Reports and reportable matters
| (1) |
The accounting officer of a municipality must by no later than 10 working days after the end of each month submit to the mayor of the municipality and the relevant provincial treasury a statement in the prescribed format on the state of the municipality‘s budget reflecting the following particulars for that month and for the financial year up to the end of that month: |
| (a) |
Actual revenue, per revenue source; |
| (d) |
actual capital expenditure, per vote; |
| (e) |
the amount of any allocations received; |
| (f) |
actual expenditure on those allocations, excluding expenditure on— |
| (i) |
its share of the local government equitable share; and |
| (g) |
when necessary, an explanation of— |
| (i) |
any material variances from the municipality’s projected revenue by source, and from the municipality’s expenditure projections per vote; |
| (ii) |
any material variances from the service delivery and budget implementation plan; and |
| (iii) |
any remedial or corrective steps taken or to be taken to ensure that projected revenue and expenditure remain within the municipality’s approved budget. |
| (2) |
The statement must include— |
| (a) |
a projection of the relevant municipality’s revenue and expenditure for the rest of the financial year, and any revisions from initial projections; and |
| (3) |
The amounts reflected in the statement must in each case be compared with the corresponding amounts budgeted for in the municipality's approved budget. |
| (4) |
The statement to the provincial treasury must be in the format of a signed document and in electronic format. |
| (5) |
The accounting officer of a municipality which has received an allocation referred to in subsection (1)(e) during any particular month must, by no later than 10 working days after the end of that month, submit that part of the statement reflecting the particulars referred to in subsection (1)(e) and (f) to the national or provincial organ of state or municipality which transferred the allocation. |
| (6) |
The provincial treasury must by no later than 22 working days after the end of each month submit to the National Treasury a consolidated statement in the prescribed format on the state of the municipalities' budgets, per municipality and per municipal entity. |
| (7) |
The provincial treasury must, within 30 days after the end of each quarter, make public as may be prescribed, a consolidated statement in the prescribed format on the state of municipalities' budgets per municipality and per municipal entity. The MEC for finance must submit such consolidated statement to the provincial legislature no later than 45 days after the end of each quarter. |
Gas Regulator Levies Act, 2002
