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TRUST PROPERTY CONTROL ACT
REGULATIONS UNDER THE TRUST PROPERTY CONTROL ACT, 1988
[Updated to 3 November 2017]
GoN R1540, G. 15061 (c.i.o 13 August 1993),
GoN R1056, G. 32690 (c.i.o 5 November 2009),
GoN 1162, G. 41224 (c.i.o 1 January 2018).
The Minister of Justice has, under section 24 of the Trust Property Control Act, 1988 (Act 57 of 1988), made the regulations in the Schedule.
ARRANGEMENT OF REGULATIONS
In these regulations “the Act” means the Trust Property Control Act, 1988 (Act 57 of 1988), and any word or expression to which a meaning has been assigned in the Act bears the meaning so assigned thereto.
The fee which is payable to the Master in terms of section 4 of the Act at the lodgement of a trust instrument shall be R250, 00 in respect of each trust instrument, which shall be payable in the manner as determined administratively by the Director-General: Justice and Constitutional Development and proof of such payment shall be submitted to the Master together with the trust instrument which shall be retained by the Master.
[Reg 2 subs by reg 2 of GoN R1056 in G. 32690, reg 2 of GoN 1162 in G. 41224.]
(1) The fee which is payable to the Master in terms of section 18 of the Act for—
(a) a copy of any document under his or her control relating to trust property shall be R25,00 per document pack; and
(b) a certified copy of any document under his or her control relating to trust property shall be R50,00 per document pack of certified copies,
which shall be payable in the manner as determined administratively by the Director‑General: Justice and Constitutional Development and proof of such payment shall be submitted to the Master together with the written request of, or rendering by, the Master of the service in question.
(2) For an electronic copy of any document preserved in the office of a Master, when it is made in such office, and if it is available, no fee is payable.
(3) For purposes of subparagraph (1), “document pack” means any document, irrespective of the number of pages, which constitutes a complete document which can be read on its own.
[Reg 3 subs by reg 2 of GoN R1056 in G. 32690, reg 2 of GoN 1162 in G. 41224.]
Government Notice R.609 of 31 March 1989, as amended by Government Notice R.1920 of 17 August 1990, is hereby repealed.