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Spatial Planning and Land Use Management Act, 2013 (Act No. 16 of 2013)

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Spatial Planning and Land Use Management Regulations: Land Use Management and General Matters, 2015

Chapter 2 : Municipal Planning Tribunals

Part C : Joint Municipal Planning Tribunal

6. Withdrawal from or termination of joint Municipal Planning Tribunal

 

 

(1) If a municipality, for whatever reason, decides to withdraw from a joint Municipal Planning Tribunal, it must—
(a) in writing, give the other party to the agreement referred to in regulation 4, six months' notice of its intention to withdraw from the joint Municipal Planning Tribunal in accordance with the provisions of the agreement; and
(b) ensure that all the legal, financial, practical and other consequences have been identified and addressed before such withdrawal, including the establishment of a Municipal Planning Tribunal for its municipal area or its participation in another joint Municipal Planning Tribunal or in a Municipal Planning Tribunal for a district municipal area.

 

(2) A joint Municipal Planning Tribunal terminates—
(a) automatically when there is only one remaining participating municipality;
(b) by written agreement among all of the participating municipalities; or
(c) upon the fulfilment of any condition for termination contained in the agreement.

 

(3) If a municipality withdraws from a joint Municipal Planning Tribunal or if it is terminated, the withdrawal or termination must be published in the Provincial Gazette and a local newspaper distributed in the municipal area of each of the participating municipalities.