AGRICULTURAL LAND SETTLEMENT ACT [CHAPTER 20:01] (as amended) (2) An agreement, transaction or regulation referred to in subsection (1) and the provisions of the Rural Land Act [Chapter 20:18] which are applicable to such agreement or transaction in terms of subsection (1) shall be construed, mutatis mutandis— (a) as if any reference therein to the Minister, as defined in that Act, were a reference to the Minister as defined in section two; (b) so as to give effect to the intention that the Minister replaces the Rural Land Board which was established by that Act, is not required to consult with or refer any matter to that Board for advice, consideration, recommendation or report and may act without such consultation or reference and without the advice, recommendation or report of that Board. (3) Where, notwithstanding subsections (1) and (2), an agreement or transaction referred to in subsection (1) or any term or condition thereof is, by virtue of the amendment of the Rural Land Act [Chapter 20:18] by this Act, rendered inoperative, the Minister may, subject to subsection (4), alter or amend such agreement or transaction or any term or condition thereof in such a manner as may appear to him to be most practicable and convenient for giving such agreement or transaction force and effect in accordance with the intention that, in so far as is possible without derogation from any rights acquired in terms of such agreement or transaction, such agreement or transaction shall be deemed to have been made in terms of this Act. (4) A person who is aggrieved by any alteration or amendment made to an agreement or transaction in terms of subsection (3) may appeal to the President who may confirm the alteration or amendment or make such alteration or amendment to the agreement or transaction as he thinks the Minister ought to have made and the decision of the President shall be final. 1 Agricultural Finance Corporation Amendment Act, 1999 (with effect from 15th May, 2000). 2 Agricultural Land Settlement Amendment Act, 2000 (with effect from 5th May, 2000). 3 Criminal Penalties Amendment Act, 2001 (with effect from 20th May, 2002). 4 Definition inserted by s. 2 of Act 2/2000. 5 Assignment to Minister of Special Affairs in the President's Office responsible for Lands, Land Reform and Resettlement notified by SI 61B/2004. 6 Part substituted by s. 3 of Act 2/2000. 7 Level four substituted for $2 000 by s. 4 of Act 22/2001. 8 Part inserted by s. 3 of Act 2/2000. 9 Proviso amended by s. 29 of Act 14/1999 (updating of reference to Agricultural Finance Corporation). 10 Subsection inserted by s. 4 of Act 22/2001. 11 Subsection inserted by s. 4 of Act 22/2001. 12 Subsection amended by s. 4 of Act 22/2001 (penalty only). 13 Section repealed by s. 4 of Act 22/2001. The section provided penalties for contraventions of orders in terms of sections 22 and 23. The penalties are now provided in those sections.. 14 Subsection inserted by s. 4 of Act 22/2001. 15 Section substituted by s. 4 of Act 22/2001.. March 2004 17