Law No. 254-Z on land surveying and cartographic activity. Country/Territory Belarus Document type Legislation Date 1999 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Land & soil Keyword Survey/mapping Zoning Geographical area CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States), Eastern Europe, Europe, Europe and Central Asia Entry into force notes This Law enters into force from the date of its official publication. Abstract This Act consists of 21 Articles. It establishes the legal basis for activity in the sphere of land survey and cartography. Objects of land surveying and cartographic activity are the national territory, continents of the terrestrial globe and World Ocean, including islands, outer space, including planets and the products of land surveying and cartographic activity. Land surveying and cartographic activity includes: (a) creation, renewal and editing of state topographic maps of inhabited settlements; (b) distant zoning of the Earth; (c) creation and keeping State cartographic and land surveying fund and state geographic information systems and cadastres; (d) mapping and demarcation of administrative boundaries; (i) zoning of the bottom of water bodies and water reservoirs. Special purpose land surveying and cartographic activity includes: (a) mapping for agroforestry; (b) land survey, drainage and land reclamation; (c) inventory. Full text Russian References - Legislation Implemented by Ministerial Decree No. 1153 on the protection of geodetic points. Legislation | Belarus | 2006 Keyword: Public land, Expropriation Source: FAO, FAOLEX Ministerial Decree No. 295 regarding some arrangements for implementation of Law No. 254-Z on land surveying and cartographic activity. Legislation | Belarus | 2009 Keyword: Survey/mapping, Access-to-information, Data collection/reporting Source: FAO, FAOLEX Repealed by Law No. 396-Z “On geodetic and cartographic activity”. Legislation | Belarus | 2008 Keyword: Outer space, Zoning, Liability/compensation, Survey/mapping, Data collection/reporting, Access-to-information Source: FAO, FAOLEX