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Land Administration Amendment Act 1996 (No. 52 of 1996).

Country/Territory
South Africa
Document type
Legislation
Date
1996
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Long title
An Act to amend the Land Administration Act, 1995, so as to delete the definition of "proclaimed area"; to insert a definition of "Director-General" and to insert a definition of "Minister" in the Afrikaans text; to make further provision for the delegation of powers; to repeal the section which confers upon the President certain powers with regard to laws in a proclaimed area; and to make provision for matters connected therewith.
Subject
Land & soil
Keyword
Institution
Geographical area
Africa, South Atlantic, Southern Africa
Abstract

This Act modifies the principal Act by indicating as persons to whom powers delegated to the Premier under subsection 1(d) may be delegated: The Director-General of Land affairs of the province concerned or any member of the Executive Council of the province concerned. The powers delegated may be exercised by any officer in the service of the provincial government indicated by the Director-general of the province concerned. The national Director of Land Affairs may, pursuant to a new subsection 2(1)(a), in writing, either in general or in a particular case, delegate power relating land matters conferred upon him or her in terms of any law to a Director-General of a national department or a province or an officer in the service of the local government contemplated in section 1 of the Local Government Transition Act.

Full text
English
Website
www.info.gov.za

References - Legislation

Amends

Land Administration Act 1995 (No. 2 of 1995).

Legislation | South Africa | 1995

Keyword: Institution, Governance, Land tenure, Decentralisation

Source: FAO, FAOLEX