Local Authority Notice No. 7 of 2016

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Title	Local Government » Municipal Systems Act (32/2000) » Emalahleni Local Municipality » By-laws relating to the Establishment and Control over Commonages
Gazette	Provincial Gazettes (Eastern Cape), No. 3593 of 15 February, 2016, 6 page(s), 147Kb

PROVINSIALE KOERANT,  15 FEBRUARIE 2016                   No. 3593    31

LOCAL AUTHORITY NOTICE 7 OF 2016
          
                                             LOCAL GOVERNMENT NOTICE

EMALAHLENI LOCAL MUNICIPALITY

The Municipal Manager hereby publishes, in terms of section 13 of the Local  Government: Municipal
            Systems Act, 2000 [Act No. 32 of 2000] read with section 162 of the Constitution of the Republic of
            South Africa Act 1996 [Act No. 108 of 1996] the By-laws relating to the Establishment and Control over
            Commonages which  by-laws come  into operation  on the date of publication  thereof  in the  Provincial
            Gazette.

BY-LAWS RELATING TO THE ESTABLISHMENT AND CONTROL OVER COMMONAGES

PREAMBLE

WHEREAS the Council of  the Municipality is vested with  legislative authority in  terms of the
            Constitution in respect of commonages by virtue of the provisions of schedule two of the Constitution;

AND WHEREAS the Council in the exercise of its functions has the right to control commonages on
            land in the jurisdiction of the Municipality and matters connected therewith;

NOW THEREFORE be it hereby enacted by the Council as follows:

[1]    Definitions
            [2]    Reservation of land as common pasture
            [3]    Office of the Commonage Manager
            [4]    Grazing permit required to graze stock on common pasture
            [5]    Application for and issue of grazing permit
            [6]    Refusal to renew, withdrawal and transfer of grazing permits
            [7]    Duties of the Commonage Manager
            [8]    Prescripts
            [9]    Waiver of provisions
            [10]   Appeal
            [11]   Penalty Clause
            [12]   Repeal of by-laws
            [13]   Short title

[1]    DEFINITIONS

In these by-laws, words used  in  the  masculine gender include  the  feminine,  the singular
                   includes the plural and vice versa and unless the context indicates otherwise –

"administrative unit",  for  the  purpose of  these by-laws,  means a former  municipality
                   contemplated in section 14[3] of the Local Government: Municipal Structures Act, 1998 [Act No.
                   177 of 1998];

"Municipality"  means the  Emalahleni  Local  Municipality, a  local municipality established  in
                   terms of section 12 of the Local Government: Municipal Structures Act, 1998;

"municipal land"  means land  situated inside the  area  of  jurisdiction of the Municipality, but
                   outside the boundaries of any township of which the Municipality is the owner, or of which the
                   control, to the entire exclusion of the owner, is vested in the Municipality;

"Municipal Manager" means the person appointed as such in terms of section 82 of the Local
                   Government: Municipal Structures Act, 1998;
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