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Regional Services Councils Act, 1985 (Act No. 109 of 1985)

13. Regulations

 

(1)

(a) The Administrator may, subject to the provisions of subsection (3), by notice in the Official Gazette make regulations in respect of any matter referred to in this Act (except a matter contemplated in section 12), but including a matter contemplated in the proviso to subsection (6) thereof) which in the opinion of the Administrator is necessary or expedient for the effective execution or furtherance of the provisions and objects of this Act;
(b) Different regulations may be made in respect of different regions.

 

(2)

(a) The Minister of Finance may, subject to the provisions of subsection (3), make regulations in regard to any matter referred to in section 12 (excluding a matter contemplated in the proviso to subsection (6) thereof) which in the opinion of the said Minister is necessary or expedient for the effective execution or furtherance of the provisions and objects of this Act.
(b) Different regulations may be made in respect of different regions and different rates of or exemptions from levies may be determined for different regions.

 

(3) Regulations made under this section shall be made only—
(a) after consultation with the Council for the Co-ordination of Local Government Affairs established by section 2 of the Promotion of Local Government Affairs Act, 1983 (Act 91 of 1983); and
(b) [para. (b) deleted by s. 11 of Act 56 of 1993].

 

(4) In the case of a conflict between a regulation in terms of this section and an ordinance or a regulation made under an ordinance, the first-mentioned regulation shall prevail.

 

(5) Any regulation issued under this section may provide for penalties for any contravention of or any failure to comply with the provisions of such regulations, of a fine not exceeding R5 000 or imprisonment for a period not exceeding 12 months or to both such fine and such imprisonment.