The Constitutional Court has ruled that the Land Restitution Amendment Act is unconstitutional. Various organisations, including Agri SA, challenged the Act, saying there wasn’t proper consultation with the public before the bill was signed into law.
The Court declared it invalid on Thursday, after finding that Parliament had failed to allow for proper consultation before passing the law.
Agri SA's Annelize Crosby says this means that a new amendment act needs to be tabled within the next 24 months.
"The Constitutional Court has decided that the Restitution Amendment Act which re-opened in 2014 is unconstitutional. The basis for the Court judgement, that the procedures that were followed were not in terms of the Constitution but flawed. The Court has now determined that now new claims may be entertained, up until an Amendment Act is brought to Parliament."
She added that this may well buy some time for concerned stakeholders.
