Aceh Government Authority Status in the Land Sector After Presidentia Regulation Number 23 of 2015

Abstract

Law No. 11 of 2006 concerning the Government of Aceh (hereinafter referred to as UU-PA) has given special authority to the Government of Aceh to regulate natural resource management issues, including in the land sector. This is one of the affairs given to the Aceh government as a province that gets autonomy or special treatment from the central government. Furthermore Article 13 and Article 14 of Law No. 23 of 2014 concerning Regional Government states that land services are one of the areas that are under the local government power. In particular, based on the UU-PA the government has handed over part of the authority in the land sector to the Government of Aceh and the regency/municipality governments within the Province of Aceh. To accelerate the transfer, the President has also issued Presidential Regulation No. 23 of 2015, but in reality, until now the delegation of authority has not been carried out by the central government in practice. So, it is necessary and interesting to carry out research to find out how the current status of the Aceh Government's authority in the land sector is.