Provincial Government Act, 1997.

This Act makes provision for the establishment of provinces and provides for the definition of the tasks and functions of provinces, the transfer of functions, finance, etc.
A Provincial Assembly shall exercise as regards the province, the functions specified in Schedules 3 and 4. Functions assigned to provinces regard the sectors of animal husbandry, management of agricultural land, grants, loans and subsidies in respect of agricultural production, protection, improvement and maintenance of freshwater and reef fisheries. Statutory functions that may be transferred to provinces concern, amongst others, functions defined by the Land and Titles Act, the River Waters Act, the Forest Resources and Timber Utilisation Act, the Commodities Export Marketing Authority and the Trespass and Branding Act.