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Municipal Fiscal Powers and Functions Act, 2007 (Act No. 12 of 2007)

Chapter 3 : Municipal Surcharges

9. Obligations of municipality in respect of municipal surcharges

 

 

(1)
(a) A municipality must, when imposing a surcharge on fees for services provided by it or on its behalf, comply with any norms and standards contemplated in section 8.
(b) The Minister may, where practicalities impede strict compliance with the norms and standards prescribed in terms of section 8, of his or her own accord or on application by a municipality, or a group of municipalities or organised local government, by notice in the Gazette exempt a municipality from complying with any norms and standards contemplated in section 8 for a period and on the conditions determined in the notice.
(c) An exemption under paragraph (b) may—
(i) apply to municipalities generally; or
(ii) be limited in its application to a particular municipality or kind of municipality, which may be defined in relation to the capacity of a municipality or the category, type or budgetary size of municipality.

 

(2) Section 75A(2), (3) and (4) of the Local Government: Municipal Systems Act, 2000 (Act No. 32 of 2000), relating to the manner in which fees, charges or tariffs are levied and how a resolution in that respect must be made known, applies with the changes required by the context to a municipal surcharge.

 

(3) A municipality must annually as part of its budget preparation process review any municipal surcharges.