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Spatial Planning and Land Use Management Act, 2013 (Act No. 16 of 2013)

Chapter 6 : Land Development Management

Part A : Municipal land use planning

34. Municipal cooperation

 

 

(1) The councils of two or more municipalities may, in writing, agree to establish a joint Municipal Planning Tribunal to exercise the powers and perform the functions of a Municipal Planning Tribunal in terms of this Act in respect of all the municipalities concerned.

 

(2) A district municipality may, with the agreement of the local municipalities within the area of such district municipality, establish a Municipal Planning Tribunal to receive and dispose of land development applications and land use applications within the district municipal area.

 

(3) The agreement entered into in terms of this section must be published in the Provincial Gazette and a local newspaper in each of the affected municipalities.