Division of Revenue Act, 2015 (Act No. 1 of 2015)Chapter 4 : Matters relating to all Allocations27. Preparations for 2016/17 financial year and 2017/18 financial year |
(1)
| (a) | A category C municipality that receives a conditional allocation in terms of this Act must, using the indicative conditional allocations to that municipality for the 2016/17 financial year and the 2017/18 financial year as set out in Column B of the Schedules to this Act, by 2 October 2015— |
| (i) | agree on the provisional allocations and the projects to be funded from those allocations in the 2016/17 financial year and the 2017/18 financial year with each category B municipality within the category C municipality’s area of jurisdiction; and |
| (ii) | submit to the transferring officer— |
| (aa) | the provisional allocations referred to in subparagraph (i); and |
| (bb) | the projects referred to in subparagraph (i), listed per municipality. |
| (b) | If a category C municipality and a category B municipality cannot agree on the allocations and projects referred to in paragraph (a), the category C municipality must request the relevant transferring officer to facilitate agreement. |
| (c) | The transferring officer must take all necessary steps to facilitate agreement as soon as possible, but no later than 60 days after receiving a request referred to in paragraph (b). |
| (d) | Any proposed amendment or adjustment of the allocations that is intended to be published in terms of section 30(3)(b) must be agreed with the relevant category B municipality, the transferring officer and the National Treasury, before publication and the submission of the allocations referred to in paragraph (a)(ii). |
| (e) | If agreement is not reached between the category C municipality and the category B municipality on the provisional allocations and projects referred to in paragraph (a) before 2 October 2015, the National Treasury may determine the provisional allocations and provide those provisional allocations to the affected municipalities and the transferring officer. |
(f)
| (i) | The transferring officer must submit the final allocations based on the provisional allocations referred to in paragraph (a)(i) and (ii) and (e) to the National Treasury by 4 December 2015. |
| (ii) | If the transferring officer fails to submit the allocations referred to in subparagraph (i) by 4 December 2015, the National Treasury may determine the appropriate allocations, taking into consideration the indicative allocations for the 2016/17 financial year. |
(2)
| (a) | The transferring officer of a conditional allocation, using the indicative conditional allocations for the 2016/17 financial year and the 2017/18 financial year as set out in Column B of the affected Schedules to this Act, must, by 2 October 2015, submit to the National Treasury— |
| (i) | the provisional allocations to each province or municipality in respect of new conditional allocations to be made in the 2016/17 financial year; |
| (ii) | any amendments to the indicative allocations for each province or municipality set out in Column B of the affected Schedules in respect of existing conditional allocations; and |
| (iii) | the draft frameworks for the allocations referred to in subparagraphs (i) and (ii). |
| (b) | The National Treasury must approve any proposed amendment or adjustment for the 2016/17 financial year of the allocation criteria of an existing conditional allocation before the submission of the provisional allocations and draft frameworks. |
(c)
| (i) | The transferring officer must, under his or her signature, submit the final allocations and frameworks based on the provisional allocations and frameworks to the National Treasury by 4 December 2015. |
| (ii) | The transferring officer may in writing delegate to an employee of his or her department the signing-off envisaged in subparagraph (i), and, in the event of such delegation, a copy of the written delegation must accompany the allocations and frameworks submitted in terms of subparagraph (i). |
| (d) | If the transferring officer fails to comply with paragraphs (a), (b) or (c) by the prescribed deadlines, the National Treasury may determine the appropriate draft and final allocations and frameworks taking into consideration the indicative allocations for the 2016/17 financial year. |
(e)
| (i) | The National Treasury may amend final allocations and frameworks in order to ensure equitable and stable allocations and fair and consistent grant conditions. |
| (ii) | The National Treasury must give notice to the transferring officer of the intention to amend frameworks and allocations and invite the submission of written comment within seven days after the date of the notification. |
| (f) | The draft and final frameworks and allocations must be submitted in the format determined by the National Treasury. |
| (3) | The National Treasury may instruct transferring officers, accounting officers of the provincial treasuries and receiving officers to submit to it such plans and information for any conditional allocation as it may determine at specified times before the start of the 2016/17 financial year. |
(4)
| (a) | For purposes of the Education Infrastructure Grant or Health Facility Revitalisation Grant in the 2016/17 financial year, the receiving officer of the relevant provincial department must, in the format and on the date determined by the National Treasury, submit to the transferring officer, the relevant provincial treasury and the National Treasury— |
| (i) | a user asset management plan for all infrastructure programmes for a period of at least 10 years; |
| (ii) | an infrastructure programme management plan including at least a construction procurement strategy for infrastructure programmes or projects envisaged to commence within the period for the medium term expenditure framework; |
| (iii) | project proposals and concept reports for all projects in the planning stage envisaged to commence within the medium term expenditure framework period; and |
| (iv) | a document that outlines how the infrastructure delivery management system will be implemented in the province and that is approved by the Executive Council of the province before or after the commencement of this Act. |
| (b) | If any substantive change is made to the document referred to in paragraph (a)(iv) during the 2015/16 financial year, the amended document must be approved by the Executive Council of the province before submission to the National Treasury within 14 days after such approval. |
| (c) | The National Treasury must notify the transferring officer and the affected provincial departments which infrastructure programmes and projects it will propose for full or partial funding through the grant in the financial years in question. |