Local Government: Municipal Property Rates Act, 2004 (Act No. 6 of 2004)Chapter 9 : Miscellaneous Matters90. Transitional arrangements relating to redetermination of municipal boundaries: Existing rates policy |
[Section (90) heading amended by section 33 of Act No. 29 of 2014]
If, as a result of the redetermination of a municipal boundary in terms of the Local Government: Municipal Demarcation Act, 1998 (Act No. 27 of 1998), an area is included into the existing area of jurisdiction of a municipality during the course of a financial year, that municipality may during the financial year in which the inclusion becomes effective and subsequent financial years, until it prepares a valuation roll or a supplementary valuation roll that includes such area—
| (a) | continue to use the rating policy and by-laws that were in force in the area that has been included in its area of jurisdiction; and |
| (b) | levy rates consistent with that rating policy and by-laws. |
[Section (90) amended by section 33 of Act No. 29 of 2014]