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URBAN COUNCILS ACT
115. Bonfires and burning of rubbish.
116. Combustible or inflammable material and explosives.
PART I
GENERAL
Control of any service, institution or thing
1. The regulation of any service, institution or thing which the council is empowered to
operate, carry out or do.
Control of collections
2. The prohibition, regulation or licensing of collections for the purpose of obtaining money
or goods, and the prohibition of persons from so collecting without the consent of the
council.
Inspections
3. The regulation of any inspections or tests that may be carried out by or on behalf of the
council.
Fees
4. (1) Providing a tariff of fees that may be charged by the council for any inspection carried
out or service provided or any act, matter or thing done by the council in terms of this Act,
including the requiring of a deposit in connection with the services provided by the council.
(2) Fixing a scale of fees that may be imposed by the council in connection with the costs
reasonably incurred in carrying out the removal, safe custody or disposal of, or in
arranging for such removal, safe custody or disposal of, vehicles left or abandoned in the
circumstances mentioned in paragraph 26 of the Third Schedule to the Road Traffic Act
[Chapter 13:11].
(3) Fixing a scale of surcharges which may be imposed by the council for the use of water
at a time when water is rationed or regulated under paragraph 69.
Offences and penalties
5. Providing for offences in respect of contraventions of by-laws:
Provided that no such penalty shall exceed a fine of level five.
[Proviso substituted by s. 4 of Act 22/2001.]
PART II
PROCEEDINGS OF THE COUNCIL AND FINANCIAL MATTERS
Proceedings at meetings
6. The regulation of the proceedings and the preserving of order at meetings of the council
and the committees thereof, including provision for the suspension and exclusion of a
councillor or a member of any such committee who disregards the authority of the chair or
wilfully obstructs the business of the council or any committee thereof.
Disclosure of documents and publication of
proceedings
7. (1) The prohibition or regulation of the disclosure of documents and records of the
council.
(2) The prohibition or regulation of the publication of the proceedings of any committee of
the council or of the council whilst in committee.
(3) The punishment by suspension of a councillor or any member of a committee who is
guilty of a breach of any by-laws in relation to a matter specified in subparagraph (1) or
(2).
Financial
8. The regulation of the manner in which the finances of the council shall be controlled,
including, without derogation from the generality of the foregoing, provision for—
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