Article 18 of the Law on Federal Ministries and other bodies of the Federal Administration (Official Gazette of the Federation BiH, no. 19/03, 38/05, 2/06, 10/06, 61/06 and 48/11) states: “The Federal Ministry of Physical Planning performs management, professional and other duties in the jurisdiction of the Federation, related to: physical planning and regulation; land use policy at the Federal level; development, implementation and enforcement of the physical plan of the Federation BiH; harmonisation of cantonal physical plans with the physical plan of the Federation BiH; steering of long-term development of natural resource exploitation; geological surveys; creation of basic geophysical, seismic, geothermal, mineral/energy, geochemical, geomorphological and other maps; preparation of underlying geological maps for physical development; supervision of relevant institutions in this sector and other duties assigned to it by the law.”

Article 3 of the Rulebook on internal organisation of the Federal Ministry of Physical Planning, number 05-02-1182/12-12 dated 02.07.2013, number 05-02-1182/12-14 dated July 2015, number 05-02-1182/12 dated 24.10.2017, and number 05-02-1182/12-47 dated July 2018, states that the Ministry performs administrative, professional and other duties under the competence of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, specifically related to:

• Physical planning and development;
• Land use policy at the Federal level;
• Development, implementation and application of the physical plan of the Federation;
• Harmonisation of cantonal physical plans with the physical plan of the Federation;
• Steering of long-term development of natural resource exploitation;
• Geological surveys;
• Production of basic maps – geophysical, seismological, geothermal, mineral/energy, geochemical, geomorphological and other;
• Production of underlying geological maps for physical development;
• Supervision of relevant institutions in this sector;
• Handling of first-instance administrative procedures upon requests for issuance of urban planning consents, building permits, usage permits for constructions and interventions of importance for the Federation BiH, constructions, business operations and interventions with potential major impact on the environment, life and health of people in the Federation BiH and further, and for national monuments assigned the status of a national monument of BiH by decision of the Commission for Conservation of National Monuments;
• Handling of first-instance administrative procedures for issuance of authorisations to conduct energy audits and energy certification of buildings with simple technical systems, to natural and legal persons;
• Handling of first-instance administrative procedures for issuance of authorisations to conduct energy audits and authorisations to conduct energy certification of buildings with complex technical systems to legal persons;
• Handling of first-instance administrative procedures for issuance of authorisations to deliver the Training Programme for energy audits and energy certification of buildings to legal persons;
• Administration of mandatory registers, in accordance with the regulations;
• Issuance of certificates of completion for training programmes;
• Handling of second-instance administrative procedures in the domain of residential relations and inspections; and
• Other duties prescribed by the law.