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South African Schools Act, 1996 (Act No. 84 of 1996)

Chapter 6 : Transitional Provisions

55. Transitional provisions relating to immovable property of certain schools

 

1) The immovable property of a school, which was declared to be a state-aided school under section 29(2A) of the Education Affairs Act, 1988 (House of Assembly) (Act No. 70 of 1988), devolves upon the State on a date determined by the Minister by notice in the Government Gazette.

 

2) The Minister may determine different dates in respect of different schools under subsection (1).

 

3) Any notice determining a date or dates referred to in subsection (1) or (2) must grant all interested parties a period of not less than 30 days in which to make written submissions.

 

4) The Minister must consider all such submissions received, and thereafter may alter any notice referred to in subsection (1).

 

5) Any transfer duty, stamp duty, other fees or costs payable as a result of the transfer of the immovable property contemplated in subsection (1) must be paid in full or in part from funds appropriated by Parliament for that purpose.

 

6) The Minister may, with the concurrence of the Minister of Finance, direct that no transfer duty, stamp duty, other fees or costs contemplated in subsection (5) be paid in respect of a particular transfer under this section.

 

7) The rights of third parties with claims against the school in respect of the immovable property affected by the transfer contemplated in this section are not extinguished by the transfer and –
a) a third party acquires no right of execution against the immovable property as a result of such transfer alone;
b) a third party is obliged to excuse the school in question if the school fails to meet its commitments to the third party; and
c) the State indemnifies such a third party in its claims against the school which were secured by the immovable property, but the third party does not acquire a greater right against the State than that which it had against the school prior to the transfer.

 

8) The fact that compensation for any land and real rights in or over land expropriated in terms of subsection (1) has not been finalised or paid, does not impede the transfer of such land and real rights in or over land to the State.

 

9) Until the date contemplated in subsection (1), a public school referred to in that subsection may not let, sell or otherwise alienate its immovable property, or grant to any person any real right thereon or servitude thereon without the written consent of the Member of the Executive Council.

 

10) Any claim for compensation arising from subsection (1) must be determined as contemplated in the Constitution.

 

11) The officer in charge of the deeds office or other office where the immovable property of a school is registered, must, on submission of the title deed in question, make such endorsement on the title deed and such entry in the register as may be required to register the transfer of the immovable property.

 

12) Any immovable property belonging to the State, which was used by a school and not transferred or endorsed into the name of the school, contemplated in subsection (1) remains the property of the State.

 

13) Any immovable property, which was transferred into the name of a school contemplated in subsection (1) must, if such school is subsequently closed in terms of this Act or any other applicable law, devolve upon the State.