Communal Land Rights Act, 2004 (Act No. 11 of 2004)Chapter 7 : Land Administration Committee21. Establishment of land administration committee |
| 1) | A community must establish a land administration committee which may only be disestablished if its existence is no longer required in terms of this Act. |
| 2) | If a community has a recognised traditional council, the powers and duties of the land administration committee of such community may be exercised and performed by such council. |
| 3) | In the exercise of the powers and the performance of the duties of a land administration committee as contemplated in subsection (2), a traditional council must ensure that the composition of its membership satisfies the requirements of section 22(4) and (5). |
| 4) | When a traditional council acts as a land administration committee as contemplated in this section, its functional area of competence is the administration of land affairs and not traditional leadership as contemplated in Schedule 4 to the Constitution. |
| 5) | Any provision in this Act which refers, or is applicable, to a traditional council is intended to establish norms and standards and a national policy with regard to communal land rights, to effect uniformity across the nation. |