Containing:
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ACTS THAT HAVE AN IMPACT ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT
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OTHER NATIONAL LEGISLATION THAT IMPACTS ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT
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PROVINCIAL LAWS THAT IMPACT ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT
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FORMER TBVC STATES AND SELF-GOVERNING TERRITORIES
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EGISLATION THAT HAS AN IMPACT ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT
This guide should be considered as work-in-progress and may be updated and
corrected from time to time.
(Date of this version: 11 February 1998)
Compiled by Dr K Smith, Mr S L Louw and Mr P W Heydenrych.
Supplemented and edited by: P W Heydenrych, Planner, Local Government
Development and Support, Department of Constitutional Development
e-mail: pieter@dso.pwv.gov.za
Other contributors are hereby acknowledged
ACTS THAT HAVE AN IMPACT ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT
Abattoir Hygiene Act 121/1992
Abolition of Racially Based Land Measures Act 108/1991
Advertising on Roads and Ribbon Development Act 21/1940
Arbitration Act 42/1965
Assessment of Damages Act 9/1969
Atmospheric Pollution Prevention Act 45/1965
Auditor-General Act 12/1995
Basic Conditions of Employment Act 75/1997
Bethelsdorp Settlement Act 34/1921
Black Administration Act 38/1927 and Proclamation R110 of 1975
Black Authorities Act 68/1951
Black Communities Development Act 4/1984
Borrowing Powers of Provincial Governments Act 48/1996
Businesses Act 71/1991
Cannon Island Settlement Management Act 15/1939
Cape Town Forshore Act 26/1950
Carnarvon Outer Commonage Settlement Act 19/1913
Carnarvon Outer Commonage Subdivision Act 17/1926
Church Square, Pretoria, Development Act 53/1972
City of Cape Town (Muizenberg Beach) Improvement Act 17/1925
Civil Protection Act 67/1977
Commission on the Remuneration of Representatives Act 37/1994
Commonages Act (Natal) 35/1904
Commonages (Cape of Good Hope) Act 17/1919
Communal Property Associations Act 28/1996
Community Development Act 3/1966
Community Welfare Act (House of Rep) 104/1987
Companies Act 61/1973
Compensation for Occupational Injuries and Diseases Act 130/1993
Constitution of the Republic of South Africa Act 108/1996
Control of Access to Public Premises and Vehicles Act 53/1985
Corruption Act 94/1992
Deeds Registry Act 47/1937
Development Act (House of Rep) 3/1987
Development and Housing Act 103/1985
Development Facilitation Act 67/1995
Discriminatory Legislation Regarding Public Amenities Repeal Act 100/1990
Durban Borough (Extension of Area) Act 12/1927
Ebenezer (Van Rhynsdorp) Exchange of Land Act 14/1925
Electoral Commission Act 51/1996
Electricity Act 41/1987
Engineering Profession of SA Act 114/1990
Environment Conservation Act 73/1989
Expropriation Act 63/1975
Expropriation of Mining Rights (Townships) Act 96/1969
Extension of Security of Tenure Act 62/1997
Finance and Financial Adjustments Acts Consolidation Act 11/1977
Financial and Fiscal Commission Act 99/1997
Fire Brigade Services Act 99/1987
Foodstuffs, Cosmetics and Disinfectants Act 54/1972
Fund-raising Act 107/1978
Government Villages Act 44/1973
Hazardous Substances Act 15/1973
Health Act 63/1977
Housing Act (House of Representatives) 2/1987
Housing Act 4/1966
Housing Arrangements Act 155/1993
Housing Development Act (House of Delegates) 4/1987
Housing Development Schemes for Retired Persons Act 65/1988
Human Rights Commission Act 54/1994
Income Tax Act 58/1962
Intergovernmental Fiscal Relations Act 97/1997
Interim Protection of Informal Land Rights Act 31/1996
Jan Kempdorp Act 40/1964
Klipdrift Settlement Act 23/1947
Kopjes Irrigation Settlement Act 38/1935
Kwazulu and Natal Joint Services Act 84/1990
Labour Relations Act 66/1995
Land Administration Act 2/1995
Land Reform (Labour Tenants) Act 3/1996
Land Survey Act, 8/1997
Legal Succession to the SA Services Act 9/1989
Lekoa City Council Dissolution Act 61/1991
Less Formal Township Establishment Act 113/1991
Limitation of Legal Proceedings (Provincial and Local Authorities) Act 94/1970
Liquor Act 27/1989
Local Authorities Loans Fund Repeal Act 98/1997
Local Councils Act (House of Assembly) 94/1987
Local Government Affairs Council Act (House of Assembly) 84/1989
Local Government Training Act 41/1985
Local Government Transition Act 209/1993
Manpower Training Act 56/1981
Mapochs Gronden Water and Commonage Act 40/1916
Marburg Immigration Settlement (Local Board of Management) Act 43/1927
Marburg Immigration Settlement Regulation Act 50/1971
Medical, Dental and Supplementary Health Service Professions Act 56/1974
Mier Rural Area Act (House of Rep) 90/1990
Mine Health and Safety Act 29/1996
Mineral Act 50/1991
Mining Titles Registration Act 16/1967
Mooi River Township Lands Act 5/1926
Municipal Accountants Act 21/1988
Municipal Lands (Muizenberg) Act 9/1941
National Archives of South Africa Act 43/1996
National Building Regulations and Building Standards Act 103/1977
National Economic, Development and Labour Council Act 35/1994
National Emergency Telephone Service Act 143/1993
National Welfare Act 100/1978
North Barrow and Weenen Commonages Amendment Act 29/1913
North-West Commissions Act 18/1994
Northern Vyfhoek Settlement Adjustment Act 75/1963
Nursing Act 50/1978
Occupational Health and Safety Act 85/1993
Ohrighstad Settlement Act 6/1933
Organised Local Government Act 52/1997
Pension Benefits for Councillors of Local Authorities Act 105/1987
Physical Planning Act 125/1991
Physical Planning Act 88/1967
Prescription Act 68/1969
Prevention of Illegal Squatting Act 52/1951
Prevention of Public Violence and Intimidation Act 139/1991
Promotion of Local Government Affairs Act 91/1983
Public Holidays Act 36/1994
Public Investment Commissioners Act 45/1984
Public Protector Act 23/1994
Rating of State Property Act 79/1984
Regional Services Councils Act 109/1985
Regulation of Gatherings Act 205/1993
Removal of Restrictions Act 84/1967
Rent Control Act 80/1976
Repeal of Local Government Laws Act 42/1997
Restitution of Land Rights Act 22/1994
Road Traffic Act 29/1989
Road Transportation Act 74/1977
Roodepoort and Weltevreden Agricultural Settlements Adjustment Act 53/1966
Rural Areas Act (House of Rep) 9/1987
SA Qualifications Authority Act 58/1995
Sea-Shore Act 21/1935
Settlements (Committee of Management) Act 21/1925
Skanskop Settlement Act 24/1947
Slums Act 76/1979
South African Abattoir Corporation Act 120/1992
South African Police Service Act 68/1995
State Land Disposal Act 48/1961
State President's Committee on National Priorities Act 119/1984
Subdivision of Agricultural Land Act 70/1970
Sundays River Settlements Administration Act 15/1925
Tobacco Products Control Act 83/1993
Town and Regional Planners Act 19/1984
Unemployment Insurance Act 30/1966
United Municipal Executive (Pensions) Act 12/1958
Urban Transport Act 78/1977
Validation of Certain By-laws Act (House of Assembly) 48/1990
Value-added Tax Act 89/1991
Valuers' Act 23/1982
Vanwyksvlei Settlement (Local Board of Management) Act 10/1929
Vanwyksvlei Settlement Regulation Act 68/1970
Vyfhoek Management Act 39/1935
Wage Act 5/1957
Water Act 54/1956
Water Services Act 108/1997
Winterton Irrigation Settlement (Local Board of Management) Act 16/1926
Note: Amendments are not listed separately.
OTHER NATIONAL LEGISLATION THAT IMPACTS ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT
Betterment Areas Proclamation, 1967 (Proclamation No. R. 196 of 1967)
Black Areas Land Regulations (Proclamation R.188 of 1969)
Licensing and Control of Dogs Proclamation (Transvaal), 1960 (Proclamation No.
R.419 of 1960)
Proclamation R.96 of 1958 - Section 12 bis
Proclamation concerning Payment by Blacks of Rentals for Arable and Residential
Allotments and of Fees for Grazing Stock on certain Land owned by the South
African Development Trust, 1968 (Proclamation No. R. 300 of 1968)
Regulations concerning Land Tenure in Towns (Proclamation R.29 of 1988)
Regulations for the Control of the Residence on and Occupation of Privately- or
Tribally-owned Land in Black Areas, 1967 (Proclamation No. R.192 of 1967)
Regulations relating to Community Services in Black Areas (Proclamation No.
R.199 of 1967)
Regulations relating to Township Establishment and Land Use (GN R.1897 of 1986)
Sanitary Regulations - Rural Black Areas (Proclamation No. R269 of 1968)
Township Regulations (Proclamation No. R.293 of 1962)
Note:
(i) Amendments are not listed separately.
(ii) The applicability of legislation indicated in this section is still under
investigation. A possibility exists that some of this legislation may have been
repealed.
PROVINCIAL LAWS THAT HAVE AN IMPACT ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT
Abolition of Dog Race Meetings and the Prohibition of Betting on Dog Races
Ordinance, 1949 (Ordinance No. 4 of 1949) (Transvaal)
Bethulie Town Lands Sale Private Ordinance, 1914 (Ordinance No. 9 of 1914)
(Orange Free State)
Boroughs Ordinance, 1924 (Ordinance No. 19 of 1924) (Natal)
Burial Place Ordinance, 1952 (Ordinance No. 4 of 1952) (Orange Free State)
By-Laws and Regulations Ordinance, 1922 (Ordinance No. 5 of 1922) (Natal)
Cape Local Authorities Gas Ordinance, 1912 (Ordinance No. 7 of 1912) (Cape)
Cemeteries and Crematoria Ordinance, 1969 (Ordinance No. 39 of 1969) (Natal)
Cemetery Ordinance, 1932 (Ordinance No. 8 of 1932) (Transvaal)
City of Bloemfontein Ordinance, 1945 (Ordinance No. 5 of 1945) (Orange Free
State)
Civil Defence Ordinance, 1978 (Ordinance No. 5 of 1978) (Natal)
Civil Defence Ordinance, 1977 (Ordinance No. 20 of 1977) (Transvaal)
Civil Protection Ordinance, 1977 (Ordinance No. 10 of 1977) (Orange Free State)
Coloured and Indian Management Committees Ordinance, 1984 (Ordinance No. 4 of
1984) (Transvaal)
Commissions of Enquiry Ordinance, 1960 (Ordinance No. 9 of 1960) (Transvaal)
Commissions Ordinance, 1945 (Ordinance No. 1 of 1945) (Cape)
Commissions Ordinance, 1954 (Ordinance No. 5 of 1954) (Orange Free State)
Committees of Inquiry Ordinance, 1978 (Ordinance No. 13 of 1978) (Cape)
Continuation of Local Authorities' By-laws and Regulations Ordinance, 1948
(Ordinance No. 19 of 1948) (Transvaal)
Control of Dancing Ordinance, 1957 (Ordinance No. 12 of 1957) (Orange Free
State)
Crematorium Ordinance, 1965 (Ordinance No. 18 of 1965) (Transvaal)
Delegation of Powers Ordinance, 1945 (Ordinance No. 20 of 1945) (Transvaal)
Delegation of Powers Ordinance, 1965 (Ordinance No. 13 of 1965) (Cape)
Delegation of Powers Ordinance, 1970 (Ordinance No. 4 of 1970) (Orange Free
State)
Development and Services Board Amendment and Interpretation Ordinance, 1975
(Ordinance No. 11 of 1975) (Natal)
Development and Services Board Designation Ordinance, 1974 (Ordinance No. 14 of
1974) (Natal)
Development and Services Board Ordinance, 1941 (Ordinance No. 20 of 1941)
(Natal)
Division of Land Ordinance, 1986 (Ordinance No. 20 of 1986) (Transvaal)
Divisional Councils Ordinance, 1976 (Ordinance No. 18 of 1976) (Cape)
Dog Tax Ordinance, 1978 (Ordinance No. 19 of 1978) (Cape)
Drive-in Theatres Ordinance, 1960 (Ordinance No. 22 of 1960) (Transvaal)
Drive-in Theatres Ordinance, 1960 (Ordinance No. 8 of 1960) (Orange Free State)
Dwelling Loans Gaurantee Ordinance, 1959 (Ordinance No. 3 of 1959) (Natal)
Dwelling Loans Guarantee Ordinance, 1959 (Ordinance No. 4 of 1959) (Orange Free
State)
Extra-territorial Assistance Ordinance, 1978 (Ordinance No. 8 of 1978)
(Transvaal)
Gauteng City Improvement Districts Act, 1997 (Act No. 12 of 1997) (Gauteng)
Gauteng Removal of Restrictions Act, 1996 (Act No. 3 of 1996) (Gauteng)
Horse Racing and Betting Ordinance, 1968 (Ordinance No. 34 of 1968) (Transvaal)
Horse Racing and Betting Ordinance, 1978 (Ordinance No. 24 of 1978) (Transvaal)
Horse-racing and Betting Ordinance, 1977 (Ordinance No. 8 of 1977) (Orange Free
State)
Hospitals Ordinance, 1958 (Ordinance No. 14 of 1958) (Transvaal)
Incorporated Area Rates Adjustment Ordinance, 1958 (Ordinance No. 5 of 1958)
(Natal)
Ladybrand Erven Amalgamation Amendment Ordinance, 1918 (Ordinance No. 5 of 1918)
(Orange Free State)
Land Use Planning Ordinance, 1985 (Ordinance No. 15 of 1985) (Cape)
Licences and Business Hours Ordinance, 1973 (Ordinance No. 11 of 1973) (Natal)
Licensing and Control of Dogs Ordinance, 1933 (Ordinance No. 18 of 1933)
(Transvaal)
Licensing and Control of Dogs Ordinance, 1942 (Ordinance No. 10 of 1942) (Natal)
Licensing and Control of Dogs Ordinance, 1968 (Ordinance No. 10 of 1968) (Orange
Free State)
Local Authorities (Audit) Ordinance, 1938 (Ordinance No. 17 of 1938) (Cape)
Local Authorities (Development According to Community) Ordinance, 1963
(Ordinance No. 6 of 1963) (Cape)
Local Authorities (Investment of Funds) Ordinance, 1935 (Ordinance No. 23 of
1935) (Cape)
Local Authorities Capital Development Fund Ordinance, 1978 (Ordinance No. 9 of
1978) (Transvaal)
Local Authorities Capital Development Fund Ordinance, 1978 (Ordinance No. 9 of
1978) (Transvaal)
Local Authorities Ordinance, 1974 (Ordinance No. 25 of 1974) (Natal)
Local Authorities Rating Ordinance, 1977 (Ordinance No. 11 of 1977) (Transvaal)
Local Authorities Roads Ordinance, 1904 (Ordinance No. 44 of 1904) (Transvaal)
Local Authorities (War Service) Ordinance, 1940 (Ordinance No. 17 of 1940)
(Natal)
Local Government (Administration and Elections) Ordinance, 1960 (Ordinance No.
40 of 1960) (Transvaal)
Local Government (Extension of Powers) Ordinance, 1962 (Ordinance No. 22 of
1962) (Transvaal)
Local Government Control Ordinance, 1958 (Ordinance No. 21 of 1958) (Transvaal)
Local Government Ordinance (Coloureds and Free Settlement Areas), 1963
(Ordinance No. 12 of 1963) (Orange Free State)
Local Government Ordinance, 1939 (Ordinance No. 17 of 1939) (Transvaal)
Local Government Ordinance, 1962 (Ordinance No. 8 of 1962) (Orange Free State)
Local Government Superannuation Ordinance, 1973 (Ordinance No. 24 of 1973)
(Natal)
Markets Ordinance, 1961 (Ordinance No. 21 of 1961) (Transvaal)
Municipal Consolidated Loans Fund Ordinance, 1952 (Ordinance No. 9 of 1952)
(Transvaal)
Municipal Corporation Ordinance, 1903 (Ordinance No. 58 of 1903) (Transvaal)
Municipal Elections Ordinance, 1970 (Ordinance No. 16 of 1970) (Transvaal)
Municipal Ordinance, 1974 (Ordinance No. 20 of 1974) (Cape)
Municipal Ordinance, 1918 (Ordinance No. 11 of 1918) (Natal)
Natal Joint Municipal Pension Fund (Retirement) Ordinance, 1974 (Ordinance No.
27 of 1974) (Natal)
Pound Ordinance, 1952 (Ordinance No. 18 of 1952) (Orange Free State)
Pounds Ordinance, 1972 (Ordinance No. 13 of 1972) (Transvaal)
Prescription (Local Authorities) Ordinance, 1964 (Ordinance No. 16 of 1964)
(Cape)
Prohibition of Dog Race - meetings Ordinance, 1976 (Ordinance No. 11 of 1976)
(Orange Free State)
Prohibition of the Dumping of Rubbish Ordinance, 1976 (Ordinance No. 8 of 1976)
(Orange Free State)
Public Bodies (Language) Ordinance, 1958 (Ordinance No. 13 of 1958) (Transvaal)
Public Resorts Ordinance, 1969 (Ordinance No. 18 of 1969) (Transvaal)
Recovery of Payments by Statutory Bodies Ordinance, 1977 (Ordinance No. 15 of
1977) (Cape)
Recreational Facilities Ordinance, 1972 (Ordinance No. 24 of 1972) (Natal)
Regulations relating to the Establishment and Amendment of Town Planning Schemes
for the Province of the Cape of Good Hope (PN.733 of 1989) (Cape of Good Hope)
Removal of Graves and Dead Bodies Ordinance, 1925 (Ordinance No. 7 of 1925)
(Transvaal)
Roads Ordinance, 1957 (Ordinance No. 22 of 1957) (Transvaal)
Roads Ordinance, 1968 (Ordinance No. 4 of 1968) (Orange Free State)
Shop Hours Ordinance, 1986 (Ordinance No. 8 of 1986) (Transvaal)
Shop Hours Ordinance, 1976 (Ordinance No. 16 of 1976) (Cape)
Shop Hours Ordinance, 1952 (Ordinance No. 19 of 1952) (Orange Free State)
Small - Holdings Ordinance, 1954 (Ordinance No. 17 of 1954) (Orange Free State)
Statutory Publications Ordinance, 1933 (Ordinance No. 4 of 1933) (Transvaal)
Town-planning and Townships Ordinance, 1986 (Ordinance No. 15 of 1986)
(Transvaal)
Town Planning Ordinance, 1949 (Ordinance No. 27 of 1949) (Natal)
Townships Ordinance, 1969 (Ordinance No. 9 of 1969) (Orange Free State)
Transvaal Board for the Development of Peri-Urban Areas Ordinance, 1943
(Ordinance No. 20 of 1943) (Transvaal)
Transvaal Provincial Library and Museum Service Ordinance, 1982 (Ordinance No.
20 of 1982) (Transvaal)
Valuation Ordinance, 1944 (Ordinance No. 26 of 1944) (Cape)
Water Services Ordinance, 1963 (Ordinance No. 27 of 1963) (Natal)
Note:
(i) Numerous Natal ordinances are in existence pertaining to specific towns.
These are not listed.
(ii) Amendments are not listed separately.
TBVC STATES AND SELF-GOVERNING TERRITORIES
LEGISLATION THAT HAS AN IMPACT ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT