URBAN COUNCILS ACT Chapter 29:15 (v) authorize the council to sell or lease any land or buildings to which the proposal relates in accordance with section one hundred and fifty-two or one hundred and fifty-three; (vi) give the council directions as to the manner in which it may exercise its powers relating to the disposal of any land or building to which the proposal relates, including, without derogation from the generality of the foregoing, directions prohibiting the council from repossessing any such land or building; (c) call for further details or information before considerating the proposal any further. (6) Where a council has made by-laws imposing a supplementary charge in respect of any property situated within an area to which the proposal concerned relates, the council shall, notwithstanding any other provision of this Act— (a) not be required to value that property in terms of Part XVIII; (b) not impose any rate in respect of that property in terms of Part XIX. (7) The Minister may at any time revoke or amend any directions or terms and conditions given or imposed, as the case may be in terms of subsection (5). (8) Where the administration of any area, to which a proposal which has been approved in terms of this section relates, is vested in another council, the proposal shall be deemed to have been approved in relation to that other council with the same directions, terms and conditions to which it was previously subject. 206 Minister’s powers to act on behalf of council regarding estate development (1) Where the Minister considers that serviced stands, land or buildings are required for the purposes of subsection (1) or (2) of section two hundred and five, he may direct the council concerned to exercise its powers in terms of those provisions. (2) If a council fails to comply with any direction given in terms of subsection (1) or any direction given or terms or condition imposed in terms of section two hundred and five in relation to any proposal which has been approved in terms of that section, the Minister may, subject to subsection (3) and after notice in writing to the council— (a) take possession of any undeveloped council land, including surveyed land— (i) for which there is a town planning scheme and which is zoned for the appropriate purpose in terms thereof; or (ii) for which there is no town planning scheme but which is suitable for the appropriate purpose; (b) expropriate, in accordance with Part X, in the name of the council or of the State, any land— (i) for which there is a town planning scheme and which is zoned for the appropriate purpose in terms thereof; or (ii) for which there is no town planning scheme but which is suitable for the appropriate purpose; (c) provide serviced stands or erect buildings on any land such as is referred to in paragraph (a) or (b) or on State Land; (d) recover from the council concerned any expenses incurred in the exercise of the powers referred to in paragraph (a), (b) or (c) by all or any of the following methods— (i) by action in competent court; (ii) by declaring that any income of the council shall be applied to the payment of such expenses and by appointing a receiver who is hereby authorized to attach so much of that income as will meet such expenses; (iii) by levying a special rate on all rateable property within the council area, which rate shall be levied in all respects as if it were a rate levied in terms of section two hundred and seventy-two; (e) transfer to the council at its expense any State land serviced in terms of paragraph (c) or any land expropriated in terms of paragraph (b) in the name of the State, together with any buildings thereon; 75