Municipal Fiscal Powers and Functions Amendment Act 4 of 2024 (English / isiZulu)

4 of 2024

The Municipal Fiscal Powers and Functions Amendment Act 4 of 2024 intends:

  • to amend the Municipal Fiscal Powers and Functions Act, 2007, so as 
    • to insert certain definitions; 
    • to regulate the power of municipalities to levy development charges; 
    • to set out the permissible uses of income from development charges; 
    • to provide for the basis of calculation of development charges; 
    • to provide for municipal development charges policies; 
    • to provide for community participation and making of by-laws in order to give effect to policy on development charges; 
    • to provide for engineering services agreements; 
    • to provide for the installation of external engineering services by applicants instead of payment of development charges; 
    • to provide for the consequences of non-provision of infrastructure by a municipality; 
    • to provide for rebate and exemption on the payment of development charges; 
    • to provide for dispute resolution, delegations and financial misconduct and transitional provisions relating to development charges; 
    • to empower the Minister to make regulations for the effective implementation of matters relating to development charges; 
  • to amend the Spatial Planning and Land Use Management Act, 2013; and 
  • to provide for matters connected therewith.

Commencement

To be proclaimed

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