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South African National Water Resources Infrastructure Agency SOC Limited Act, 2024 (Act No. 34 of 2024)Chapter 7 : Powers of Minister44. Expropriation by Minister |
| (1) | Subject to section 25 of the Constitution, the Minister may authorise the Agency to expropriate property, in terms of section 64 of the National Water Act for a public purpose or in the public interest and such property may include— |
| (a) | land that it reasonably requires for national water resources infrastructure or other purposes connected with a national water resources infrastructure; |
| (b) | the right to land that it requires temporarily for any of the purposes which the Minister of Public Works is competent to expropriate land; or |
| (c) | gravel, stone, sand, clay, water or any other material or substance on or in the land required for the construction of national water resources infrastructure or for any waterwork or any other purposes. |
| (2) | Where the Minister expropriates any land for the Agency in terms of paragraph (a), the Agency becomes the owner thereof on the date of such expropriation. |
| (3) | The Expropriation Act, 1975 (Act No. 63 of 1975) applies to any expropriation required in terms of this Act. |
