Section 9: Fee

9. Fee (1) Every developer shall, on making an application under section 5, pay the processing fee specified in the Schedule. (2) Subject to subsections (3), (4) and (5), where the Minister approves the issue of a morcellement permit, the developer shall pay— (a) the fee specified in Part 2 of the Schedule; and (b) the fee payable under section 5 of the Sugar Industry Efficiency Act, if applicable. (3) The fee specified in Part 2 of the Schedule shall not be payable where the developer is a company holding a Housing Development Certificate referred to in section 34B of the Income Tax Act. (4) The Minister may exempt any person from payment of the morcellement fee in respect of any excised plot where he is satisfied that the excised plot is to be used exclusively for the benefit of a bona fide charitable or religious body. (5) Where a developer, in relation to a morcellement which is in respect of land exclusively for agricultural purposes, intends to take advantage of the exemption under section 10 of the Sugar Industry Efficiency Act, he shall submit a bank guarantee in the sum payable as fee under subsection (2) (a) in lieu and instead of the fee. [S. 9 amended by Act 25 of 1994; s. 19 (b) of Act 20 of 2002.]