Abstract
In 2022, a new regulation of the public Construction Act was adopted in the Slovak Republic. In contrast to the current state of affairs, it consists of two Acts - the Spatial Planning Act and the Construction Act, which concerns building regulations.
Both Acts are to come into force on 1 April 2024. This article focuses on the selected contents of both laws.
It briefly deals with public administration in the fields of spatial planning and building regulations, the information system for spatial planning and construction, spatial planning documentation, binding statement of the spatial planning authority, the procedure of issuing building permits, state building supervision and the dealing with the so-called black (= illegally built) structures. At present, only first impressions resulting from the new legislation can be given.
In the future, it will be interesting and useful, for both the theory and practice, to compare it with the new Czech Act adopted in 2021, which has already been extensively amended this year, practically before it came into force.