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  • LAND & PLANNING REGULARISATION TOOLKIT
    • Step 1: Land and Development Rights Audit
      • 1.1 Legal Status of Underlying Land Project Outside Figure
      • 1.2 Land Legal Constraints
      • 1.3 Other Constraints
      • 1.4 Review Development Approvals/Consents
      • 1.5 Identification of Amendments to Development Approvals/Consents
      • 1.6 Procedures to Confirm Developmental Approval/Consent Amendments
      • 1.7 Determine Rights to be Expropriated
      • 1.8 Prepare Business Plan
    • Step 2: Registration of underlying Land and Township Establishment
      • 2.1 Develop brief for Town Planner to achieve Township Establishment/Amendment
      • 2.2 Develop brief for Land Surveyor & Conveyancer to Effect Land Assembly and Transfer of Title
      • 2.3 Develop generic Procedural Process to procure notice of Expropriation if required
      • 2.4 Legislative interventions
    • Step 3: Satisfying all conditions arising from SPLUMA and NEMA RoDs
      • 3.1 Identify Outstanding Tasks / Actions
      • 3.2 Develop Generic Process to Procure SPLUMA Certificate
    • Step 4: Vesting of roads and public places and registration of individual title
      • 4.1 Develop procedures for Municipality and Conveyancer to effect vesting transfers
      • 4.2 Develop procedural flow chart to ensure project close out
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  • What are these Transfers?
  • When must these Vesting Transfers be effected?
  • What other legal instruments have a bearing?
  • Will there be a need to formalise more in future?
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  1. LAND & PLANNING REGULARISATION TOOLKIT
  2. Step 4: Vesting of roads and public places and registration of individual title

4.1 Develop procedures for Municipality and Conveyancer to effect vesting transfers

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What are these Transfers?

On Proclamation of a Township(s) the erven numbered and zoned ‘Public Open Space/Places’ and ‘Transportation’ (Roads) vest in ownership with the Municipality and/or Organ of State where relevant.

Whilst the vesting of ownership occurs on date of Proclamation of the Township(s), such erven must be ‘removed’ from the ‘Parent Title’ of the Township(s) and a title deed created under the registered name of the Municipality and/or Organ of the State.

The Land Assembly Process and Proclamation of the Township(s) process will have identified all such erven that require a ‘vesting transfer(s)’ to be effected.

When must these Vesting Transfers be effected?

In terms of relevant Municipal legislation and legislation governing an Organ of the State and their respective asset registers these must be updated as soon as possible as is reasonably possible after the date of ownership of such immovable asset has passed to the Municipality and/or Organ of the State.

The Conveyancer must register such ‘vesting transfers’ simultaneously or immediately after the opening of the Township Register, provided the SPLUMA Section 53 Certificate has been issued by the Municipality. However, the actual time-frame (if any) for the vesting of roads and other Municipal infrastructure will often be set out in the SPLUMA Approval/Consent. Hence, careful scrutiny and guidance from the project conveyancer is critical.

What other legal instruments have a bearing?

Other than the SPLUMA RoD, the other legal instruments that have a bearing on such vesting transfers are:

  • In certain cases, infrastructure services, in particular roads and improvements developed on Public Open Spaces such as ‘Sport Facilities’ etc. will have been confirmed via SLA.

  • Other National Legislation e.g the SANRAL Act.

Will there be a need to formalise more in future?

There will be a need to formalise more in future for the Institutional Mechanisms that govern the future management and maintenance of such Public Places. For example:

  • Community facilities are often developed on Public Open Spaces and these must be operated, maintained and managed in terms of the Municipal Finance Management Act, Act 56 of 2003 and/or the Public Finance Management Act, Act No 1 of 1999 in the case of a Municipality and Organ of the State respectively.

  • Further formalities and legal contracts may need to be put in place where private entities (including NGOs) operate, manage and maintain such facilities.

The first of two steps in the Vesting of Roads and Public Spaces and Registration of Individual Title phase