New Slovenian Building Act

AS PART OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE LEGISLATION REFORM OF LAND USE PLANNING AND CONSTRUCTION, A NEW BUILDING ACT (GRADBENI ZAKON) WAS ADOPTED IN 2017 AND WILL ENTER INTO FORCE ON 1 JUNE 2018.

The Building Act (the "Act") will replace the current Construction Act (Zakon o graditvi objektov) and it introduces a number of novelties in the proceedings for obtaining building permits, namely with regard to (i) application for the building permit; (ii) improved legal certainty for investors; (iii) legalisation of the illegal constructions (buildings).

Firstly, with regard to the legal certainty of the investors, an important novelty is the possibility of obtaining a pre-decision with respect to issuing a building permit.