Local Government: Municipal Demarcation Act, 1998 (Act No. 27 of 1998)

Chapter 1 : Municipal Demarcation Board

Part 3 : Operating procedures of Board

18. Committees

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(1)The Board may—
(a)establish one or more committees to assist the Board in the performance of its function or the exercise of any of its powers; and
(b)dissolve a committee at any time.

 

(2)The Board—
(a)must determine the function of a committee;
(b)must appoint the chairperson and other members of a committee;
(c)may authorise a committee to co-opt advisory members within limits determined by the Board;
(d)may remove a member of a committee from office at any time; and
(e)may determine a committee's procedure.

 

(3)When appointing members to a committee, the Board is not restricted to Board members.

 

(4)Sections 7, 12 and 13 (3) also apply to members of a committee and when those sections are applied to members of a committee a reference in those sections to the Board and a member of the Board must be read as a reference to a committee and a member of a committee, respectively.

 

(5)The Board determines the remuneration, allowances and other conditions of office of members of a committee who are not—
(a)Board members;
(b)employees; or
(c)in the service of the national government, a provincial government or a municipality.

 

[Section 18 commenced 3 July 1998]