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NATIONAL LEGISLATION OVERVIEWS
NATIONAL LEGISLATION OVERVIEWS
Local
Government Laws Amendment Act,
No. 19 of 2008
NOTE: Assented to and published in English, with alternative copy in Afrikaans, except iro Heading preceding s24 which is in Zulu, and except title/text/engrossments in the following sections: s24 to s35 (Zulu/Zulu/Zulu)**
Long title
To amend the Local Government: Municipal Demarcation Act, 1998, so as to insert a definition; and to provide for determinations of municipal boundaries to take effect on the commencement of the following municipal financial year; Local Government: Municipal Structures Act, 1998, so as to insert a definition; to provide for consequential amendments pertaining to interventions in municipalities; to provide for amendments to provisions relating to ward committees; and to provide for authorisations and adjustments of powers and functions to take effect on the commencement of the following municipal financial year; Local Government: Municipal Systems Act, 2000, so as to substitute a definition; to provide that the term of employment of a municipal manager may not exceed a maximum of five years; to align certain delegations with the Local Government: Municipal Finance Management Act, 2003; to regulate the participation of municipal staff members in national, provincial and local elections; to amend the Minister's regulatory powers; to provide for a municipality to provide an owner with copies of accounts sent to the occupier of such property; to provide for a correction in the Afrikaans text of section 106; to refine the process to investigate maladministration and related matters; to provide for the exemption of municipalities from provisions of the said Act, and to amend the Code of Conduct for Councillors and Municipal Staff in order to align it with the Municipal Finance Management Act; and Local Government: Municipal Property Rates Act, 2004, so as to substitute certain definitions; to allow quantification in terms of cost of relief measures to be dealt with through the municipal budget; to allow for municipalities not to value public service infrastructure if there is no intention to levy rates; to correct certain citations; and to allow for the curbing of rates revenue; to rationalise local government laws that have become obsolete as a result of local government legislation that was enacted since 1994; and to provide for matters connected therewith.
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NOTE: Assented to and published in English, with alternative copy in Afrikaans, except iro Heading preceding s24 which is in Zulu, and except title/text/engrossments in the following sections: s24 to s35 (Zulu/Zulu/Zulu)**
Long title
To amend the Local Government: Municipal Demarcation Act, 1998, so as to insert a definition; and to provide for determinations of municipal boundaries to take effect on the commencement of the following municipal financial year; Local Government: Municipal Structures Act, 1998, so as to insert a definition; to provide for consequential amendments pertaining to interventions in municipalities; to provide for amendments to provisions relating to ward committees; and to provide for authorisations and adjustments of powers and functions to take effect on the commencement of the following municipal financial year; Local Government: Municipal Systems Act, 2000, so as to substitute a definition; to provide that the term of employment of a municipal manager may not exceed a maximum of five years; to align certain delegations with the Local Government: Municipal Finance Management Act, 2003; to regulate the participation of municipal staff members in national, provincial and local elections; to amend the Minister's regulatory powers; to provide for a municipality to provide an owner with copies of accounts sent to the occupier of such property; to provide for a correction in the Afrikaans text of section 106; to refine the process to investigate maladministration and related matters; to provide for the exemption of municipalities from provisions of the said Act, and to amend the Code of Conduct for Councillors and Municipal Staff in order to align it with the Municipal Finance Management Act; and Local Government: Municipal Property Rates Act, 2004, so as to substitute certain definitions; to allow quantification in terms of cost of relief measures to be dealt with through the municipal budget; to allow for municipalities not to value public service infrastructure if there is no intention to levy rates; to correct certain citations; and to allow for the curbing of rates revenue; to rationalise local government laws that have become obsolete as a result of local government legislation that was enacted since 1994; and to provide for matters connected therewith.
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| SECTION | TITLE |
| CHAPTER 1. AMENDMENT OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT: MUNICIPAL DEMARCATION ACT, 1998 | |
| 1. | Amendment
of section 1 of Act 27 of 1998... |
| 2. | Amendment of section 23 of Act 27 of 1998... |
| CHAPTER
2. AMENDMENT OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT: MUNICIPAL STRUCTURES ACT, 1998 |
|
| 3. | Amendment
of section 1 of Act 117 of 1998... |
| 4. | Amendment of section 34 of Act 117 of 1998 |
| 5. | Amendment
of section 35 of Act 117 of 1998... |
| 6. | Amendment
of section 73 of Act 117 of 1998 |
| 7. | Amendment
of section 74 of Act 117 of 1998 |
| 8. | Substitution
of section 75 of Act 117 of 1998 |
| 9. | Amendment of section 84 of Act 117 of 1998... |
| 10. | Amendment of section 85 of Act 117 of 1998... |
| CHAPTER 3. AMENDMENT OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT: MUNICIPAL SYSTEMS ACT, 2000 | |
| 11. | Amendment
of section 1 of Act 32 of 2000... |
| 12. | Amendment
of section 57 of Act 32 of 2000... |
| 13. | Amendment
of section 60 of Act 32 of 2000 |
| 14. | Insertion of section 71A in Act 32 of 2000 |
| 15. | Amendment
of section 72 of Act 32 of 2000 |
| 16. | Amendment
of section 86H of Act 32 of 2000... |
| 17. | Amendment
of section 102 of Act 32 of 2000 |
| 18. | Amendment
of section 106 of Act 32 of 2000 |
| 19. | Amendment of section 118 of Act 32 of 2000... |
| 20. | Amendment of item 6 of Schedule 1 to Act 32 of 2000 |
| 21. | Amendment
of item 14 of Schedule 1 to Act 32 of 2000 |
| 22. | Amendment
of item 4 of Schedule 2 to Act 32 of 2000... |
| 23. | Insertion
of item 5A in Schedule 2 to Act 32 of 2000 |
| CHAPTER
4. AMENDMENT OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT: MUNICIPAL PROPERTY RATES ACT, 2004 |
|
| 24. | Amendment of section 1 of Act 6 of 2004 |
| 25. | Amendment
of section 3 of Act 6 of 2004 |
| 26. | Amendment
of section 7 of Act 6 of 2004 |
| 27. | Amendment
of section 9 of Act 6 of 2004 |
| 28. | Amendment
of section 15 of Act 6 of 2004 |
| 29. | Amendment of section 17 of Act 6 of 2004 |
| 30. | Amendment of section 19 of Act 6 of 2004 |
| 31. | Amendment
of section 20 of Act 6 of 2004 |
| 32. | Amendment
of section 46 of Act 6 of 2004 |
| 33. | Amendment
of section 78 of Act 6 of 2004 |
| 34. | Amendment
of section 86 of Act 6 of 2004 |
| 35. | Amendment of Part 1 of Schedule to Act 6 of 2004 |
| CHAPTER 5. MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS | |
| 36. | Repeal
of laws |
| 37. | Short title |
| SCHEDULE (SECTION 37) [s37] |
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