Chương XII Luật lâm nghiệp 2017: Điều khoản thi hành

Chapter XII

IMPLEMENTATION PROVISIONS

Article 107. Effect

1. This Law comes into force from January 01, 2019.

2. The Law on Forest protection and development No. 29/2004/QH11 shall be invalidated from the effective date of this Law.

Article 108. Transitional provisions

1. The forest owner whose land has been allocated or leased out by the State before the effective date of this Law shall be entitled to continue using the land until the land use/lease term expires, except for the provisions of Clause 2 this Article.

2. The forest owner that is an organization and the State has allocated land to before the effective date of this Law shall be entitled to continue using the land until the land use term expires; fulfill rights and obligations mentioned in Points a, c and d Clause 1 and Clause 2 Article 79 herein.

3. The repurposed project that has been approved but the ground has not been cleared before the effective date of this Law shall be planted with the replacement forest mentioned in Article 21 herein.

4. People’s Committees of provinces shall review available natural forest area to add to the planning of reserve forests, protection forests or production forests within 12 months from the effective date of this Law.