URBAN COUNCILS ACT
Chapter 29:15
Sale of products
13. To sell any products or by-products resulting from the carrying on or operating of any of
the works or undertakings which the council is authorized to carry on or operates.
Conduct of liquor undertakings
14. Subject to the Liquor Act [Chapter 14:14] and the Traditional Beer Act [Chapter 14:26],
with the approval of the Minister, to hold any licences or permits in terms of those Acts
and to engage in any activity authorized by such licences or permits.
Manufacture and sale of mahewu
15. To manufacture the drink commonly known as mahewu or maheu and to sell it in any
premises in respect of which the council holds a licence or permit in terms of the Liquor
Act [Chapter 14:14] or the Traditional Beer Act [Chapter 14:26].
Application of controlled liquor moneys
16. Subject to the Traditional Beer Act [Chapter 14:26] to engage in any activity or do any
thing in order to give effect to any purposes for which controlled liquor moneys as defined
in section 2 of that Act may be applied in terms of that Act.
Charges
17. (1) Subject to subsection (5) of section two hundred and eighty-two, to make charges in
respect of certificates, licences or permits issued, inspections carried out, services 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 any services provided by the
council.
(2) In making charges in the exercise of the powers conferred by subparagraph (1)
different charges may be made in respect of different certificates, licences or permits,
inspections, services or other acts or different classes thereof.
(3) Subject to such conditions as the Minister, after consultation with the Minister
responsible for the administration of the Electricity Act [Chapter 13:05] may approve, to
levy surcharges on charges to consumers in respect of electricity supplied to premises
within the council area.
Plant and machinery
18. To hire or acquire vehicles, plant, machinery and equipment for the purpose of carrying out
any function conferred or imposed on the council by or under this Act or any other law.
Roads, bridges, dams, etc.
19. (1) Subject to any other law, to provide and maintain roads, bridges, canals, reservoirs,
dams, water courses, furrows and culverts.
(2) Roads, including bridges and culverts, may be provided and maintained in terms of
subparagraph (1) outside the council area—
(a) for access to or in connection with any facility or amenity provided or operated by the
council; and
(b) either solely by the council or jointly with any other local authority or with the State
or any statutory board.
Decorations and illuminations
20. To provide and operate decorations and illuminations of roads and buildings.
Advertising hoardings
21. To provide advertising hoardings on property under the control of the council and to hire
out space on such hoardings.
Public conveniences
22. To provide public sanitary conveniences on land under the control of the council.
Effluent or refuse removal and treatment
23. (1) To provide and operate a service for removing and treating trade or other effluent,
refuse and human waste for the council area or any portion thereof and to make the use of
the service compulsory.
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