Land Reform (Labour Tenants) Act 1996 (No. 3 of 1996). Country/Territory South Africa Document type Legislation Date 1996 Source FAO, FAOLEX Original source South African Legislation, South Africa WWW. Long titleAn Act to provide for security of tenure of labour tenants and those persons occupying or using land as a result of their association with labour tenants; to provide for the acquisition of land and rights in land by labour tenants; and to provide for matters connected therewith. Subject Land & soil Keyword Land tenure Land reform Lease Ownership Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings Dispute settlement Court/tribunal Geographical area Africa, South Atlantic, Southern Africa Abstract "Labour tenant" is defined in section 1 as a person who: (a) is residing or has the right to reside on a farm; (b) who has or has had the right to use cropping or grazing land on the farm, referred to in paragraph (a), or another farm of the owner, and in consideration of such right provides or has provided labour to the owner or the lessee; (c) whose parent or grandparent resided or resides on a farm and had the use of cropping or grazing land on such farm or another farm of the owner, and in consideration of such right provides labour to the owner or the lessee of such or such other farm, including a person who has been appointed successor to a labour tenant in accordance with the provisions of section 3(4) and (5), but excluding a farmworker. Provisions of Chapter II confirm the right of labour tenants to occupy and use land which was either held by him or her on 2 June 1995 or the occupation and use of which is restored to him or her in terms of this Act or any other law (sect. 3). Other provisions of this Chapter concern eviction of labour tenants and other persons and reinstatement or labour tenants by Court Order. Chapter III provides for the acquisition of ownership or other rights in land by a labour tenant and related procedures of arbitration or court proceedings. Chapter contains provisions concerning the Land Claims Court and Arbitrators; Chapter V contains miscellaneous provisions. Full text English References - Legislation Amended by Rural Development and Land Reform General Amendment Act, 2011 (No. 4 of 2011). Legislation | South Africa | 2011 Keyword: Land tenure, Cadastre/land registration, Common property, Lease, Institution, Survey/mapping Source: FAO, FAOLEX Land Affairs General Amendment Act 2001 (No. 51 of 2001). Legislation | South Africa | 2001 Keyword: Land reform, Land tenure, Lease, Contract/agreement, Smallholders/peasants Source: FAO, FAOLEX Land Affairs General Amendment Act. Legislation | South Africa | 1998 Keyword: Land reform, Land tenure, Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings, Court/tribunal, Dispute settlement Source: FAO, FAOLEX Land Restitution of Reform Laws Amendment Act. Legislation | South Africa | 1999 Keyword: Land reform, Court/tribunal, Dispute settlement Source: FAO, FAOLEX Land Restitution and Reform Laws Amendment Act (No. 78 of 1996). Legislation | South Africa | 1996 Keyword: Land reform, Court/tribunal, Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings, Dispute settlement, Ownership Source: FAO, FAOLEX The Land Court Act, no. 06 of 2023. Legislation | South Africa | 2023 Keyword: Land tenure, Court/tribunal, Land consolidation, Land reform, Land valuation, Dispute settlement, Procedural matters, Offences/penalties Source: FAO, FAOLEX