Local Government: Municipal Structures Amendment Act 3 of …

1 Curethe is Prevention 0800-0123-22 HELPLINE: AIDS REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICAG overnment GazetteVol. 6721 June 2021No. 44647 Cape Town KaapstadNo. 320No. 3201 June 20211 Junie 2021hierby word bekend gemaak dat diePresident sy goedkeuring geheg het aandie onderstaande Wet wat hierby ter algemene inligting gepubliseer word: The PresideNCydie PresideNsieit is hereby noti ed that the President has assented to the following Act, which is hereby published for general information: Act No. 3 of 2021: Local Government: Municipal Structures Amendment Act, 2021 Wet No. 3 van 2021: Wysigingswet op Plaaslike Regering: Munisipale Strukture, 2021977168258400344647iSSN 1682-5845 This gazette is also available free online at No.

2 44647 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 1 JuNE 2021 Act No. 3 of 2021 Local Government: Municipal Structures Amendment Act, 2021 GENERALEXPLANATORY NOTE:[] amend the Local Government: Municipal Structures Act, 1998, so as to insert,delete and amend certain definitions; to remove all references to districtmanagement areas; to remove all references to plenary executive system as a typeof municipality; to provide for a minimum of 10 councillors per municipality; toamend the deviation threshold; to provide for the prohibition of a councillor whowas found guilty of a breach of the Code of Conduct for Councillors for a period oftwo years.

3 To clarify the date of assumption of office by a councillor; to allow forextension on the declaration of the result of an election; to require the municipalmanager to inform the MEC for Local government in the province in addition to theElectoral Commission of ward vacancies; to provide that the MEC call and set thedate for by-elections; to clarify who can inform the Municipal manager of a specificvacancy; to allow the MEC to designate a person to call and chair a meeting of themunicipal council when the speaker, acting speaker or Municipal manager refusesto call the meeting; to provide for additional functions of the speaker; to providefor a whip of Municipal council; to clarify the formula for the composition of anexecutive committee; to provide for the establishment of a Municipal publicaccounts committee; to provide for the resolution of a situation where excessiveseats may arise from the seat calculation in Local municipalities; to amend thetimeframe for the Municipal manager to inform the chief electoral officer ofvacancies; to allow for the MEC to inform the chief electoral officer of vacancies ifthe Municipal manager fails to do so.

4 To clarify the supplementation of party listsfor Local municipalities; to provide for the resolution of multiple seats which mayarise where a candidate qualifies to be elected to more than one seat; to clarify thesupplementation of party lists for district municipalities; to provide for a Code ofConduct for Councillors; to provide for transitional arrangements in respect ofmunicipalities with a plenary executive system; and to provide for mattersconnected ,asfollows: 2(English text signed by the President) (Assented to 26 May 2021)This gazette is also available free online at STAATSKOERANT, 1 JuNiE 2021 No.

5 44647 3 Wet No. 3 van 2021 Wysigingswet op Plaaslike Regering: Munisipale Strukture, 2021 ALGEMENEVERDUIDELIKENDENOTA:[] wysiging van dieWet op PlaaslikeRegering: Munisipale Strukture, 1998, teneinde sekere omskrywings in te voeg, te skrap en te wysig; alle verwysings nadistriksbestuurgebiede te verwyder; alle verwysings na volle raad uitvoerendestelsel as n tipe munisipaliteit te verwyder; vir n minimum van 10 raadslede permunisipaliteit voorsiening te maak; die afwykingsdrempel te wysig; voorsiening temaak dat n raadslid wat aan n verbreking van die Gedragskode virRaadsledeskuldig bevind is, vir n tydperk van twee jaar verban word; die datum vanampsaanvaarding deur n raadslid uit te klaar; voorsiening te maak vir uitstel virdie verklaring van die uitslag van n verkiesing; te vereis dat die munisipalebestuurder die LURvir plaaslike regering in die provinsie, benewens dieVerkiesingskommissie, van vakatures in wyke verwittig; voorsiening te maak datdie LURtussenverkiesings uitskryf en die datum daarvoor bepaal.

6 Duidelik te stelwie die munisipale bestuurder van n spesifieke vakature kan verwittig; toe te laatdat die LUR n persoon aanwys om n vergadering van die munisipale raad te bel en daarby voor te sit wanneer die speaker, waarnemende speaker of munisipalebestuurder weier om die vergadering te bel ; voorsiening te maak vir bykomendewerksaamhede van die speaker; voorsiening te maak vir n sweep van nmunisipale raad; die formule vir die samestelling van n uitvoerende komiteeduidelik te maak; voorsiening te maak vir die instelling van n komitee virmunisipale openbare rekeninge; voorsiening te maak vir die resolusie van nsituasie waar buitensporige setels kan voortspruit uit setelberekening in plaaslikemunisipaliteite; die tydsbestek te wysig waarbinne die munisipale bestuurder diehoofverkiesingsbeampte van vakatures moet verwittig; voorsiening te maak datdie LURdie hoofverkiesingsbeampte van vakatures kan verwittig indien diemunisipale bestuurder versuim om dit te doen; die aanvulling van partylyste virplaaslike munisipaliteite uit te klaar.

7 Voorsiening te maak vir die resolusie vanveelvuldige setels wat kan ontstaan waar n kandidaat kwalifiseer om tot meer aseen setel verkies te word; die aanvulling van partylyste vir distriksmunisipaliteiteuit te klaar; voorsiening te maak vir n Gedragskode virRaadslede; voorsiening temaak vir oorgangsmaatre ls ten opsigte van munisipaliteite met n volle raaduitvoerende stelsel; en om voorsiening te maak vir aangeleenthede wat daarmee inverband ,soosvolg: 3(Engelse teks deur die President geteken) (Goedgekeur op 26 Mei 2021)This gazette is also available free online at No. 44647 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 1 JuNE 2021 Act No.

8 3 of 2021 Local Government: Municipal Structures Amendment Act, 2021 Amendment of section 1 of Act 117 of 1998, as amended by section 93 of Act 27 of2000 and section 3 of Act 19 of :MunicipalStructuresAct,1998( )(hereinafterreferredtoastheprincipalAct ),isherebyamended (a)bytheinsertionbeforethedefinitionof by-election ofthefollowingdefinition: authorised representative ,inrelationtoaparty,meansanaturalpersond ulyauthorisedbythepartyinaccordancewithi tsconstitutiontoactontheparty sbehalfforpurposesofperformingthedutiesc ontemplatedinsections27(2)and43(2)(d)and (e); ;(b)bytheinsertionafterthedefinitionof category ofthefollowingdefinition: Code of Conduct meanstheCodeofConductforcouncillorssetou tinSchedule7; ;(c)bytheinsertionafterthedefinitionof councillor ofthefollowingdefinition: declared elected meansthepublicationofanoticeintheGovern- mentGazettereflectingthenamesofthecounci llorselected,whichcouncillorsaredeemedto havebeenelectedtotheofficeonthedateofthe declarationoftheresultsofanelectionbythe ElectoralCommis-sion; ;(d)bythedeletionofthedefinitionof districtmanagementarea.

9 (e)bythesubstitutionforthedefinitionof election ofthefollowingdefinition: election ,inrelationtoadistrictcouncil,meanstheel ectionofthecouncillorsreferredtoinsectio n23(1)(a)[and(c)]; ;(f)bytheinsertionafterthedefinitionof localcouncil ofthefollowingdefinition: Local Government: Municipal Finance Management Act meanstheLocalGovernment:MunicipalFinance ManagementAct,2003( ); ;(g)bytheinsertionafterthedefinitionof municipality ofthefollowingdefinition: Municipal public accounts committee meansthecommitteeestablishedintermsofsec tion79A; ;and(h)bytheinsertionafterthedefinitiono f wardcommittee ofthefollowingdefinition: whip meansacouncillorelectedintermsofsection4 1 Atobethewhipofamunicipalcouncil.

10 Repeal of section 6 of Act 117 of 1998, as amended by section 3 of Act 58 of of section 7 of Act 117 of (c).Substitution of section 9 of Act 117 of : Types of category B :(a)amunicipalitywithacollectiveexecutiv esystem;(b)amunicipalitywithacollectivee xecutivesystemcombinedwithawardparticipa torysystem;(c)amunicipalitywithamayorale xecutivesystem;and(d)amunicipalitywitham ayoralexecutivesystemcombinedwithawardpa rticipatorysystem[;(e)a municipality with a plenary executive system; and(f)a municipality with a plenary executive system combined with award participatory system]..51015202530354045504 This gazette is also available free online at STAATSKOERANT, 1 JuNiE 2021 No.