Scoring criteria for agricultural land 5. (1) The method of calculating whether an agricultural land is highly suitable, suitable, moderate suitable or not suitable for expropriation for purposes of these regulations is by using the following formula: Scores of identification criteria + suitability criteria citizenship preference criteria = – total scores (2) An agricultural land that, in terms of the Annexure, scores - (a) at least 80 percent is considered as highly suitable for expropriation; (b) 60 percent to 79 percent is considered as suitable for expropriation; (c) 40 percent to 59 percent is considered as moderately suitable for expropriation; and (d) less than 39 percent is considered not suitable for expropriation. ANNEXURE [The Table below is reproduced as it appears in the Government Gazette, including with respect to capitalisation.] Expropriation criteria Code Identification Identification Qualification indicators Weight Score criteria criteria description 01 Ownership identified natural or juristic agricultural land owned by a 5 under regulation 3(2) person natural person or juristic (a) to (c) person foreign national agricultural land owned by a 15 foreign national 02 Other relevant *absent foreign agricultural land managed 15 information in terms owner by another person on behalf of regulation 3(2)(d) of foreign owner who resides in a foreign country agricultural land leased to 15 another person by a foreign owner *abandoned, abandoned agricultural land 4 undeveloped or underdeveloped, 4 underutilised underutilised agricultural agricultural land land multiple ownership foreign owner owns more 20 than one agricultural land Plus
Scoring criteria for agricultural land 5. (1) The method of calculating whether an agricultural land is highly suitable, suitable, moderate suitable or not suitable for expropriation for purposes of these regulations is by using the following formula: Scores of identification criteria + suitability criteria – citizenship preference criteria = total scores (2) An agricultural land that, in terms of the Annexure, scores - (a) at least 80 percent is considered as highly suitable for expropriation; (b) 60 percent to 79 percent is considered as suitable for expropriation; (c) 40 percent to 59 percent is considered as moderately suitable for expropriation; and (d) less than 39 percent is considered not suitable for expropriation. ANNEXURE [The Table below is reproduced as it appears in the Government Gazette, including with respect to capitalisation.] Expropriation criteria Code Identification criteria Identification criteria description Qualification indicators Weight Score 01 Ownership identified under regulation 3(2) (a) to (c) natural or juristic person agricultural land owned by a natural person or juristic person 5 foreign national agricultural land owned by a foreign national 15 02 Other relevant information in terms of regulation 3(2)(d) *absent foreign owner agricultural land managed by another person on behalf of foreign owner who resides in a foreign country 15 agricultural land leased to another person by a foreign owner 15 *abandoned, undeveloped or underutilised agricultural land abandoned agricultural land 4 underdeveloped, underutilised agricultural land 4 multiple ownership foreign owner owns more than one agricultural land 20 Plus
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