Restitution of Land Rights Act, 1994 (Act No. 22 of 1994)Chapter III : The Land Claims Court28I. Appointment of officers of Court |
| (1) | The Minister of Justice may, subject to the laws governing the public service, appoint registrars, assistant registrars and other officers for the Court whenever they may be required for the administration of justice or the execution of the functions of the Court. |
| (2) | Whenever by reason of absence or incapacity a registrar or assistant registrar is unable to carry out the functions of his or her office, or his or her office becomes vacant, the Minister of Justice may authorise any other competent officer in the public service to act in the place of the absent or incapacitated officer during such absence or incapacity or to act in the vacant office until the vacancy is filled. |
[Section 28I(2) substituted by section 20 of Act No. 63 of 1997]
[Proviso deleted by section 42, Schedule, of Act No. 30 of 2007]
| (3) | Any officer in the public service appointed under subsection (1) may simultaneously hold more than one of the offices mentioned in that subsection. |
(4)
| (a) | The President of the Court may, in consultation with the Minister of Justice, from time to time, appoint one or more persons to undertake such research or perform such duties for the Court as the President of the Court may determine. |
| (b) | The remuneration and other terms and conditions of service of a person appointed in terms of paragraph (a) shall be as determined, either generally or in any specific case, by the President of the Court in consultation with the accounting officer referred to in section 281(3). |
| (5) | The Minister of Justice may delegate to an officer in the Department of Justice any of the powers vested in him or her by this section. |
[Section 28I inserted by section 15 of Act No. 78 of 1996]