"owner"

in relation to land, means the person registered in a deeds registry as the owner of such land, and includes—

(a)

the liquidator of a company or close corporation or the representative recognised by law of any owner who has died, become insolvent, assigned his or her estate, is a minor or of unsound mind or is otherwise under disability, provided that such liquidator or representative acts within the power conferred on him or her by law;

(b)	the person in whom the ownership of the land is vested by statute, and the allottee of land held under provisional title and in process of alienation by the State;

(c)	the lessee of land held under a lease for a period of 99 years registered in a deeds registry, and in the Province of KwaZulu-Natal a lease of land from the State for a period of 99 years; or

(d)	for the purposes of sections 19, 22, 23, 24, 25, 29, 31, 33, 34 and 36, the holder of a right to minerals in respect of such land;