Municipal Notice No. 123 of 2017

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Title	Local Government » Porperty Rates Act (6/2004) » Mtubatuba Local Municipal Property Rates By-law; and Resolution on levying property rates in terms of the Act
Gazette	Provincial Gazettes (Kwazulu Natal), No. 1895 of 09 November, 2017, 3 page(s), 649Kb

PROVINSIALE KOERANT,  9 NOVEMBER 2017                    No. 1895    479

MUNICIPAL NOTICE 123 OF 2017
               105 Local Gover nment: M unici pal Property R ates Act, 2004: Msukaligwa M unici pality: M unici pal Pr operty Rates By-l aw(s) 2563

MTUBATUBA LOCAL MUNICIPAL PROPERTY RATES B Y – LAW

Mtubatuba local Municipality, hereby, in terms of section 6 of the Local Government: Municipal
               Property Rates Act, 2004 has by way of resolution adopted the Municipality’s Property Rates
               By-Law set out hereunder.

MTUBATUBA MUNICIPALITY MUNICIPAL PROPERTY RATES BY-LAW(S)

PREAMBLE

WHEREAS section 229(1) of the Constitution requires a Municipality to impose rates on
               property and surcharges on fees for the services provided by or on behalf of the Municipality.
               AND WHEREAS section 13 of the municipality Systems Act read section 162 of the Constitution
               required a Municipality to promulgate Municipal By-Laws by publishing them in the gazette of
               Kwazulu Natal  Province.
               AND WHEREAS section 6 of the Local Government: Municipal Property Rates Act, 2004
               requires a
               Municipality to adopt By-Laws to give effect to the implementation of its property rates policy;
               the By-Laws may differentiate between the different categories of properties and different
               categories of owners of properties liable for the payment of rates;

NOW THEREFORE BE IT ENACTED by the Council of the Mtubatuba Municipality, as follows:

1. DEFINITIONS
               In this By-Law, any word or expression to which a meaning has been assigned in the Local
               Government: Municipal Property Rates Act, 2004 (Act No. 6 of 2004 ), shall bear the same
               meaning unless the context indicates otherwise.
               ‘Municipality’ means Mtubatuba Local Municipality
               ‘Property Rates Act’ means the Local Government: Municipality property Rates Act, 2004
               (Act No6 of 2004)
               ‘Rates Policy’ means the policy on the levying of rates on rateable property of the
               Mtubatuba Local Municipality, contemplated in chapter 2 of the Municipal Property Rates
               Act.

2. OBJECTS
               The object of this By-Law is to give effect to the implementation of the Rates Policy as
               contemplated in section 6 of the Municipality Property Rates Act.

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