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Municipal Systems Act, 2000 (Act No. 32 of 2000)

Chapter 5 : Integrated Development Planning

Part 3 : Process for planning, drafting, adopting and review of integrated development plans

29. Process to be followed

 

(1) The process followed by a municipality to draft its integrated development plan, including its consideration and adoption of the draft plan, must—
(a) be in accordance with a predetermined programme specifying timeframes for the different steps;
(b) through appropriate mechanisms, processes and procedures established in terms of Chapter 4, allow for—
(i) the local community to be consulted on its development needs and priorities;
(ii) the local community to participate in the drafting of the integrated development plan; and
(iii) organs of state, including traditional authorities. and other role players to be identified and consulted on the drafting of the integrated development plan;
(c) provide for the identification of all plans and planning requirements binding on the municipality in terms of national and provincial legislation; and
(d) be consistent with any other matters that may be prescribed by regulation.

 

(2) A district municipality must—
(a) plan integrated development for the area of the district municipality as a whole but in close consultation with the local municipalities in that area;
(b) align its integrated development plan with the framework adopted in terms of section 27; and
(c) draft its integrated development plan, taking into account the integrated development processes of, an proposals submitted to it by the local municipalities in that area.

 

(3) A local municipality must—
(a) align its integrated development plan with the framework adopted in terms of section 27; and
(b) draft its integrated development plan, taking into account the integrated development processes of and proposals submitted to it by the district municipality.