4 in terms of the principal Act, compulsorily acquire as agricultural land required for resettlement purposes any such land. (3) Any word or expression to which a meaning has been assigned in any provision of the principal Act shall have the same meaning when used in subsection (2). 9 Declaratory provisions respecting application of the Land Reform Programme (1) In this section— (a) the term “Land Reform Programme” means the Land Reform and Resettlement Programme and Implementation Plan (Phase 2), published in April, 2001 (as re-issued and amended from time to time), in connection with the programme of acquiring agricultural land for resettlement purposes which commenced under the terms of the principal Act on the 23rd May, 2000; (b) any word or expression to which a meaning has been assigned in any provision of the principal Act shall have the same meaning when used in this section. (2) For the avoidance of doubt it is declared that— (a) the criteria listed in the Land Reform Programme for the acquisition of agricultural land required for resettlement purposes are not binding on the acquiring authority; accordingly the fact that the land to be acquired— (i) is a plantation farm engaged in large-scale production of tea, coffee, timber, citrus fruit, sugar cane or other plantation crops; (ii) is an agro-industrial property involved in the integrated production, processing or marketing of poultry, beef and dairy products and seed-multiplication; (iii) is within an export processing zone or operates under a permit issued by the Zimbabwe Investment Centre; (iv) is an approved conservancy; (iii) is the only piece of land belonging to the owner; shall not constitute valid grounds for any objection to the compulsory acquisition of the land nor shall such criteria form the basis of any claim or right in law; (b) the total hectarage of land required for resettlement purposes specified in the Land Reform Programme is indicative only of the minimum hectarage of such land; accordingly, the acquiring authority is not prevented by that Programme from acquiring land in excess of the hectarage so specified. (3) For public information it is declared that the State intends to acquire not less than eleven million hectares of agricultural land for resettlement purposes in terms of the Land Reform Programme. H.B. 15A, 2003 – showing Committee Stage amendments.]