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South Africa
Disaster Management Act, 2002
Directions Relating to Spatial Planning, Land Use Management and Land Development Processes
General Notice 431 of 2020
- Published in Government Gazette no. 43598 on 7 August 2020
- Commenced on 7 August 2020
- [Up to date as at 7 August 2020]
1. Definitions
In these Directions, any word or expression to which a meaning has been assigned in the Act or the Regulations bears the meaning so assigned and, unless the context otherwise indicates—"COVID-19" means the Novel Coronavirus (2019- nCov2) which is an infectious disease caused by a virus that has previously not been scientifically identified in humans, which emerged during 2019 and was declared a global pandemic by the World Health Organisation in 2020;"Disaster Management Act" means the Disaster Management Act, 2002 (Act No 57 of 2002);"national state of disaster" means the national state of disaster relating to the COVID-19 outbreak declared in Government Notice No 313 of Government Gazette No. 43096 of 15 March 2020;"Regulations" means the Regulations issued in terms of section 27(2) of the Disaster Management Act and published on 29 April 2020 in Government Notice No. R.480 of Government Gazette No. 43258;"SPLUM Regulations" means the Spatial Planning and Land Use Management Regulations issued in terms of section 54 of the Act, and published on 23 March 2015 in Government Notice No R.239 of Government Gazette No. 38594;"the Act" means the Spatial Planning and Land Use Management Act, 2013 (Act No. 16 of 2013).2. Purpose
3. Application
4. Extension of timeframes
The following timeframes, which have lapsed during the period of lockdown are hereby extended, or will be deemed to be extended, with effect from 27 March 2020;(a)Timeframes contemplated in section 15(4) and (5) of the Act are hereby extended by 12 months in addition to the period specified in the Act;(b)the timeframe contemplated in section 15(6)(b) of the Act is hereby extended by 30 days in addition to the period specified in the Act;(c)the timeframe contemplated in section 18(4)(b) of the Act is hereby extended by 30 days in addition to the period specified in the Act;(d)the timeframe contemplated in section 20(3)(b) of the Act is hereby extended by 30 days in addition to the period specified in the Act;(e)the timeframe contemplated in section 24(1) of the Act is hereby extended by 24 months in addition to the period specified in the Act;(f)the timeframe contemplated in section 27(1) of the Act is hereby extended by 12 months in addition to the period specified in the Act;(g)the timeframe contemplated in section 43(2) of the Act is hereby extended by 24 months in addition to the period specified in the Act;(h)the timeframe contemplated in regulation 16(3) of the SPLUM Regulations is hereby extended by six months in addition to the period specified in the SPLUM Regulations;(i)the timeframe contemplated in regulation 16(4) of the SPLUM Regulations is hereby extended by three months in addition to the period specified in the SPLUM Regulations;(j)the timeframe contemplated in regulation 16(5) of the SPLUM Regulations is hereby extended by three months in addition to the period specified in the SPLUM Regulations;(k)the timeframe contemplated in regulation 30(1) of the SPLUM Regulations is hereby extended by 14 days in addition to the period specified in the SPLUM Regulations.5. Validity period
6. Consideration of land development applications and appeals
7. Commencement
These Directions come into effect on the date of publication in the Government Gazette.History of this General Notice
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7 August 2020 this version
Published in Government Gazette no. 43598General Notice commences.
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