version of this document at 1 January 2019.] Chapter 1Introductory provisions Section 1 Purpose of the regulations The purpose of the regulations is to ensure that consideration for the environment and society is taken into account during the preparation of plans and initiatives, and when considering and on what...

Malta Development Planning Act 2016 Published on 26 January 2016 Commencement date unknown [This is the version of this document at 1 January 2019.] To make provision for sustainable planning and management of development and for the establishment of an authority with powers to that effect and for matters connected therewith or ancillary thereto. Part I – Preliminary Article 1. Short title and...

Zambia Urban and Regional Planning Act, 2015 Act 3 of 2015 Published in Government Gazette on 14 August 2015 Assented to on 14 August 2015 Commenced on 14 August 2015 [This is the version of this document from 14 August 2015.] An Act to provide for development, planning and administration principles, standards and requirements for urban and regional planning processes and systems; provide for a...

South Africa Spatial Planning and Land use Management Act, 2013 Act 16 of 2013 Published in Government Gazette 36730 on 5 August 2013 Assented to on 2 August 2013 Commenced on 1 July 2015 by Spatial Planning and Land use Management Act, 2013: Commencement [This is the version of this document from 5 August 2013.] (English text signed by the President) ACT To provide a framework for spatial...

Uganda Physical Planning Act, 2010 Chapter 142 Published in Uganda Gazette 32 on 28 May 2010 Assented to on 28 April 2010 Commenced on 29 April 2011 by Physical Planning Act (Commencement) Instrument, 2011 [This is the version of this document at 31 December 2023.] [Note: This legislation was revised and consolidated as at 31 December 2000 and 31 December 2023 by the Law Reform Commission of...

Vietnam Urban Planning Subsidiary Law 2010 Commencement date unknown [This is the version of this document at 1 January 2019.] Pursuant to the December 25, 2001 Law on Organization of the Government; Pursuant to the June 17, 2009 Law on Urban Planning; Chapter IGENERAL PROVISIONS Article 1. Scope of regulation This Decree applies to the formulation, evaluation and approval of urban planning; the...

Vietnam Urban Planning Law 2009 Commenced on 1 January 2010 [This is the version of this document at 1 January 2019.] LAW ON URBAN PLANNING (No. 30/2009/QH12) Pursuant to the 1992 Constitution of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, which was amended and supplemented under Resolution No. 51/2001/QH10; The National Assembly promulgates the Law on Urban Planning. Chapter IGENERAL PROVISIONS Article 1...

Samoa Planning and Urban Management Act 2004 Commencement date unknown [This is the version of this document at 1 January 2019.] AN ACT to establish a Planning and Urban Management Agency and to implement a framework for planning the use, development, management and protection of land in Samoa in the present and long-term interests of all Samoans and for related purposes. BE IT ENACTED by the...

South Korea National Land Planning and Utilization Act 2002 Published on 4 February 2002 Commencement date unknown [This is the version of this document at 1 January 2019.] Chapter IGeneral provisions Article 1 – (Purpose) The purpose of this Act is to promote public welfare and to upgrade the quality of people's livelihood by providing for matters necessary for the formulation, implementation...

Saint Lucia Physical Planning and Development Act 2001 Commencement date unknown [This is the version of this document at 1 January 2019.] AN ACT to make provision for the development of land, the assessment of the environmental impacts of development, the grant of permission to develop land and for other powers to regulate the use of land, and for related matters. Preliminary 1. Short title This...