ACT
To provide for the acquisition of farm equipment or material not being used for
agricultural purposes; to amend section 5 of the Land Acquisition Act
[Chapter 20:10]; and to provide for matters connected with or incidental to
the foregoing.
ENACTED by the President and Parliament of Zimbabwe.
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Title
This Act may be cited as the Acquisition of Farm Equipment or Material Act [Chapter
18:23].
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Interpretation
(1) In this Act⎯
“acquiring authority” means the Minister of Special Affairs in the President's Office
responsible for Lands, Land Reform and Resettlement or any other Minister to whom
the President may from time to time assign the administration of this Act;
“designated valuation officer” means a person who is designated as a valuation officer in
terms of section five;
“farm equipment” means movables used for agricultural purposes on any agricultural land
acquired for resettlement purposes under the Land Reform Programme, including
irrigation equipment not embedded in the ground, tractors, ploughs, disc harrows,
trailers, combine harvesters, pumps not permanently attached to the land, sprinklers,
risers, movable storage facilities and Modrho tobacco curers;
"farm material" means material used for agricultural purposes on any agricultural land
acquired for resettlement purposes under the Land Reform Programme, including seed,
fertiliser, farm feed and chemicals intended for the destruction of any noxious plant or
insect or for the prevention, treatment or cure of any disease, infestation or other
unhealthy or unfavourable condition of livestock, poultry, domesticated animals and
plants;
“identify”, in relation to farm equipment or material or any item thereof, means include in
an inventory compiled in terms of section four;
“Land Reform Programme” means the Land Reform 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 Land Acquisition Act
[Chapter 20:10] on the 23rd May, 2000.
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