Division of Revenue Act, 2012 (Act No. 5 of 2012)

Chapter 3 : Conditional Allocations to Provinces and Municipalities

Part 2 : Duties of accounting officers in respect of Schedule 4 to 8 allocations

9. Duties of transferring national officer in respect of Schedule 4 allocations
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1)The transferring national officer of a Schedule 4 allocation is responsible for-
a)ensuring that transfers to all provinces and municipalities are-
i)deposited only into the primary bank account of a province or municipality; and
ii)made in accordance with the payment schedule approved in terms of section 22, unless allocations are withheld or stopped in terms of section 17 or 18;
b)monitoring expenditure and non-financial performance information on programmes funded by an allocation, in accordance with subsections (2) and 5 (3) and the requirements of the applicable framework;
c)complying with the requirements of the applicable framework;
d)submitting a quarterly performance report within 45 days after the end of each quarter to the National Treasury, in accordance with the requirements of the relevant framework; and
e)evaluating the performance of programmes funded or partially funded by the allocation and the submission of such evaluations to the National Treasury, within four months in respect of a province, and six months in respect of a municipality, after the end of the financial year.

 

2)
a)Subsection (1)(b) does not apply to the Urban Settlements Development Grant.
b)The transferring national officer must publish the information provided for in terms of section 13(1) in the Gazette, in a format determined by the National Treasury, not later than 28 days after this Act takes effect.

 

3)With respect to Schedule 4 allocations, any monitoring programme or system that is utilised to monitor expenditure and non-financial performance information funded by an allocation must-
i)be approved by the National Treasury;
ii)not impose any excessive administrative responsibility on receiving officers of provincial departments or municipalities beyond the provision of standard management information;
iii)be compatible and integrated with and not unnecessarily duplicate other relevant and related national and provincial systems; and
iv)be consistent with section 11(2).