Regional Law No. 265-49 “On land control”. Country/Territory Russian Federation Territorial subdivision Saint Petersburg Document type Legislation Date 2007 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Land & soil Keyword Institution Land tenure Land-use planning Zoning Soil pollution/quality Enforcement/compliance Offences/penalties Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings Geographical area CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States), Eastern Europe, Europe Entry into force notes This Regional Law enters into force 10 days after the date of its official publication. Abstract This Regional Law establishes general principles for exercising state control over land tenure and land management on the regional territory with a view of enforcement of land legislation. Land control shall be carried out by the authorized state regional institution. The scope of state land control shall be to ensure compliance with land legislation by all natural and legal persons, officials, prevention and identification of land offences. The main directions of land control shall be as follow Full text Russian Website regzakon.fpa.su