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

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Municipal Cost Containment Regulations, 2019

4. Cost containment policies

 

(1) Each municipality or municipal entity must develop or revise and implement a cost containment policy which must—
(a) in the case of a municipality, be adopted by the municipal council, and in the case of a municipal entity, by the board of directors as part of its budget related policies;
(b) define a municipality or municipal entity's objectives for the use of consultants; and
(c) be consistent with the Act and these Regulations.

 

(2) The cost containment policy of a municipality or a municipal entity contemplated in subregulation (1) must—
(a) be in writing;
(b) give effect to these Regulations;
(c) be reviewed annually, as may be appropriate;
(d) be communicated on the municipality's or municipal entity's website; and
(e) set out—
(i) monitoring measures for ensuring implementation of the policy;
(ii) procedures for the annual review of the policy; and
(iii) consequences for non-adherence to the measures contained therein.