No. 2456 Government Gazette 22 December 2000 Act No. 25, 2000 16 TRADITIONAL AUTHORITIES ACT, 2000 (b) if no Chief’s Council or Traditional Council for that community exists, the members of that community who are authorised thereto by the customary law of that community, shall apply on the prescribed form to the Minister for approval to make such designation, and the application shall state the following particulars: (i) The name of the traditional community in question; (ii) the communal area inhabited by that community; (iii) the estimated number of members comprising such community; (iv) the reasons for the proposed designation; (v) the name, office and traditional title, if any, of the candidate to be designated as chief or head of the traditional community; (vi) the customary law applicable in that community in respect of such designation; and (vii) such other information as may be prescribed or the Minister may require. (2) On receipt of an application complying with subsection (1), the Minister shall, subject to subsection (3), in writing approve the proposed designation set out in such application. (3) Notwithstanding subsection (2), if in respect of an application referred to in subsection (1) the Minister is of the opinion that (a) (i) the person sought to be designated as a chief or head of a traditional community represents a group of persons who are members of a traditional community in respect of which a chief or head of a traditional community has been designated and recognised under this Act; or (ii) such group of persons do not constitute an independent traditional community inhabiting a common communal area detached from another traditional community; or page 17