Standard Operating Procedures for Land Regulation and Services

The simplification and speeding up of the Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) at the National Land Agency are perhaps in the eyes of many long overdue. The Regulation, No. 6 of 2008, has been enacted in response to an earlier evaluation of the Head of the National Land Agency Decision No. 1 of 2005. The basic determination was that in order to increase public trust in the National Land Agency (NLA) there needed to be some changes to the SOPs and the manner in which they were carried out.

The list of services that are to be simplified include:

-                 Examination of certificates;

-                 Transfer of rights - sale & purchase;

-                 Transfer of rights - inheritance;

-                 Transfer of rights - grants;

-                 Transfer of rights - division of joint rights;

-                 Security right;

-                 Removal of a security right - “roya”;

-                 Division of title certificate - individual;

-                 Separation of title certificate - individual;

-                 Consolidation of title certificate - individual;

-                 Change in ownership rights for a residence with the completion of a form;

-                 Change in ownership rights for a residence without the completion of a form; and

-                 Change of name.

The SOPs are included in the Attachments to this Regulation. The Attachments are listed from I through to XIV. The Attachments list the fee payable for the service requested and it also stipulates the amount of time required for the service to be provided.

The enactment of this Regulation repeals the earlier Head of the National Land Agency Decision No. 1 of 2005 and the State Minister for Agrarian Affairs / Head of the National Land Agency Regulation No. 7 of 1998.

The Regulation has been in force since 11 July 2008.