Division of Revenue Act, 2014 (Act No. 10 of 2014)

Chapter 3 : Conditional Allocations to Provinces and Municipalities

Part 2 : Duties of accounting officers in respect of Schedule 4 to 7 allocations

13. Duties of receiving officer in respect of infrastructure conditional allocations to provinces

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(1)The receiving officer of the Education Infrastructure Grant, Health Facility Revitalisation Grant or Provincial Roads Maintenance Grant must—
(a)provide the relevant provincial treasury with a list of all infrastructure projects for education, health and roads over the medium term expenditure framework for tabling in the provincial legislature with the provincial Appropriation Bill in the format determined by the National Treasury;
(b)within seven days after the tabling in the legislature, submit the list to the transferring national officer and the National Treasury; and
(c)submit to the transferring national officer, the relevant provincial treasury and the National Treasury any amendment to the list and the reason for the amendment and table the amended list with the provincial Adjustments Appropriation Bill.

 

(2)The receiving officer of the Education Infrastructure Grant or Health Facility Revitalisation Grant must—
(a)submit to the transferring national officer, relevant provincial treasury and the National Treasury, in the format and on the date determined by the National Treasury, a document which sets out the infrastructure delivery management system by indicating the roles and responsibilities of the relevant provincial departments  regarding  infrastructure  delivery  and  is  approved  by  the Executive Council of the province;
(b)on a quarterly basis, submit to the transferring national officer, relevant provincial treasury and the National Treasury, a report on the filling of posts on the approved establishment for the infrastructure unit of the affected provincial department in a format determined by the National Treasury;
(c)report on all infrastructure expenditure partially or fully funded by the grant to the transferring national officer, relevant provincial treasury and the National Treasury in the format and on the date determined by the National Treasury;
(d)maintain a database of every contract that is partially or fully funded by the grant and, if the contract is above the specified tender value, ensure that it is recorded in the register of projects in terms of section  22(3) of the Construction Industry Development Board Act, 2000 (Act No. 38 of 2000);
(e)ensure that infrastructure projects comply with construction industry best practise standards and guidelines, as identified and approved by the National Treasury; and
(f)within two months after the end of the 2014/15 financial year
(i)evaluate the financial and non-financial performance of the province in respect of programmes partially or fully funded by the grant based on the infrastructure budget of the province; and
(ii)submit the evaluation to the transferring national officer, the relevant provincial treasury and the National Treasury.