Land Reform (Labour Tenants) Act, 1996 (Act No. 3 of 1996)

Chapter II : Right to Occupy and Use Land

Right to occupy and use land

4. Provision of labour

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(1) A labour tenant may nominate another person, acceptable to the owner or the lessee of the farm in question, to provide labour in his or her stead.

 

(2) The owner or lessee shall not unreasonably refuse to accept the nomination of a person referred to in subsection (1).

 

(3) The conditions of service of a person who is obliged to provide labour to an owner or lessee in terms of this Act, may not be generally less favourable than the conditions applicable to farm workers in terms of the Basic Conditions of Employment Act, 1983 (Act No. 3 of 1983).