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Prevention of and Treatment for Substance Abuse Act, 2008 (Act No. 70 of 2008)

Chapter 3 : Strategies and Principles for Demand and Harm Reduction

7. Support for services delivered by service providers

 

(1) The Minister may—
(a) from funds appropriated by Parliament for that purpose, provide financial assistance to service providers that provide services in relation to substance abuse;
(b) for the purposes of paragraph (a) prioritise certain needs of and services for persons affected by substance abuse;
(c) in the prescribed manner, enter into contracts with service providers to ensure that the services contemplated in paragraph (b) are provided; and
(d) provide assistance to persons who establish substance abuse services.

 

(2) The Minister must—
(a) prescribe conditions for the receiving of financial assistance referred to in subsection (1)(a), including accounting and compliance measures;
(b) prescribe remedies for failure to comply with the conditions contemplated in paragraph (a);
(c) establish and maintain a register of all assets bought by service providers with Government funds; and
(d) prescribe conditions for the management and disposal of assets contemplated in paragraph (c).

 

(3) Service providers who procure any immovable property with the funds appropriated in terms of subsection (1) must ensure that the Registrar of Deeds makes the necessary entries in the title deed indicating the state ownership of such property.