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Fire Brigade Services Act, 1987 (Act No. 99 of 1987)

11. Grants-in-aid

 

(1) Subject to subsections (2) and (3), the Administrator may, after consultation with the Board, from money appropriated by Parliament for the purpose, pay a grant-in-aid calculated on the prescribed basis to any controlling authority in respect of the establishment or maintenance of its service.

 

(2) A grant-in-aid contemplated in subsection (1)—
(a) shall be paid subject to the prescribed conditions and the further conditions determined by the Administrator after consultation with the Board in any particular case; and
(b) shall not be paid unless any local authority produces proof to the Administrator that the local authority does not discriminate in its service between its employees on the basis of sex, race, colour or religion.

 

(3) A controlling authority which receives a grant-in-aid in terms of this section shall submit annually to the Director-General of the province from which the grant-in-aid is received—
(a) in the form and manner and before or on a date determined by the said Director-General, an estimate of expenditure in respect of its service for the ensuing financial year for approval by the Administrator; and

[Section 11(3)(a) substituted by section 8 of Act No. 83 of 1990]

(b) before or on 30 September or such later date as the said Director-General may determine, a written statement certified by the treasurer of the controlling authority and specifying—

[Section 11(3)(b) substituted by section 8 of Act No. 83 of 1990]

(i) the actual expenditure incurred in respect of its service during the immediately preceding financial year;
(ii) the actual income received in respect of its service during the financial year referred to in subparagraph (i); and
(iii) such further information as the Director-General may require.

[Section 11(3)(b)(iii) substituted by section 8 of Act No. 83 of 1990]

[Section 11(3) substituted by section 8 of Act No. 83 of 1990]