Agricultural (Commercial) Land Reform Amendment Act, 2013 (No. 8 of 2013)

N$4.00 WINDHOEK - 31 May 2013 No. 5210 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE OF THE REPUBLIC OF NAMIBIA CONTENTS Page GOVERNMENT NOTICE No. 132 Promulgation of Agricultural (Commercial) Land Reform Amendment Act, 2013 (Act No. 8 of 2013), of the Parliament ..................................................................................... 1 Government Notice OFFICE OF THE PRIME MINISTER No. 132 2013 PROMULGATION OF ACT OF PARLIAMENT The following Act which has been passed by the Parliament and signed by the President in terms of the Namibian Constitution is hereby published in terms of Article 56 of that Constitution. No. 8 of 2013: Agricultural (Commercial) Land Reform Amendment Act, 2013. 2 Government Gazette 31 May 2013 5210 Act No. 8, 2013 AGRICULTURAL (COMMERCIAL) LAND REFORM AMENDMENT ACT, 2013 EXPLANATORY NOTE: Words underlined with a solid line indicate insertions in existing provisions. [ ] Words in bold type in square brackets indicate omissions from existing provisions. ACT To amend the Agricultural (Commercial) Land Reform Act, 1995, so as to make provision for making regional governors members of Land Reform Advisory Commission committees; and to deal with incidental matters. (Signed by the President on 16 May 2013) BE IT ENACTED as passed by the Parliament, and assented to by the President, of the Republic of Namibia, as follows: Amendment of section 9 of Act 6 of 1995 as amended by section 6 of Act 13 of 2002 1. Section 9 of the Agricultural (Commercial) Land Reform Act, 1995 (Act No. 6 of 1995) is amended in subsection (2) by the substitution for paragraph (a) of the following paragraph: “(a) A committee established under subsection (1) shall consist of the regional governor appointed in terms of the Special Advisors and Regional Governors Appointment Act, 1990 (Act No. 6 of 1990) for the respective region who shall be the chairperson of the committee and one or more members of the Commission, designated by the Commission for that purpose, and, if the Commission deems it necessary, one or more other persons not being a member or members of the Commission and whom the Commission may consider fit to appoint to the committee.”. Short title 2. This Act is called the Agricultural (Commercial) Land Reform Amendment Act, 2013.