Transformation of Certain Rural Areas Act.

At the commencement of this Act, all trust land situated in a township must vest in the municipality of the area where such land is situated, subject to the continued existence of any registered or registrable rights of a person in or over a piece of land in the township. Trust land in the remainder or land in the remainder which vests in a municipality in terms of a law listed in the Schedule, may be transferred to an entity at any time prior to the expiry of the transitional period. No transfer of such land must take place unless the Minister is satisfied that, in the event of a transfer to: (a) municipality, the legislation applicable to such a municipality; or (b) a communal property association or other body approved by the Minister, the rules of such association or body, make suitable provision for a balance of security of tenure rights and protection of rights of use of: (i) the residents mutually; (ii) individual members of such a communal property association or other body; (iii) present and future users or occupiers of land, and the public interest of access to land on the remainder and the continued existence or termination of any existing right or interest of a person in such land.

Amended by: Rural Development and Land Reform General Amendment Act, 2011 (No. 4 of 2011). (2011-05-12)