Statistics Act, 1999
R 385
Local Government: Municipal Property Rates Act, 2004 (Act No. 6 of 2004)Chapter 4 : General Valuation of Rateable PropertyPart 2 : Municipal valuers41. Inspection of property |
| (1) | Subject to any legislation that restricts or prohibits entry to any specific property, the valuer of a municipality, assistant municipal valuer, data-collector or other person authorised by the municipal valuer in writing, may— |
| (a) | between 07:30 and 19:00 on any day except a Sunday or public holiday, enter any property in the municipality that must be valued in terms of this Act; and |
| (b) | inspect that property for the purpose of the valuation. |
| (2) | If a person authorised by a municipal valuer in terms of subsection (1) is not in possession of an identity card in the prescribed format containing a photograph of that person, the municipality must issue to that person such a card. |
| (3) | When entering any property in terms of subsection (1), a municipal valuer, assistant municipal valuer, data-collector or other person authorised in terms of that subsection— |
| (a) | must, on demand by a person on that property, produce his or her identity card; and |
| (b) | may be accompanied by an interpreter or any other person whose assistance may reasonably be required in the circumstances. |
