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Regional Law No. 22 “On turnover of agricultural land”.

Country/Territory
Russian Federation
Territorial subdivision
Kurgan
Document type
Legislation
Date
2012
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Land & soil
Keyword
Agricultural land Lease Public land Ownership Land consolidation Smallholders/peasants
Geographical area
Arctic, Asia and the Pacific, Black Sea, Caspian Sea, CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States), Eastern Europe, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, North Pacific, North-West Pacific
Entry into force notes
This Regional Law enters into force 10 days after the date of its official publication.
Abstract

This Regional Law regulates some issues related to turnover of agricultural land, including agricultural land parcels and agricultural land shares in common ownership of agricultural land. It shall not be applicable to agricultural land parcels allotted to citizens for subsidiary smallholding, gardening, horticulture and cattle breeding. Authorized regional institution in the sphere of agricultural land turnover shall have the following competence: (a) acceptance, registration and examination of applications for allotment of agricultural land; (b) decision-making of tenders for sale or lease of agricultural land; and (c) purchase into state ownership parcels of agricultural land. Minimum land area of newly consolidated agricultural land shall be 5.0 ha, maximum agricultural land area that can be owned by a single natural or legal person shall not exceed 20 percent of total agricultural land area available on regional territory at the moment of allotment or purchase.

Full text
Russian
Website
www.oblduma.kurgan.ru