means the owner of land, and includes—
| (a) | any person who has a personal or real right in respect of any land in his capacity as fiduciary, fideicommissary, servitude holder, possessor, lessee or occupier, irrespective of whether he resides thereon; |
| (b) | any person who has the right to cut trees or wood on land or to remove trees, wood or other organic material from land; and |
| (c) | in relation to land under the control of a local authority, that local authority, |
but not a person who carries on prospecting or mining activities;