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Local Government: Municipal Demarcation Act, 1998 (Act No. 27 of 1998)

Chapter 2 : Demarcation

Part 1 : Boundary determinations

22. Work programme

 

 

(1) The Board performs the function mentioned in section 21 (1)-
(a) on its own initiative;
(b) on request by the Minister or a MEC for local government; or
(c) on request by a municipality with the concurrence of any other municipality affected by the proposed determination or redetermination.

 

(2) The Minister may, after consultation with the MEC's for local government and the Board, determine priorities and reasonable time-frames for a determination or redetermination.

 

(3) Where the Board performs the function mentioned in section 21 (1) on its own initiative as a result of receiving a request from a member of the public, the Board may-
(a) require that member of the public to furnish the Board with such information as may be required by the Board; and
(b) solicit the views of the persons and institutions referred to in section 26 (3) on the matter before the Board.

 

(4) Where the Board has solicited the views of persons and institutions as provided for in subsection (3) (b), the Board does not need to comply with section 26 when it considers the determination or redetermination of a municipal boundary under the circumstances referred to in subsection (3).

 

(5) Where the Board performs the function mentioned in section 21 (1) on request by a municipality, the Board may require that municipality to furnish the Board with such information as may be required by the Board.

 

[Section 22 substituted by section 9 of Act 51 of 2002.]