| (b) | The number of such committees and the number of members of each committee must be determined by the Minister after consultation with the Board. |
| (a) | The Committees shall be composed of representatives of occupiers, labour tenants, communal property associations, various land owners, officials from the Department of Rural Development and Land Reform, state institutions with vested interests in land matters, various relevant non-government organisations and civil society organisations, local farming and business development agencies, organised labour and representatives of the local government structures. |
| (b) | The Board must, after consultation with the Director-General and having regard to the provisions of paragraph (a), nominate the persons to be appointed as members of a committee. |
| (c) | The persons identified in terms of paragraph (b) must be appointed by the Minister. |
| (3) | The Committees shall— |
| (a) | identify and recommend acquisition of land for settlement and resettlement of occupiers, including facilitation of the implementation of section 4; |
| (b) | facilitate the provision of municipal services on the acquired land, in consultation with the municipality concerned; |
| (c) | identify and monitor land rights disputes observed through adequate participation of all actors whose relative rights are contested; |
| (d) | take steps to resolve a dispute referred to in paragraph (c); |
| (e) | in the event that a dispute cannot be resolved, refer such dispute to the Board; |
| (f) | assist the Board in providing the information necessary to populate the data base contemplated in section 15C(1)(b); and |
| (g) | perform such functions as delegated to it in terms of section 15C(3). |
[Section 15H inserted by section 8 of the Extension of Security of Tenure Amendment Act, 2018, Notice No. 1259, GG42046, dated 20 November 2018 - effective 1 April 2024 by Commencement Proclamation Notice 146, GG50014, dated 19 January 2024]
