Expropriation Act, 1975 (Act No. 63 of 1975)2. Power of Minister to expropriate property for public and certain other purposes and to take the right to use property for public purposes |
| 1) | Subject to the provisions of this Act the Minister may, subject to an obligation to pay compensation, expropriate any property for public purposes or take the right to use temporarily any property for public purposes. |
| 2) | The power of the Minister in terms of subsection (1) or any other law to expropriate any property, shall include the power to expropriate, when any property is so expropriated, so much of any other property which, in the opinion of the Minister, is affected by such expropriation as the Minister may for any reason deem expedient. |
| 3) | The power of the Minister in terms of subsection (2) to expropriate property which, in the opinion of the Minister, is affected by an expropriation, shall, in the case where only a portion of a piece of land is expropriated in terms of this section, include the power to expropriate the remainder of such a piece of land if the owner so requests and satisfies the Minister that due to the said partial expropriation the said remainder has become useless to the owner, or if the Minister, after consultation with the Minister of Agriculture, is satisfied that the said remainder is or is likely to become an uneconomic farming unit. |
| 4) | If the Minister negotiates with an owner of property for the acquisition thereof by means of agreement and the owner requests the Minister that the property be expropriated, the Minister may, subject to the other provisions of this Act, expropriate such property. |