owner
has its common law meaning and includes-
| a) |
a lessee or other person who controls the land in question in terms of a contract, testamentary document, law or order of a High Court; |
| b) |
in relation to land controlled by a community, the executive body of the community in terms of its constitution or any law or custom; |
| c) |
in relation to State land not controlled by a person contemplated in paragraph (a) or a community- |
| i) |
the Minister of the Government department or the member of the executive council of the provincial administration exercising control over that State land; or |
| ii) |
a person authorised by him or her; and |
| d) |
in relation to a local authority, the chief executive officer of the local authority or a person authorised by him or her. |
Maintenance Act, 1998
