Spatial Planning and Land Use Management Act, 2013 (Act No. 16 of 2013)RegulationsSpatial Planning and Land Use Management Regulations: Land Use Management and General Matters, 2015Chapter 3 : Land Development and Land Use Applications19. Areas under traditional leadership |
| (1) | A traditional council may conclude a service level agreement with the municipality in whose municipal area that traditional council is located, subject to the provisions of any relevant national or provincial legislation, in terms of which the traditional council may perform such functions as agreed to in the service level agreement, provided that the traditional council may not make a land development or land use decision. |
| (2) | If a traditional council does not conclude a service level agreement with the municipality as contemplated in subregulation (1), that traditional council is responsible for providing proof of the allocation of land in terms of the customary law applicable in that traditional area to the applicant of a land development and land use application in order for that applicant to submit it in accordance with the provisions of these Regulations. |