The minister of agriculture and land reform will take direct control of technical aspects under the new Deed Registries Amendment Bill, relegating a current regulations board to advisors. | BISouthAfrica
A new Bill seeks to put the minister of agriculture and land reform in direct charge of technical decisions around the Deeds Office.The Deed Registries Amendment Bill also explicitly allows the minister to prescribe how"information relating to race, gender, citizenship and nationality of land owners" should be collected.
On Friday, Didiza formally gave notice of her intention to put the Deed Registries Amendment Bill before the National Assembly soon, with the publication of an explanatory memorandum on the legislation. The minister may call on the board for specific advice, or the board could take it upon itself to proffer advice on how the deeds office runs, but there will be no obligation for the minister to heed any advice.
The regulations board, as it currently stands,"is best suited to formulate" regulations, the Law Society said, being made up of officials of the Registrar of Deeds Office and conveyancers. The details they deal with"may have to be amended quickly and on short notice", it said, and such decisions are not ideally punted up to a minister.
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