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This Act: grants power to the President of South Africa to establish lake areas by Proclamation; establishes the Lake Areas Development Board for purposes of management of lake areas established under this Act; defines regulation-making powers of the Minister; and provides for other matters relative to the control and management of lake areas and the Board.The object of the Board shall be to control, manage and develop any State land situated within any lake area. For this purpose, the Board shall have the power to, among other things, subdivide, lease or sell State lands and acquire private land. Regulation-making powers of the Minister include the power to regulate the use of the seashore and the sea within any lake area and to provide for the control, generally, of the seashore and of the sea and of any lake or river within any lake area.

Repealed by: National Environmental Management: Protected Areas Amendment Act 2004 (No. 31 of 2004). (2005-02-07)

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