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Tjaart Jurgens Maré Doctor Legum Universiteit van die Vrystaat

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Du Plessis en Corder646 huldig <strong>die</strong> mening dat <strong>die</strong> begrip “administratiewe optrede” in<br />

sowel Artikel 24 <strong>van</strong> <strong>die</strong> Interim-Grondwet as Artikel 33 <strong>van</strong> <strong>die</strong> Finale-Grondwet toegepas<br />

word om uitdrukking te gee aan <strong>die</strong> wydste moontlike reeks <strong>van</strong> administratiewe<br />

optrede. 647 Voor <strong>die</strong> promulgering <strong>van</strong> <strong>die</strong> Promotion of Administrative Justice Act het <strong>die</strong><br />

howe nie ʼn eenvormige standpunt ten opsigte <strong>van</strong> <strong>die</strong> inhoud <strong>van</strong> administratiewe optrede<br />

gehuldig nie.<br />

Die wydste reeks <strong>van</strong> administratiewe optrede word egter nie deur <strong>die</strong> definisie <strong>van</strong><br />

administratiewe optrede in <strong>die</strong> Wet op <strong>die</strong> Bevordering <strong>van</strong> Administratiewe Geregtigheid<br />

daargestel nie.<br />

Barrie maak <strong>die</strong> volgende stelling :<br />

“Section 1 of the Promotion of Administrative Justice Act 3 of 2000 facilitates the<br />

exercise in determining what constitutes an administrative act by providing a definition.<br />

However, definitions in acts still have to be interpreted and applied to dissimilar facts.<br />

The debate as to what constitutes an administrative act for purposes of section 33 of<br />

the constitution is far from over. It can be expected that the courts will increasingly<br />

find themselves involved in questions related to defining ‘administrative action’.” 648<br />

2. DIE GEMENEREG EN DIE HANTERING VAN ADMINISTRATIEWE<br />

HANDELINGE<br />

Prominensie word in beide <strong>die</strong> Grondwette, asook <strong>die</strong> Wet op <strong>die</strong> Bevordering <strong>van</strong><br />

Administratiewe Geregtigheid verleen aan <strong>die</strong> begrip “administratiewe handeling”. Waar<br />

daar nou te doen gekry word met judisiële hersiening <strong>van</strong> owerheidsoptrede, hang dit baie<br />

daar<strong>van</strong> af of <strong>die</strong> onregmatige owerheidsoptrede tuisgebring kan word onder <strong>die</strong> begrip<br />

“administratiewe optrede”, soos dit in veral <strong>die</strong> Wet op Bevordering <strong>van</strong> Administratiewe<br />

Geregtigheid omskryf word.<br />

Maar hoe het <strong>die</strong> gemenereg <strong>die</strong> begrip in <strong>die</strong> verlede gehanteer? In <strong>die</strong> gemenereg is<br />

daar nie spesifiek klem gelê op <strong>die</strong> begrip “administratiewe optrede” nie. Die fokuspunt<br />

was nie per se <strong>die</strong> handelingselement nie, maar <strong>die</strong> feit dat <strong>die</strong> owerheidsoptrede<br />

onregmatig was en dit by wyse <strong>van</strong> hersiening deur <strong>die</strong> howe, wat as waghonde opgetree<br />

het, reggestel moes word. Die howe kon <strong>die</strong> handeling óf tersyde stel, óf na <strong>die</strong><br />

owerheidsorgaan terug verwys om dit reg te stel.<br />

646 Du Plessis en Corder, 1994:168.<br />

647 Vgl ook De Waal et al, 1999:457: “Administrative action is therefore, put at its simplest and narrowest, the conduct of the administration. However, for<br />

the purposes of the constitutional right to administrative justice, administrative action should be interpreted expansively so as to improve the constitutional<br />

duty to act lawfully, reasonably and with fair procedure on the widest possible variety of actions and actors. This requires an institutional test, is the<br />

institution (the person of the entity) whose conduct is in question part of the administration? If yes, then its conduct is administrative action.” Die skrywers<br />

huldig derhalwe <strong>die</strong> mening dat <strong>die</strong> begrip “administratiewe optrede”, <strong>die</strong> optrede is <strong>van</strong> sowel openbare liggame as dié <strong>van</strong> privaat persone of entiteite, wat<br />

'n openbare bevoegdheid uitoefen, of 'n openbare funksie verrig.<br />

648 Barrie, 2002:562.

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