Local Government: Municipal Finance Management Act, 2003 (Act No. 56 of 2003)RegulationsMunicipal Supply Chain Management Regulations, 2005Chapter 1: Establishment and Implementation of Supply Chain Management Policies6. Oversight role of council of municipality or board of directors of municipal entity |
| (1) | The council of a municipality and the board of directors of a municipal entity must maintain oversight over the implementation of its supply chain management policy. |
| (2) | For the purposes of such oversight the accounting officer must— |
(a)
| (i) | in the case of a municipality, within 30 days of the end of each financial year, submit a report on the implementation of the supply chain management policy of the municipality and of any municipal entity under its sole or shared control, to the council of the municipality; |
| (ii) | in the case of a municipal entity, within 20 days of the end of each financial year, submit a report on the implementation of the municipal entity's supply chain management policy to the board of directors, who must then submit the report to the accounting officer of the parent municipality for submission to the council in terms of subparagraph (i); and |
| (iii) | whenever there are serious and material problems in the implementation of the supply chain management policy, immediately submit a report to the council of the municipality or in the case of a municipal entity, to the board of directors, who must then submit the report to the accounting officer of the parent municipality for submission to the council. |
| (3) | The accounting officer must, within 10 days of the end of each quarter, submit a report on the implementation of the supply chain management policy to the mayor of the municipality or the board of directors of the municipal entity, as the case may be. |
| (4) | The reports of a municipality must be made public in accordance with section 21A of the Municipal Systems Act. The reports of a municipal entity must be made public in a similar way. |