Division of Revenue Act, 2011 (Act No. 6 of 2011)

Part 2: Additional, Revised and Amended Frameworks for Conditional Allocations

Framework for Conditional Grant to Municipalities
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Amendments to a current framework for a Schedule 6 grant to municipalities

 

Introduction

 

This part provides the amendments of the framework for the Local Government Financial Management grant (National Treasury) set out in Schedule 6 of this Government Notice.

 

The following are key areas considered for the aforementioned grant:

•Strategic goal and purpose of the grant
•Outcome statements and outputs of the grant
•Priority outcome(s) of government that the grant primarily contributes to
•Conditions of the grant (additional to what is required in the Act)
•Criteria for allocation between municipalities
•Rationale for funding through a conditional grant
•Past performance
•The projected life of the grant
•2011 MTEF allocations
•The payment schedule
•Responsibilities of the transferring national department and receiving municipalities
•Process for approval of 2012 MTEF allocations

 

The Division of Revenue Act, 2011, as amended, requires that any amendments to current frameworks be gazetted in terms of Section 14(2)of the Act.

 

The National Treasury Grant schedule can be found in Government Gazette No. 34880 dated 20 December 2011.