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Land Affairs General Amendment Act.

Country/Territory
South Africa
Document type
Legislation
Date
1998
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Long title
An Act to amend the Upgrading of Land Tenure Rights Act, 1991, so as to make the Act applicable throughout the Republic; to amend the Restitution of Land Rights Act, 1994, so as to provide for the secondment of officers to the Land Claims Commission; to further regulate mediation and negotiation; and to extend the cases in respect of which money may be granted for the development of land; to amend the Land Reform (Labour Tenants) Act, 1996, so as to authorise the Land Claims Court to determine whether a person is a labour tenant or not; to amend the Communal Property Associations Act, 1996, so as to make further provision for delegation; to amend the Interim Protection of Informal Land Rights Act, 1996, so as to authorise the Minister of Land Affairs to extend the application of the provisions of that Act; to amend the Land Survey Act, 1997, so as to rectify a difference between the English and Afrikaans texts; and to make provision for the division of survey related responsibilities between the Chief Surveyor-General and the Chief Director: Surveys and Mapping; to amend the Extension of Security of Tenure Act, 1997, so as to extend the definition of ''court'' also to include a Special Tribunal established under section 2 of the Special Investigating Units and Special Tribunals Act, 1996: and to regulate the powers of a Special Tribunal and a Special Investigating Unit in relation to this Act; and to rectify differences between the English and Afrikaans texts; and to effect certain textual improvements; and to provide for matters connected therewith.
Subject
Land & soil
Keyword
Land reform Land tenure Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings Court/tribunal Dispute settlement
Geographical area
Africa, South Atlantic, Southern Africa
Abstract

These amendments, being part of a general revision of various acts relating to land, concern the regulation of land claims and in particular negotiation and mediation, duties of institutions in relation with the survey of lands, special land courts, and legal proceedings.

Full text
English

References - Legislation

Amends

Land Survey Act 1997 (No. 8 of 1997).

Legislation | South Africa | 1997

Keyword: Basic legislation, Survey/mapping, Institution, Cadastre/land registration

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Restitution of Land Rights Act (No. 22 of 1994).

Legislation | South Africa | 1994

Keyword: Land reform, Land tenure, Court/tribunal, Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings, Land commission, Ownership

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Land Reform (Labour Tenants) Act 1996 (No. 3 of 1996).

Legislation | South Africa | 1996

Keyword: Land tenure, Land reform, Lease, Ownership, Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings, Dispute settlement, Court/tribunal

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Interim Protection of Informal Land Rights Act, 1996 (No. 1057 of 1996).

Legislation | South Africa | 1997

Keyword: Basic legislation, Land tenure, Traditional rights/customary rights, Expropriation, Common property, Community management

Source: FAO, FAOLEX