Land Affairs General Amendment Act 61 of 1998

The Land Affairs General Amendment Act 61 of 1998 intends:

• 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.

Commencement

28 September 1998