URBAN COUNCILS ACT Chapter 29:15 (e) requiring a council to inform the public of its annual expenditure and specifying the manner in which such information shall be provided and any specific matters which are to be included in such information; (f) the form in which estimates of income and expenditure are to be prepared, the information which shall be contained in such estimates and the manner in which any particular information shall be set out in such estimates; (g) the procedure to be followed in applying for borrowing powers and the date on which the application therefor shall be submitted; (h) any matter which in terms of this Act is required or permitted to be prescribed; and generally in respect of all matters for which he considers it necessary or expedient to provide for the better carrying out of the purposes and objects of this Act. (2) Without derogation from section 21 of the Interpretation Act [Chapter 1:01], regulations made in terms of subsection (1) may apply to a particular council or local board or may apply to council or local boards generally or specified classes thereof. 235 Minister may make regulations for local government areas (1) In this section— “service charge” means a charge such as is referred to in paragraph (r) of subsection (3); “supplementary charge” means a charge such as is referred to in paragraph (q) of subsection (3); “vehicle” means any bicycle or other vehicle which is intended or adapted for use on roads, but does not include— (a) any motor vehicle; or (b) any trailer; or (c) any vehicle which is kept by a dealer for the purpose of sale only; or (d) any vehicle which is not used on any road. (2) The Minister may make such regulations as he considers necessary or desirable for the control, management and good government of a local government area: Provided that, save as is provided in subsection (8), where— (a) the administration and control of a local government area has been vested in a council, the Minister may not make regulations for that local government area; (b) a local board has been appointed for a local government area, the Minister may not make regulations for that area in relation to any matter for which that board in terms of its warrant issued under section six may make by-laws. (3) Regulations in terms of subsection (2) may provide for— (a) the duties and powers of the persons employed in the administration of a local government area; (b) regulating the construction of buildings and other structures in a local government area and the ventilation, lighting, materials and manner of construction of such buildings and structures according to their type and function; (c) the terms and conditions under which persons may be permitted to reside in premises owned by the State in a local government area, the collection of rents therefor payable to the State and the procedure for the summary eviction from such premises of tenants who fail to pay such rent; (d) defining and preventing the overcrowding of dwellings and buildings in a local government area; (e) specifying the portions of buildings and dwellings in which cooking may be carried out and— (i) prohibiting cooking in any other portion of any such building or dwelling; and (ii) requiring the provision of cooking facilities and fixing the standards of such facilities; (f) regulating trading and the carrying on of any occupation or calling in a local government area; (g) defining, preventing and removing nuisances in a local government area; (h) preserving public decency; 91