Spatial Planning and Land Use Management Act, 2013 (Act No. 16 of 2013)Chapter 7 : General Provisions55. Exemptions |
| (1) | The Minister may, in the public interest, on request from a province or municipality, by notice in the Gazette— |
| (a) | exempt from one or all the provisions of this Act— |
| (i) | a piece of land specified in the notice; |
| (ii) | an area specified in the notice; |
| (b) | substitute alternative provisions consistent with this Act to apply in such a case; and |
| (c) | withdraw an exemption granted in terms of paragraph (a). |
| (2) | The exemption or withdrawal contemplated in subsection (1) may be made subject to such conditions, inclusive of directives relevant to the performance of any function by any organ of state or competent authority within a specified time limit as the Minister, after consultation with the said organ of state or competent authority, considers appropriate. |