Detailed additional frameworks, revisions and amendments to current frameworks for Schedule 4 and 5 grants to provinces
Introduction
This part provides a brief description of the frameworks for the additional grants (Agriculture Disaster Management grant (Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries), Housing Disaster Relief grant (Human Settlements), Infrastructure grant to Provinces (National Treasury), and Transport Disaster Management grant (Transport)); and the amendments of the frameworks for the Education Infrastructure grant (Basic Education) and Health Infrastructure grant (Health) set out in Schedules 4 and 5 of this Government Notice.
In addition, the framework for the Dinaledi Schools grant (Basic Education) has been revised and is also included in this Government Notice.
The following are key areas considered for the aforementioned grants:
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Strategic goal and purpose of the grant |
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Outcome statements and outputs of the grant |
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Priority outcome(s) of government that the grant primarily contributes to |
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Conditions of the grant (additional to what is required in the Act) |
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Criteria for allocation between provinces |
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Rationale for funding through a conditional grant |
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The projected life of the grant |
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Responsibilities of the transferring national department and receiving provincial departments |
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Process for approval of 2012/13 business plans |
The Division of Revenue Act, 2011, as amended, requires that the additional frameworks be gazetted in terms of Section 24(2) of the Act and any revisions or amendments to current frameworks be gazetted in terms of Section 14(2) of the Act.
The following schedules can be found in Government Gazette No. 34880 dated 20 December 2011:
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Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Grant |
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Human Settlements Grant |
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National Treasury Grant |
Housing Development Agency Act, 2008
