Section 2: Interpretation

2. Interpretation In this Act— “application” means an application under section 5; “Board” means the Morcellement Board referred to in section 4; “detailed scheme” has the same meaning as in the Town and Country Planning Act; “developer” means an applicant for the issue of a morcellement permit; “EIA licence” has the same meaning as in the Environment Protection Act; “infrastructural works” means works relating to roads and the supply of water, electricity, water drains and facilities for sewerage disposal; “Minister” means the Minister to whom responsibility for the subject of housing and land development is assigned; “morcellement” means the division of a plot of land into 2 or more lots; “morcellement permit” means a permit issued under section 7; “outline scheme” has the same meaning as in the Town and Country Planning Act; M67 – 1 [Issue 9] Morcellement Act “preliminary environmental report” has the same meaning as in the Environment Protection Act. [S. 2 amended by Act 31 of 1996; s. 15 (a) of Act 1 of 2009 w.e.f. 16 April 2009.]