URBAN COUNCILS ACT Chapter 29:15 such tariffs, charges of deposits shall be reconsidered by the council, together with the objections so lodged, and they shall not come into operation unless the resolution is again passed by a majority of the total membership of the council: Provided that the council may in these circumstances, by such resolution, fix lower tariffs, charges or deposits than those objected to without further advertising. (4) The notice to councillors of any meeting at which the proposed tariffs, charges or deposits are to be reconsidered for the purposes of subsection (3) shall contain a copy of all objections lodged in terms of subsection (3) unless all councillors have been previously circulated with a copy of the objections. (5) A resolution in terms of this section relating to any tariffs, charges or deposits which are provided for in any by-law shall not have the effect of introducing new tariffs, charges or deposits until the by-law concerned has been repealed or amended, as the case may be: Provided that this subsection shall not apply in relation to the introduction of a special water tariff which is introduced to have effect during a period of a water shortage. (6) Where a council is empowered in terms of this Act to make by-laws providing for, or to fix by resolution, any tariff, charge or deposit, the council may, from time and time, by resolution fix a rate of interest payable on any such tariff, charge or deposit remaining unpaid after such date as may be determined from time to time by the council and set out in the notice of demand for the payment of such tariff, charge or deposit. (7) The rate of interest referred to in subsection (6) shall not be more than one per centum per annum above the rate of interest charged by the State in respect of loans made to local authorities at the time the rate was fixed in terms of subsection (6). (8) Subsections (2), (3), (4) and (5) shall apply, mutatis mutandis, to the rate of interest fixed by a council in terms of subsection (6). 220 Council’s right of entry to and use of land (1) Subject to this section, a council— (a) may place any water main, public drain, electricity transmission line or public sewer, together with any works necessary to and used in connection with such water main, public drain, electricity transmission line or public sewer, whether above or below ground, into, out of, along or across any land, including any road, other than land covered by buildings, whether such land is inside or outside the council area; and (b) through its employees or contractors, together with any assistants and advisers that may be necessary, shall have access to or over any property by the shortest and most practicable route reasonable in the circumstances for the purposes of— (i) doing anything authorized or required to be done by the council in terms of this Act or any other law, including the placing of any water main, public drain, electricity transmission line or public sewer in terms of paragraph (a); (ii) inspecting, examining, testing, repairing, renewing, maintaining and cleaning any property of the council, including any water main, public drain, electricity transmission line or public sewer; (iii) inquiring into and investigating the suitability of immovable property for any work, scheme or undertaking of the council, and in making any necessary survey or valuation in connection therewith; (iv) ascertaining whether— A. there exists any nuisance; or B. there is or has been a contravention of this Act or any other law, responsibility for the administration of which is vested in the council; (v) ensuring compliance with this Act or any other law, responsibility for the administration of which is vested in the council. (2) The exercise by the council of any of the powers referred to in subsection (1) shall be subject to this Act and any other law regulating or controlling the rights of the council in that regard. 81