Land Affairs General Amendment Bill [B53-98]: briefing

Meeting report

LAND AFFAIRS PORTFOLIO COMMITTEE
23 July 1998
LAND AFFAIRS GENERAL AMENDMENT BILL [B53-98]: BRIEFING

Documents handed out:
Land Affairs General Amendment Bill [B53-98]
Departmental Proposed Amendments: 16 July 1998

SUMMARY
The committee met to have the Land Affairs General Amendment Bill introduced by the department. The department went through the Bill, explaining the key concepts. A document containing amendments from the department was tabled.

DETAILED MINUTES
The department went through the Bill, explaining the key concepts, as outlined in the Memorandum on the Objects of the Land Affairs General Amendment Bill, which is found at the back of the Bill.

The Bill contains proposed amendments to a number of laws administered by the Department of Land Affairs. The proposed amendments are mostly of a technical nature, and do not justify separated amendment bills. Many of the amendments aim to make bills applicable throughout SA, as they were originally passed when the homelands were not included in the definition of South Africa. Other amendments aim to extend bills that are intended as temporary bills, to allow for the extended time it is taking to draw up a Tenure Bill.