Listed below are a selection of Acts which are relevant in the Built Environment. For a full copy of an Act, follow this URL to download from the official South African Government website. Enter the Act Name in the top search bar, and the original and any amendments will be returned.
For example: Searching for ‘Local Government Transition Act’ will return the list of amendments and the original document. |
Finance and Procurement Acts
State Tender Board Act | 1968 | (Act No. 86 of 1968) |
Financial and Fiscal Commission Act | 1997 | (Act No. 99 of 1997) |
Intergovernmental Fiscal Relations Act | 1997 | (Act No. 97 of 1997), as amended by Act No. 29 of 1999 |
Public Finance Management Act | 1999 | (Act No. 1 of 1999), as amended by Act No. 29 of 1999 |
Preferential Procurement Policy Framework Act | 2000 | (Act No. 5 of 2000) |
Division of Revenue Act | 2013 |
Skills Development Acts
South African Qualifications Authority Act | 1995 | (Act No. 58 of 1995) |
Skills Development Act | 1998 | (Act No. 97 of 1998), as amended by Act No. 31 of 2003 |
Deeds and Land Acts
Deeds Registries Act | 1937 | (Act No. 47 of 1937), as amended by Act No. 9 of 2003 |
Land Affairs Act | 1987 | (Act No. 101 of 1987) |
Physical Planning Act | 1991 | (Act No. 125 of 1991) |
Land Administration Act | 1995 | (Act No. 2 of 1995) |
Development Facilitation Act | 1995 | (Act No. 67 of 1995) |
Communal Property Associations Act | 1996 | (Act No. 28 of 1996) |
Extension of Security of Tenure Act | 1997 | (Act No. 62 of 1997) |
Gauteng Planning and Development Act | 2003 | (Act No. 3 of 2003) |
KwaZulu Natal Planning and Development Act | 2008 | (Act No. 06 of 2008) |
Municipal Property Rates Act | 2004 | (Act No. 6 of 2004) |
Communal Land Rights Act | 2004 | (Act No. 11 of 2004) |
Housing Acts
National Building Regulations and Building Standards Act | 1977 | (Act No. 103 of 1977), as amended by Act No. 49 of 1995 |
Housing Development Schemes for Retired Persons Act | 1988 | (Act No. 65 of 1988), as amended by Act No. 20 of 1998 |
Housing Act | 1997 | (Act 107 of 1997), as amended by Act 28 of 1999 and Act 4 of 2001 |
Housing Arrangement Act | 1993 | (Act No. 155 of 1993) |
Residential Landlord and Tenant Act | 1996 | (Act No. 3 of 1997) |
Rental Housing Act | 1999 | (Act No. 50 of 1999) as amended by Act No. 43 of 2007 |
Roads and Transport Acts
National Roads Act | 1971 | (Act No. 54 of 1971) |
National Road Traffic Act | 1996 | (Act No. 93 of 1996), as amended by Act No. 8 of 1998, Act No. 21 of 1999 and Act No. 20 of 2003 |
Urban Transport Act | 1977 | (Act No. 78 of 1977) |
The South African National Road Agency and National Roads Act | 1998 | (Act No. 7 of 1998) |
National Land Transport Transition Act | 2000 | (Act No. 22 of 2000) |
National Land Transport Act | 2009 | (Act No. 5 of 2009): National Land Transport Regulations (Gazette No. 32821 – Regulation 1208) |
Energy Acts
Electricity Act | 1987 | (Act No. 41 of 1987), as amended by Act No. 58 of 1989, Act No. 46 of 1994 and Act No. 60 of 1995 |
Electricity Network Asset Management: National Regulatory Services | 2008 | NRS 093 (being developed) |
Electricity Regulation Act | 2006 | (Act No. 4 of 2006): NRS 090 (being developed) |
Maintenance of Electricity Networks: National Regulatory Services | (NRS) 089 Parts 0 to 5 (under review) | |
Maintenance Work Execution | NRS 090 | |
Quality of Service | NRS* 047 Parts 1 and 2; NRS* 048 Parts 1 to 5 |
Water Acts
Water Services Act | 1997 | (Act No. 108 of 1997), as amended by Act No.30 of 2004 |
National Water Act | 1998 | (Act No. 36 of 1998), as amended by Act No. 45 of 1999 |
Department of Water Affairs’ Water Quality Management Policy |
Municipal Acts
Local Government Transition Act | 1993 | (Act No. 209 of 1993), as amended by Act No. 34 of 1994, Act No. 61 of 1995, and Act No. 89 of 1995 |
Organised Local Government Act | 1997 | (Act No. 52 of 1997) |
Municipal Structures Act | 1998 | (Act No. 117 of 1998), as amended by Act No. 58 of 1999, Act No. 33 of 2000, Act 20 of 2002 and Act No. 1 of 2003 |
Municipal Demarcation Act | 1998 | (Act No. 27 of 1998) |
The Rationalisation of Local Government Affairs Act | 1998 | (Act No. 10 of 1998) |
Municipal Systems Act | 2000 | (Act No. 32 of 2000), as amended by Act No. 44 of 2003 |
Municipal Electoral Act | 2000 | (Act No. 27 of 2000) |
Cross-boundary Municipalities Act | 2000 | (Act No. 29 of 2000) |
Municipal Finance Management Act | 2003 | (Act No. 56 of 2003) |
Intergovernmental Relations Framework Act | 2005 | (Act No. 13 of 2005) |