Transformation of Certain Rural Areas Act. País/Territorio Sudáfrica Tipo de documento Legislación Fecha 1998 Fuente FAO, FAOLEX Título completoAn Act to provide for the transfer of certain land to municipalities and certain other legal entities; the removal of restrictions on the alienation of land; matters with regard to minerals; the repeal of the Rural Areas Act, 1987, and related laws; and to provide for matters connected therewith. Materia Tierra y suelos Palabra clave Terrenos públicos Transferencia Área geográphica Africa, Atlántico Sur, Africa Meridional Entry into force notes Entry into force on 2 November, 1998. Resumen At the commencement of this Act, all trust land situated in a township must vest in the municipality of the area where such land is situated, subject to the continued existence of any registered or registrable rights of a person in or over a piece of land in the township. Trust land in the remainder or land in the remainder which vests in a municipality in terms of a law listed in the Schedule, may be transferred to an entity at any time prior to the expiry of the transitional period. No transfer of such land must take place unless the Minister is satisfied that, in the event of a transfer to: (a) municipality, the legislation applicable to such a municipality; or (b) a communal property association or other body approved by the Minister, the rules of such association or body, make suitable provision for a balance of security of tenure rights and protection of rights of use of: (i) the residents mutually; (ii) individual members of such a communal property association or other body; (iii) present and future users or occupiers of land, and the public interest of access to land on the remainder and the continued existence or termination of any existing right or interest of a person in such land. Texto completo Inglés Referencias - Legislación Enmendado porr Rural Development and Land Reform General Amendment Act, 2011 (No. 4 of 2011). Legislación | Sudáfrica | 2011 Palabra clave: Tenencia de tierras, Catastro/registración de tierras, Propiedad común, Arrendamiento, Institución, Levantamiento topográfico/cartografía Fuente: FAO, FAOLEX