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Local Government: Municipal Property Rates Act, 2004 (Act No. 6 of 2004)

Chapter 7 : Valuation Appeal Boards

59. Disqualifications

 

 

(1) The following persons are disqualified from being a member of an appeal board:
(a) An unrehabilitated insolvent;
(b) a person under curatorship;
(c) a person declared to be of unsound mind by a court of the Republic;
(d) a person who, after 24 April 1994, was convicted of an offence and sentenced to imprisonment without an option of a fine for a period of not less than 12 months;
(e) a person who has been disqualified in terms of applicable legislation from practicing as a valuer or lawyer; or
(f) a person who is in arrears to a municipality for rates or service charges for a period longer than three months.

 

(2) A disqualification in terms of subsection (1)(d) ends five years after the imprisonment has been completed.

 

(3) A member of an appeal board who is a councillor, an employee or valuer of a municipality must withdraw from the proceedings of the board if a matter concerning that municipality's valuation roll is considered by the board.