Land Reform: Provision of Land and Assistance Act, 1993(Act No. 126 of 1993)

1. Definitions

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In this Act, unless the context otherwise indicates—

 

"Administrator"

[Definition deleted by section 1 of Act No. 26 of 1998]

 

"agricultural enterprise"

includes an enterprise engaged in activities pertaining to agricultural production and plantation, livestock production, agricultural services, hunting, trapping and game propagation, forestry and logging, aquaculture and fishing and any property utilised to carry on that enterprise;

[Definition inserted by section 1(a) of Act No. 58 of 2008]

 

"deeds registry"

means a deeds registry as defined in section 102 of the Deeds Registries Act, 1937 (Act No. 47 of 1937);

 

"Department"

means the Department of Rural Development and Land Reform;

[Definition amended by section 17 of Act No. 4 of 2011]

 

"designated land"

means land which is under section 2 designated for settlement;

 

"developer"

means any person who under section 4 undertakes the development of designated land;

 

"development body"

[Definition deleted by section 1 of Act No. 26 of 1998]

 

"enterprise"

means an undertaking engaged in production or distribution of goods or service not for the sole purpose of own consumption;

[Definition inserted by section 1(c) of Act No. 58 of 2008]

 

"Minister"

means the Minister of Rural Development and Land Reform;

[Definition substituted by section 17 of Act No. 4 of 2011]

 

"partition plan"

means a partition plan as referred to in section 6;

 

"prescribed"

means prescribed by or under this Act;

 

"property"

includes movable or immovable, corporeal or incorporeal property and includes shares, rights, title or interest in or to a juristic person, other entity or a trust;

[Definition inserted by section 1(d) of Act No. 58 of 2008]

 

"settlement"

means the settlement of persons on designated land as referred to in section 7(1);

 

"this Act"

includes a regulation made under this Act.