In conducting their affairs the national government, provincial governments and local governments must seek to achieve the object of this Act, including by—
| a) | taking into account the circumstances, material interests and budgets of other governments and organs of state in other governments, when exercising their statutory powers or performing their statutory functions; |
| b) | consulting other affected organs of state in accordance with formal procedures, as determined by any applicable legislation, or accepted convention or as agreed with them or, in the absence of formal procedures, consulting them in a manner best suited to the circumstances, including by way of— |
| ii) | any relevant intergovernmental structures; |
| c) | co-ordinating their actions when implementing policy or legislation affecting the material interests of other governments; |
| d) | avoiding unnecessary and wasteful duplication or jurisdictional contests; |
| e) | taking all reasonable steps to ensure that they have sufficient institutional capacity and effective procedures— |
| i) | to consult, to co-operate and to share information with other organs of state; and |
| ii) | to respond promptly to requests by other organs of state for consultation, co-operation and information sharing; and |
| i) | in intergovernmental structures of which they are members; and |
| ii) | in efforts to settle intergovernmental disputes. |
