Housing Act, 1997 (Act No. 107 of 1997)Part 2 : National Government4. National Housing Code |
| 1) | The Minister must publish a code called the National Housing Code. |
| 2) | The Code— |
| a) | must contain national housing policy; |
| b) | may, after consultation with every MEC and the national organisation representing municipalities as contemplated in section 163(a) of the Constitution, include administrative or procedural guidelines in respect of— |
| i) | the effective implementation and application of national housing policy; |
| ii) | any other matter that is reasonably incidental to national housing policy. |
| 3) | The Minister must furnish a copy of the Code to every provincial government and municipality. |
| 4) | If national housing policy is amended during any year, the Minister must— |
| a) | as soon as possible, give notice of such amendment to every provincial government and municipality; and |
| b) | within three months after the end of such year, publish a revised Code, and furnish a copy thereof to every provincial government and municipality. |
| 5) | Any new national housing policy applies notwithstanding that such policy has not yet been included in a revision of the Code. |
| 6) | The Code shall be binding on the provincial and local spheres of Government. |