Statistics Act, 1999
R 385
Local Government: Municipal Property Rates Act, 2004 (Act No. 6 of 2004)Chapter 2 : RatingPart 1 : Rates policy4. Community participation |
| (1) | Before a municipality adopts its rates policy, the municipality must— |
| (a) | follow a process of community participation in accordance with Chapter 4 of the Municipal Systems Act; and |
| (b) | comply with subsection (2). |
| (2) | The municipal manager of the municipality must— |
| (a) | conspicuously display the draft rates policy for a period of at least 30 days— |
| (i) | at the municipality's head and satellite offices and libraries; and |
| (ii) | if the municipality has an official website or a website available to it as envisaged in section 21B of the Municipal Systems Act, on that website; and |
| (b) | advertise in the media a notice— |
| (i) | stating— |
| (aa) | that a draft rates policy has been prepared for submission to the council; and |
| (bb) | that the draft rates policy is available at the municipality's head and satellite offices and libraries for public inspection during office hours and, if the municipality has an official website or a website available to it, that the draft rates policy is also available on that website; and |
| (ii) | inviting the local community to submit comments and representations to the municipality concerned within a period specified in the notice which may not be less than 30 days. |
| (3) | A municipal council must take all comments and representations made to it or received by it into account when it considers the draft rates policy. |
