"Administrator"

[Definition deleted by section 8(a) of the Land Affairs General Amendment Act, 1995, Notice No. 788, GG16448, 2 June 1995]

"community"

means a group of persons of which its members have or wish to have their rights to or in a particular piece of land determined by shared rules;

[Definition inserted by section 1(a) of the Upgrading of Land Tenure Rights Amendment Act, 1996, (Act No. 34 of 1996), Notice No. 1099, dated 3 July 1996]

"community resolution"

means any decision taken by a majority of the members of the community over the age of 18 years present or represented at a meeting convened for the purpose of considering the disposal of a right in land lawfully occupied by or allocated for the use of such community, of which they have been given sufficient notice, and in which they had a reasonable opportunity to participate;

[Definition inserted by section 1(a) of the Upgrading of Land Tenure Rights Amendment Act, 1996, (Act No. 34 of 1996), Notice No. 1099, dated 3 July 1996]

"Deeds Act"

means the Deeds Registries Act, 1937 (Act No. 47 of 15 1937);

"deeds registry"

means a deeds registry as defined in section 102 of the Deeds Act;

"erf"

in relation to a township, means any surveyed or any informally demarcated unit in the township or, if a general plan has been prepared for the township, any unit indicated on such general plan as an erf, plot or stand;

"formalized township"

means a township for which a general plan or general plans have been approved under a provision of any law and which—

"general plan"

means a plan representing the relative positions and dimensions of two or more pieces of land;

"land tenure right"

means any leasehold, deed of grant, quitrent or any other right to the occupation of land created by or under any law and, in relation to tribal land, includes any right to the occupation of such land under the indigenous law or customs of the tribe in question;

"Minister"

means the Minister of Regional and Land Affairs;

[Definition substituted by section 8(b) of the Land Affairs General Amendment Act, 1995, Notice No. 788, GG16448, 2 June 1995]

"Official Gazette"

means the Official or Provincial  Gazette of the province concerned;

"putative holder"

means the person who occupies an erf as if he or she is the holder of the land tenure right in respect of that erf but who is not formally recorded in the register of land rights as the holder of the right in question;

[Definition inserted by section 1(b) of the Upgrading of Land Tenure Rights Amendment Act, 1996,  (Act No. 34 of 1996), Notice No. 1099, dated 3 July 1996]

"register of land rights"

"title of land right"

in relation to any erf or any other piece of land,means a deed executed under a provision of any law as proof  of the registration of a land tenure right in respect of such erf or such piece of land in the name of a person;

"township"

means—

"township owner"

means the person who, by virtue of his ownership of the land on which a township is situated, is the owner of the erven and other pieces of land in the township or, if any of such erven or pieces of land have been transferred, is the owner of the  remaining erven or pieces of land;

"township register"

means a register referred to in section 46(1) of the Deeds Act;

"tribal land"

means land—

"tribal resolution"

in relation to a tribe, means a resolution passed by the tribe democratically and in accordance with the indigenous law or customs of the tribe: Provided that for the purposes of this Act any decision to dispose of a right in tribal land may only be taken by a majority of the members of the tribe over the age of 18 years present or represented at a meeting convened for the purpose of considering such disposal, of which they have been given sufficient notice, and in which they had a reasonable opportunity to participate;

[Definition substituted by section 1(c) of the Upgrading of Land Tenure Rights Amendment Act, 1996,  (Act No. 34 of 1996), Notice No. 1099, dated 3 July 1996]

"tribe"