As mandated by Law No. 11 of 2020 on Job Creation (the “Omnibus Law”) and to settle spatial utilization discrepancy issues, Government Regulation No. 43 of 2021 on The Settlement of Discrepancies between Spatial Plans, Forestry Areas, Permits and/or Land Rights (“GR 43/2021”) was issued on 2 February 2021. GR 43/2021, as the implementing regulation of Article 17.2 of the Omnibus Law, provides the procedure for the settlement of discrepancies related to spatial plans. In this advisory, we explain some of the notable provisions provided by GR 43/2021.

One of the implementing regulations of Law No. 11 of 2020 on Job Creation is the implementing regulation on spatial planning, Government Regulation No. 21 of 2021 which replaces previous Government Regulation No. 15 of 2010.

The implementing regulations of Law No. 11 of 2020 on Job Creation (“Job Creation Law”) have been issued, leading to the following interesting updates on land issues. One of them is due to the issuance of Government Regulation No. 20 of 2021 on the Control of Abandoned Zones and Land (“GR 20/2021”), which came into effect on 2 February 2021.

Following the enactment of Law No. 11 of 2020 on Job Creation on 2 November 2020 which amends Law No. 28 of 2002 on Buildings, the Government issued some of the implementing regulations, including Government Regulation No. 16 of 2021 on the Implementing Regulation of Law No. 28 of 2002 on Buildings.

With the ongoing global pandemic affecting our economic nationwide in 2020, the Indonesian Government has issued Omnibus Law in 2020 to attract more investment as part of our national economic recovery program. There are numbers of current implementing regulations affected by the Omnibus Law and we have seen quite a significant number of new regulations issued by the Government to amend or replace the current ones.