The purpose of this Act of the Czech National Council is to ensure protection of agricultural land which is a natural resource of the country, indispensable means enabling agricultural production and is one of the main components of the environment. Protection of agricultural land, its cultivation and rational utilization are the activities which also ensure the protection and improvement of the environment. The consolidated text is composed of the following Sections: Agricultural land resources (Sec. 1); Changes in the use of agricultural land and principles of the protection of agricultural land (Sec. 2); Principles of exclusive protection of agricultural land (Sec. 3); Protection of agricultural land (Sec. 4); Removal of land from the agricultural land fund (Sec. 5); Charges for removal of soil from agricultural land (Sec. 6); Authorities for agricultural land protection (Sec. 7); Special provisions (Sec. 8); Fines (Sec. 9); Common, transitional and final provisions (Sec. 10).