ATC170315: Report of the Portfolio Committee on Rural Development and Land Reform on the Extension of Security of Tenure Amendment Bill [B24 – 2015] (National Assembly – sec 75), dated 15 March 2017

Rural Development and Land Reform

Report of the Portfolio Committee on Rural Development and Land Reform on the Extension of Security of Tenure Amendment Bill [B24 – 2015] (National Assembly – sec 75), dated 15 March 2017
 

The Portfolio Committee on Rural Development and Land Reform having considered the subject of the Extension of Security of Tenure Amendment Bill [B24A – 2015], referred to it and classified by the Joint Tagging Mechanism (JTM) as a Section 75, reports the Bill with amendments [B 24A – 2015], as follows:

 

                                                                      CLAUSE 1

 

1.         On page 2, in line 17, after the second “child”, to insert “, or foster care child”.

2.         On page 2, in line 20, to omit “(iv)”, and to insert “(v)”.

 

                                                                     CLAUSE 4

 

            1.         On page 5, in line 11, to omit “or” and to substitute “and”

 

                                                                       CLAUSE 8

 

1.         On page 6, from line 6, to omit “a chairperson, deputy chairperson and such other number of members determined and”, and to substitute “not less than seven and not more than 13 members, including the chairperson and the deputy chairperson,”.

2.         On page 6, from line 8, to omit “such a period and either full-time or part-time, as determined by the Minister in a letter of appointment”, and to substitute “a period of four years”.

3.         On page 6, in line 28, after “groups”, to insert “, communities and interests affected by this Act”.

4.         On page 6, in line 38, after “The” , to insert “functions of the Board are to advise the Minister and the Director-General on tenure security matters, and generally, the”.

5.         On page 6, from line 39, to omit paragraph (a).

6.         On page 6, in line 44, to omit “create and maintain” and to substitute “assist in the creation and maintenance of ”

7.         On page 6, in line 47, to omit “provide for the ” and to substitute “assist in the provision of ”

8.         On page 6, in line 53, to omit “create ” and to substitute “assist in the creation of ”

9.         On page 6, from line 55, to omit “formulate a means test governing situations in which the Board will fund legal assistance and mediation”, and to substitute “assist in the formulation of a means test relating to funding for legal assistance;”.

10.        On page 7, from line 1, to omit the following subparagraphs:

            “(i)        identify and recommend acquisition of land for settlement and resettlement of occupiers, including facilitation of the implementation of section 4;

(j)         facilitate the provision of municipal services on the acquired land, in consultation with the municipality concerned; and”.

13.        On page 7, in line 6, to omit “deal with” and to substitute, “advise on”

14.        On page 7, in line 11, after “the” to insert “function to advise the Minister and the Director-General on tenure security matters and the”

15.        On page 7, in line 12, to omit “subsection (1)(a), (b) and (g)”, and to substitute “subsection (1)(a) and (f)”:

16         On page 8, from line 4, to omit “on the grounds of misconduct or incompetence”.

17.        On page 8, after line 38, to insert the following paragraphs:

(a)       identify and recommend acquisition of land for settlement and resettlement of occupiers, including facilitation of the implementation of section 4;

(b)        facilitate the provision of municipal services on the acquired land, in consultation with the municipality concerned;”.

18.        On page 8, in line 41, to omit “(a)” and to substitute “(c)”

19.        On page 8, from line 44, to omit the following paragraph:

“(d)       assist the Board in—

  1. providing the information necessary to populate the data base contemplated in section 15C(1)(c);
  2. identifying land referred to in section 15C(1)(i); and”,

and to substitute the following paragraph:

 

“(f)        assist the Board in providing the information necessary to populate the data base contemplated in section 15C(1)(b); and”.

 

                                                                  CLAUSE 11

 

  1. On page 9, in line 7, to omit “2016”, and to substitute “2017”.

 

Report to be considered.

 

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