The Municipal Financial Recovery Service—
| (a) | must perform the duties and may exercise the powers assigned to the Service in terms of this Act; |
| (b) | may, on request by the MEC for finance in a province, prepare a financial recovery plan for a municipality or, with the approval of the Director-General of the National Treasury, instruct any suitably qualified person to prepare the plan in accordance with the directions of the Service; |
| (c) | may, on request by the MEC for finance in the province, monitor the implementation of any financial recovery plans that it has prepared, and may recommend such amendments and revisions as are appropriate; |
| (d) | may on request by any municipality that is experiencing financial problems, and in co-ordination with any other provincial or national efforts, assist the municipality to identify the causes of, and potential solutions for, these financial problems; |
| (e) | may, with the approval of the Director-General of the National Treasury, obtain the services of any financial expert to perform any specific work for the Service; and |
| (f) | may, collect information on municipal financial problems and on best practices in resolving such problems. |
