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Sectoral Laws for Land-Use Planning and Development

Land Reform
  • Upgrading of Land Tenure Rights Act (112 of 1991)
  • Less Formal Township Establishment Act (113 of 1991)
  • Restitution of Land Rights Act (22 of 1994)
  • Land Reform (Labour Tenants) Act (3 of 1996)
  • Communal Property Associations Act (28 of 1996)
  • Interim Protection of Informal Land Rights Act (31 of 1996)
  • Extension of Security of Tenure Act (62 of 1997)
  • Prevention of Illegal Eviction from and Unlawful Occupation of Land Act (19 of 1998)
  • Communal Land Rights Act (11 of 2004)
Planning
  • The Development Facilitation Act (67 of 1995)
  • Local Government Transition Act (209 of 1993)
  • Local Government: Municipal Structures Act (117 of 1998)
  • Local Government: Municipal Systems Act (32 of 2000)
  • National Building Regulations and Building Standards Act (103 of 1977)
  • Provincial Land Use Planning Ordinances
  • Spatial Planning and Land Use Management Act (16 of 2013) (this Act will repeal the Development Facilitation Act when it comes into effect)