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Regulations on Criteria to be used for Expropriation of Agricultural Land (G.N. 209 of 2016).

Country/Territory
Namibia
Document type
Regulation
Date
2016
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Original source
Government Gazette of the Republic of Namibia No. 6115 of 1 September 2016.
Subject
Land & soil
Keyword
Land reform Agricultural land Expropriation Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings
Geographical area
Africa, South Atlantic, Southern Africa
Abstract

These Regulations, made under section 77 of the Agricultural (Commercial) Land Reform Act, establish criteria to be used in expropriating agricultural land for purposes of section 20(1A) of the Act. The Regulations also concern the identification of agricultural land suitable for expropriation and lays down the method of calculating whether an agricultural land is highly suitable, suitable, moderate suitable or not suitable for expropriation (scoring criteria for agricultural land). The Minister, after having - (a) identified agricultural land for expropriation; and (b) conducted a suitability assessment of the agricultural land as contemplated these Regulations, must for the purposes of section 14(1) of the Act score the agricultural land in accordance with the scoring criteria set out in the Annexure. The Minister, after consultation with the Commission and having scored the identified agricultural land may decide to expropriate the identified agricultural land.

Full text
English
Website
www.lac.org.na

References - Legislation

Implements

Agricultural (Commercial) Land Reform Act, 1995.

Legislation | Namibia | 1995 (2014)

Keyword: Equity, Agricultural land, Basic legislation, Land reform, Expropriation, Land tenure, Ownership, Foreign land tenure, Court/tribunal, Lease, Subdivision of land, Institution

Source: FAO, FAOLEX