Protection of Businesses Act, 1978
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Municipal Fiscal Powers and Functions Act, 2007 (Act No. 12 of 2007)Chapter 3 : Municipal Surcharges8. Norms and standards |
| (1) | The Minister may prescribe compulsory national norms and standards for imposing municipal surcharges, which may include, amongst others, maximum municipal surcharges that may be imposed by municipalities. |
| (2) | The norms and standards contemplated in subsection (1) may— |
| (a) | in respect of maximum municipal surcharges— |
| (i) | express the maximum municipal surcharge that may be imposed as a ratio, a percentage of the municipal base tariff or a Rand value; |
| (ii) | provide bands or ranges within which municipal surcharges may be imposed; |
| (b) | differentiate between different— |
| (i) | kinds of municipalities, which may be defined in relation to the capacity of a municipality, a category, type or budgetary size of municipality; |
| (ii) | types of municipal services; |
| (iii) | levels of municipal services; |
| (iv) | categories of users, debtors and customers; |
| (v) | consumption levels; and |
| (vi) | geographical areas; |
| (c) | determine the basis upon and the intervals at which municipal surcharges may be increased; and |
| (d) | determine matters that must be assessed and considered by municipalities in imposing municipal surcharges on fees. |
