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Rental Housing Amendment Act, No.
35 of 2014
NOTE: Assented to and published in English, with alternative copy in Afrikaans
NOTE: Assented to and published in English, with alternative copy in Afrikaans
Long title
To amend the Rental Housing Act, 1999, so as to substitute and insert certain definitions; to set out the rights and obligations of tenants and landlords in a coherent manner; to require leases to be in writing; to extend the application of Chapter 4 to all provinces; to require MEC’s to establish Rental Housing Tribunals; to extend the powers of the Rental Housing Tribunals; to provide for an appeal process; to require all local municipalities to have Rental Housing Information Offices; to provide for norms and standards related to rental housing; to extend offences; and to provide for matters connected therewith.
Table of contents
| SECTION | TITLE |
| 1. | Amendment of section 1 of Act 50 of 1999... |
| 2. | nsertion
of section 1A in Act 50 of 1999 |
| 3. | Amendment
of section 2 of Act 50 of 1999 |
| 4. | Amendment of section 3 of Act 50 of 1999 |
| 5. | Amendment
of Chapter 3 of Act 50 of 1999 |
| 6. | Amendment
of section 4 of Act 50 of 1999... |
| 7. | Insertion
of sections 4A and 4B in Act 50 of 1999 |
| 8. | Amendment
of section 5 of Act 50 of 1999... |
| 9. | Amendment of section 6 of Act 50 of 1999 |
| 10. | Amendment
of section 7 of Act 50 of 1999 |
| 11. | Amendment
of section 9 of Act 50 of 1999... |
| 12. | Amendment
of section 10 of Act 50 of 1999.. |
| 13. | Amendment
of section 13 of Act 50 of 1999.. |
| 14. | Amendment of section 14 of Act 50 of 1999 |
| 15. | Amendment
of section 15 of Act 50 of 1999.. |
| 16. | Amendment
of Chapters 4 and 5 of Act 50 of 1999 |
| 17. | Amendment
of section 16 of Act 50 of 1999... |
| 18. | Substitution
of section 17 of Act 50 of 1999 |
| 19. | Insertion of section 17A in Act 50 of 1999 |
| 20. | Substitution
of expressions in Act 50 of 1999 |
| 21. | Transitional
provisions |
| 22. | Short title and commencement |
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