Chapter VI
IMPLEMENTATION PROVISIONS
Article 55. Transitional provisions
1. Property auction service centers and property auction enterprises set up before the effective date of this Decree may continue their operation under this Decree.
Enterprises having registered to provide property auction services and wishing to auction property of the kinds specified in Clauses 2 and 3. Article 1 of this Decree must satisfy all the conditions specified in Article 16 of this Decree.
2. To auction land use rights, land fund development organizations set up under the land law shall sign contracts with professional auction organizations defined in Article 14 of this Decree.
3. Auctioneer's cards issued under Decree No. 05/2005/ND-CP have the same legal validity as auction practice certificates.
Article 56. Effect
1. This Decree takes effect on July 1. 2010. and replaces the Government's Decree No. 05/ 2005/ND-CP of January 18. 2005. on property auction.
2. The provisions on the property auction order, procedures and guidance in the following documents cease to be effective:
a/ Point d and e. Clause 2, Article 44 of the Government's Decree No. 159/2007/ND-CP of October 30, 2007, on the sanctioning of administrative violations in forest management and protection and forest product management;
b/ Clause 4. Article 62 of the Government's Decree No. 181/2004/ND-CP of October 29, 2004, on the implementation of the Land Law;
c/ Articles 7 thru 11. and the provisions on auction councils under Clause 1, Article 12 of the Prime Minister's Decision No. 216/2005/QD-TTg of August 31, 2005. on the auction of land use rights for allocation of land subject to with land use levy or for land lease.
3. To add the remedy "cancellation of property auction outcomes" for administrative violations "failure to comply with regulations on posting up and public notification of property auction information" under Point a. Clause 1. Article 29 of Decree No. 60/2009/ND-CP. on the sanctioning of administrative violations in the judicial domain.
4. Other property auction-related provisions which are contrary to this Decree are all annulled.
Article 57. Implementation responsibility
1. The Ministry of Justice shall assume the prime responsibility for, and coordinate with concerned ministries and branches in, guiding the implementation of this Decree.
Ministers, heads of ministerial-level agencies, heads of government-attached agencies and chairpersons of provincial-level People's Committees shall implement this Decree-