Namibia Urban and Regional Planning Act, 2018 Act 5 of 2018 Published in Government Gazette 6631 on 20 June 2018 Assented to on 5 April 2018 Commenced on 3 September 2020 by Urban and Regional Planning Act, 2018: Commencement [This is the version of this document from 20 June 2018.] ACT To consolidate the laws relating to urban and regional planning; to provide for a legal framework for spatial...

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...

Malawi Physical Planning Act, 2016 Act 17 of 2016 Published in Malawi Government Gazette on 2 September 2016 Assented to on 1 September 2016 Commenced on 20 April 2018 by Physical Planning Act, 2016: Commencement [This is the version of this document from 2 September 2016.] An Act to make provision for physical planning and the orderly and progressive development of land in both urban and rural...

Australia Coastal Management Act 2016 Commencement date unknown [This is the version of this document at 1 January 2019.] An Act to make provision for the ecologically sustainable management, use and occupation of the New South Wales coast; and for related purposes. Part 1 – Preliminary 1. Name of Act This Act is the Coastal Management Act 2016. 2. Commencement This Act commences on a day or days...

Ghana Land Use and Spatial Planning Act, 2016 Act 925 of 2016 Published in Ghana Gazette 108 on 22 September 2016 Assented to on 14 September 2016 Commenced on 22 September 2016 [This is the version of this document from 22 September 2016.] AN ACT to revise and consolidate the laws on land use and spatial planning, provide for sustainable development of land and human settlements through a...

Trinidad and Tobago Planning and Facilitation of Development Act 2014 Commencement date unknown [This is the version of this document at 1 January 2019.] AN ACT relating to the planning and development of land and to repeal and replace the Town and Country Planning Act, Chap. 35:01 WHEREAS it is provided by subsection (1) of section 13 of the Constitution that an Act of Parliament to which that...

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...

Norway Planning and Building Act 2008 Published on 27 June 2008 Commencement date unknown [This is the version of this document at 1 January 2019.] Act of 27 June 2008 No. 71 relating to Planning and the Processing of Building Applications (the Planning and Building Act) (the Planning part) Part I – General provisions Chapter 1.Common provisions Section 1-1. Purpose of the Act The Act shall...

United Kingdom Planning Etc. (Scotland) Act 2006 Published on 20 December 2006 Commencement date unknown [This is the version of this document at 1 January 2019.] An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make further provision relating to town and country planning; to make provision for business improvement districts; and for connected purposes. Part 1 – NATIONAL PLANNING FRAMEWORK 1. National...

Saint Lucia Disaster Management Act 2006 Published on 6 October 2006 Commencement date unknown [This is the version of this document at 1 January 2019.] AN ACT to provide for disaster management in Saint Lucia and for related matters. BE IT ENACTED by the Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the House of Assembly and the Senate of Saint Lucia, and by the authority...