Local Government: Municipal Property Rates Act, 2004 (Act No. 6 of 2004)Chapter 4 : General Valuation of Rateable PropertyPart 2 : Municipal valuers37. Delegations by municipal valuers |
| (1) | The valuer of a municipality— |
| (a) | may delegate — |
| (i) | to an assistant municipal valuer any powers or duties reasonably necessary to assist the municipal valuer to exercise a power or to comply with a duty assigned to a municipal valuer in terms of this Act; or |
| (ii) | to a data-collector any powers or duties reasonably necessary to assist the municipal valuer in the collection and processing of data; and |
| (b) | must regularly review delegations issued in terms of paragraph (a) and, if necessary, amend or withdraw any of those delegations. |
| (2) | A delegation in terms of subsection (1)— |
| (a) | must be in writing; |
| (b) | is subject to such limitations and conditions as the municipal valuer may impose in a specific case; and |
| (c) | does not divest the municipal valuer of the responsibility concerning the exercise of the delegated power or the performance of the delegated duty. |
| (3) | The municipal valuer may confirm, vary or revoke any decision taken in consequence of a delegation in terms of this section, but no such variation or revocation of a decision may detract from any rights that may have accrued as a result of the decision. |