Law On Amending Certain Legislative Acts Regarding The Improvement Of The Regulatory Approval System: Changes In The Law On Industrial Safety

The Law on Amending Certain Legislative Acts Regarding the Improvement of the Regulatory Approval System (aimed at liberalisation of business by reduction of administrative burdens and permits) became effective from 30 January 2012.

In line with GRATA Law Firm's practice of keeping clients informed of important legal developments that might influence their business, we would like to draw your attention to changes in Kazakh legislation in connection with entry into force of the new Law on Amending Certain Legislative Acts Regarding the Improvement of the Regulatory Approval System.

1. OVERVIEW

   On the 15th July 2011 the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan signed the Law on Amending Certain Legislative Acts Regarding the Improvement of the Regulatory Approval System (hereinafter – the "Law on Amendments"), which became effective on 30 January 2012.

   The Law on Amendments amended 54 Kazakh laws, including the Environmental Code, the Tax Code, the Land Code, the Code on Administrative Offences, the Law on Licensing, the Law on Architecture, Town-Planning and Construction Activity, the Law on Industrial Safety and many others.

   Some of the most important changes introduced by the Law on Amendments to the Law on Industrial Safety are summarized below.

2. AMENDMENTS INTRODUCED TO THE LAW ON INDUSTRIAL SAFETY

   The Law on Amendments establishes the procedure of:

   issue of decision on declaring of hazard industrial facility, which is issued upon the request of the owner of the hazardous industrial facility, submitted in optional form with enclosed original of expert opinion registration and de-registration of the hazardous industrial facility: for registration and de-registration of the hazardous industrial facility the owner needs to submit an application to the territorial subdivision of the authorized body, which shall be considered within 10 business days from the day of application approval of projects of construction, reconstruction, modernization and liquidation of the hazardous industrial facilities as well as local projects: for approval of project as well as local project the owner of the hazardous industrial facility needs to submit to the state senior inspector of oblast, city of republican status and capital in the sphere of industrial safety the following documents: application on sending of the project for approval; copy of the project; original of expert opinion on compliance of the project to the requirements of industrial safety. The...