(6) Where the owner or holder of the farm equipment or material concerned or the
acquiring authority is dissatisfied with any decision of the Administrative Court, whether in
relation to the acquisition of the farm equipment or material or the compensation fixed therefor,
either party may appeal to the Supreme Court against that decision.
9
Payment for farm equipment or material
(1) The acquiring authority shall pay to the owner or holder of any farm equipment or
material acquired in terms of this Act the compensation offered, agreed or fixed therefor, as the
case may be, within a reasonable time and, in any event, where the farm equipment or material
is compulsorily acquired—
(a) at least one quarter of the compensation payable shall be paid at the time the
equipment or material concerned is acquired, or within thirty days thereafter; and
(b) the balance of the compensation payable shall be paid within—
(i) five years after the acquisition thereof in the case of farm equipment;
(ii) one year after the acquisition thereof in the case of farm material.
(2) The compensation to be paid to the owner or holder of any farm equipment or material
in terms of subsection (1) shall accrue interest at the prescribed rate from date of acquisition
thereof.
10
Use of acquired farm equipment or material3
(1) Subject to subsection (2), any farm equipment or material acquired in terms of this Act
shall vest in the State for the benefit of the Land Reform Programme.
(2) The State may, subject to such conditions as are prescribed under section twelve, sell or
otherwise dispose of for valuable consideration any farm equipment or material acquired in
terms of this Act to any private individual, institution or corporation requiring to use the
equipment or material for agricultural purposes on any agricultural land:
Provided that if the person from whom the farm equipment or material was acquired by the
State contests the acquisition, the State shall not sell or otherwise dispose of it in terms of this
subsection until the matter is finally determined in accordance with section eight.
11 Impersonation
Any person who, for the purpose of gaining entry into any land or premises, falsely holds
himself or herself out to be a duly authorised representative or employee of the acquiring
authority or designated valuation officer, shall be guilty of an offence and liable to a fine not
exceeding level ten or imprisonment for a period not exceeding two years or both such fine and
such imprisonment.
3
As substituted by section 26 of the General Laws Amendment Act, 2005 (No. 6 of 2005).with effect from
the 3rd February, 2006. Prior to that date the section read as follows:—
10
Use of acquired farm equipment or material
Any farm equipment or material acquired in terms of this Act shall vest in the State for the
benefit of the Land Reform Programme and shall not be sold or otherwise disposed of to any
private individual, institution or corporation.
-6-