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Law of Georgia on Naming Geographical Features (No. 530-IS of 2000)

Country/Territory
Georgia
Document type
Legislation
Date
2000 (2014)
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Original source
010.080.000.05.001.000.824
Subject
Land & soil
Keyword
Public land Survey/mapping Cadastre/land registration Registration Data collection/reporting Zoning Local government
Geographical area
Asia, Black Sea, Eastern Europe, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, Western Asia
Abstract

The purpose of this Law is the legal regulation of relations arising from the naming of geographical features located in the territory of Georgia and the standardisation, use, registration, record-keeping and protection of names of geographical features. Natural or man-made geo-information units, administrative units of Tbilisi, historically formed districts, planning areas, certain zones, micro districts and any other territorial units; mountains, hills, ravines, rivers, lakes, springs; squares, avenues; highways, streets, lanes, dead ends, drives, embankments, esplanades, boulevards, alleys; public gardens, gardens, parks, forest parks, forests, urban cemeteries, pantheons, buildings and structures; and transport facilities located within the established administrative boundaries of the capital of Georgia, shall be named by a representative body of the local self-government of Tbilisi, in accordance with this Law and other normative acts. The Law further provides for competence of the executive authority of Georgia to establish, standardise, use, register, keep records of and protect geographical names; uniform requirements, norms and procedures in the field of names of geographical features; establishing names of geographical features; standardising and using names of geographical features; names of geographical features; restoring the names of or renaming geographical features; procedure for naming geographical features; registration and keeping records of the names of geographical features and State Catalogue of Geographical Names; protection of names of geographical features and responsibility for violations of this Law; and financing works related to the naming of geographical features.

Full text
English/Georgian
Website
matsne.gov.ge

References - Legislation

Implemented by

Resolution No. 358 of 2011 of Georgian Government on Rules for Cooperation and Distribution of Authority among Entities involved in Address Assignment Procedure

Legislation | Georgia | 2011 (2012)

Keyword: Public land, Survey/mapping, Cadastre/land registration, Registration, Data collection/reporting, Zoning, Local government

Source: FAO, FAOLEX