Government Villages Amendment Act 25 of 1984

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25 of 1984

Government Villages Amendment Act, 1984 (No. 25 of 1984)

GENERAL EXPLANATORY NOTE:
[ ] Words in bold type in square brackets indicate omissions from the existing enactments.
__ Words underlined with solid line indicate insertions in existing enactments.

Act

to amend the Government Villages Act, 1973, so as
- to provide for the exclusion of a Government Village or portion of a Government Village from the application of the said Act;
- to authorize the Director-General: Community Development to delegate powers conferred upon him by the said Act; and
- to substitute or delete certain obsolete designations; and
to provide for incidental matters.

(English text signed by the State President.)
(Assented to 29 February 1984.)

BE IT ENACTED by the State President and the House of
Assembly of the Republic of South Africa, as follows:-

Amendment of section 1 of Act 44 of 1973.

1. Section 1 of the Government Villages Act, 1973 (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act), is hereby amended-

(a) by the insertion before the definition of "Government Villages" of the following definition:
'"Director-General' means the Director-General: Community Development;";

(b) by the substitution for the definition of "Government Villages" of the following definition:
'"Government Villages' means, except in so far as excluded under section 2A from the application of this Act, the former military camps used for residential purposes and situated at Benoni, Germiston, Randfontein, Vereeniging, Cradock Place (Port Elizabeth), Collondale (East London) and Oribi (Pietermaritzburg);"; .

(c) by the substitution in the Afrikaans text for the definition of "Minister" of the following definition:
"'Minister' die Minister van [Gemeenskapsbou] Gemeenskapsontwikkeling;"; and

(d) by the deletion of the definition of "Secretary".

Insertion of section 2A in Act 44 of 1973.

2. The following section is hereby inserted in the principal Act after section 2:

"Exclusion of Government Villages from application of Act.

2A. The Minister may by notice in the Gazette exclude from the application of this Act any Govern

ment Village or any portion of a Government Village
specified in the notice.".

Insertion of section 4A in Act 44 of 1973.

3. The following section is hereby inserted in the principal Act after section 4:

"Delegation of powers.

4A. (1) The Director-General may delegate any power conferred upon him by thts Act to any officer in the public service.

(2) A delegation under subsection (1) shall not prevent the exercise of the relevant power by the Director-General himself, and may at any time be withdrawn by the Director-General.".

Substitution of certain designation in Act 44 of 1973.

4. The principal Act is hereby amended by the substitution for the expression "Secretary", wherever it occurs, of the expression "Director-General". ·