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Intergovernmental Relations Framework Act, 2005 (Act No. 13 of 2005)RegulationsRegulations Framing the Institutionalisation of the District Development Model, 2024Chapter 1 : Interpretation and Purpose of Regulations1. Definitions |
In these Regulations, "the Act" means the Intergovernmental Framework Act, 2005 (Act No. 13 of 2005) and a word or expression bears the meaning assigned to it in the Act, unless the context otherwise indicates—
means multi-year intergovernmental programmes and projects of high budget value and impact as set out in existing budgetary and fiscal frameworks;
means the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996 (Act No. 108 of 1996);
means the Department of Cooperative Governance;
means the District Development Model which is an operational model for improving cooperative governance;
means the Director-General of the DCoG;
means an intergovernmental committee chaired by a district mayor;
means an intergovernmental coordinating steering committee at a provincial level;
means an inter-departmental committee established by the Director-General in a province;
means an intergovernmental technical support network or team;
means a municipality that has municipal executive and legislative authority in an area that includes more than one municipality, and which is categorised as a category C municipality in terms of section 155(1)(c) of the Constitution:
means geographical areas whose extent and boundaries coincide with those of category C municipalities as envisaged in section 155(1)(c) of the Constitution;
means the Department of Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation;
means a district intergovernmental forum as envisaged in section 24 of the Act;
means programmes in which several departments, agencies or ministries are responsible for one aspect of the programme;
means a member of a provincial Executive Council;
means an intergovernmental committee chaired by a metropolitan municipal mayor;
means a municipality that has exclusive executive and legislative authority in its area and which is categorised as a category A municipality, as envisaged in section 155(1)(a) of the Constitution;
means geographical areas whose extent and boundaries coincide with those of Category A municipalities, as envisaged in section 155(1)(a) of the Constitution;
means Ministers and Deputy Ministers appointed by the President of the Republic of South Africa ("President"), to act as intergovernmental facilitators to address service delivery weaknesses, including those identified through the development and implementation of a One Plan, in their respective district and metropolitan spaces;
is an intergovernmental plan for the purpose of coordinating intergovernmental catalytic programmes and projects in relation to each of the districts and metropolitan spaces;
means the technical committee established by the President to provide strategic oversight on the implementation of the DDM and technical support to the President as the overall DDM political champion;
means the Provincial Departments of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs;
means the joint process of review and adjustment of priorities and commitments by the organs of state involved, when required;
means the process of translating development priorities and objectives into spatial locations in district and metropolitan spaces; and
mean the internal procedures of intergovernmental structures, as envisaged in section 33 of the Act.