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Local Government: Municipal Finance Management Act, 2003 (Act No. 56 of 2003)

Chapter 2 : Supervision over Local Government Finance Management

6. Delegations by National Treasury

 

1) The Minister may delegate any of the powers or duties assigned to the National Treasury in terms of this Act to—
a) the Director-General of the National Treasury; or
b) the MEC responsible for a provincial department, as the Minister and the MEC may agree.

 

2) The Minister may not delegate the National Treasury's power to stop funds to a municipality in terms of section 5(2)(e).

 

3) A delegation in terms of subsection (1)—
a) must be in writing;
b) is subject to any limitations or conditions which the Minister may impose;
c) may, subject to any such limitations or conditions, authorise—
i) the Director-General of the National Treasury to sub-delegate a delegated power or duty to a staff member of the National Treasury; and
ii) the MEC responsible for the relevant provincial department to sub-delegate a delegated power or duty to a staff member of that department; and
d) does not divest the National Treasury of the responsibility concerning the exercise of the delegated power or the performance of the delegated duty.

 

4) The MEC for finance in a province may delegate any of the powers or duties assigned to a provincial treasury in terms of this Act to the head of the relevant provincial department of which the provincial treasury forms part.

 

5) A delegation in terms of subsection (4)—
a) must be in writing:
b) is subject to any limitations or conditions which the MEC for finance in the province may impose;
c) may, subject to any such limitations or conditions, authorise the relevant head of the provincial department to sub-delegate a delegated power or duty to a staff member of that treasury: and
d) does not divest the provincial treasury of the responsibility concerning the exercise of the delegated power or the performance of the delegated duty.

 

6) The Minister or MEC for finance in a province, as may be appropriate, may confirm, vary or revoke any decision taken in consequence of a delegation or sub-delegation in terms of this section, but no such variation or revocation of a decision may detract from any rights that may have accrued as a result of the decision.