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...

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...

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...

Tonga National Spatial Planning and Management Act 2012 Act 7 of 2012 Assented to on 17 September 2012 Commenced on 30 June 2017 [This is the version of this document from 30 June 2017.] An Act to provide a framework for planning the use, development, management and protection of land in the Kingdom in the public interest and for related purposes BE IT ENACTED by the King and the Legislative...

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...

Tanzania Urban Planning Act Chapter 355 Published in Government Gazette on 31 December 2007 Assented to on 28 August 2007 Commenced on 10 June 2008 by Urban Planning (Date of Commencement) Notice, 2008 [This is the version of this document at 31 December 2023.] [The publication date of this work could not be ascertained. We used the date 31 December 2007 because the work was published during the...

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...

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...

Finland Planning and Building Act 1999 Commenced on 1 January 2000 [This is the version of this document at 1 January 2019.] Land Use and Building Act Issued in Helsinki on February 5, 1999 In accordance with the decision of Parliament the following is enacted: Chapter 1General provisions Section 1 General objective of the Act The objective of this Act is to ensure that the use of land and water...