THE NATIONAL LAND COMMISSION (AMENDMENT) BILL, 2022

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A Bill to amend the National Land Commission Act and for connected purposes.

PROPOSED PROVISION FOR AMENDMENT PROPOSED AMENDMENT OUR COMMENTS
Amendment of section 14 of No. 5 of 2012
    The National Land Commission Act (in this Act referred to as “the Principal Act”), is amended in section 14 by:
  1. a. deleting the words “within five years of the commencement of this Act” appearing in subsection (1); and
  2. b. deleting subsection (9).
The amendment seeks to remove the five year time limit for reviewing of grants or dispositions of public land. This is because this period lapsed in 2017.
Amendment of section 15 of No. 5 of 2012
    Section 15 of the Principal Act is amended:
  1. a. in subsection (3) by deleting paragraph (e); and
  2. b. deleting subsection (11).

The Principal Act provided for a five year period in which the National Land Commission could admit, register and process a historical land injustice claim.

This means that the five year period in which claims of historical land injustices could be brought before the National Land Commission lapsed in 2017, five years after the Principal Act came into force.

This clause seeks to remove the time limits imposed by the Principal Act. The rationale of this is to provide legal redress to people having claims of historical land injustices that were not dealt with during the initial period.

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