Chapter 29:15 (i) (j) (k) (l) (m) (n) (o) (p) (q) (r) (s) (t) (u) URBAN COUNCILS ACT providing for the maintenance of health and cleanliness and good order of all houses and buildings within a local government area and for the maintenance in good order of proper sanitary accommodation and for maintaining cleanliness and sanitation generally; prohibiting or regulating the cultivation of land in a local government area; prohibiting or regulating the keeping of animals, including poultry, within a local government area; regulating and licensing the keeping of dogs and fixing the fee payable for any such licence, providing for the seizure, sale or destruction of diseased, unclaimed or ownerless dogs or other animals and for dealing with vicious or dangerous dogs or other animals; providing for and maintaining generally the safety and convenience and good order of the residents in a local government area; regulating the registration of lodgers residing in a local government area and prescribing the fees or charges to be paid by lodgers or by the owners or occupiers of premises provided accommodation for such lodgers to the State in respect of services provided by it in the area; the licensing of any vehicles which are ordinarily kept within a local government area, regulating and restricting the use of any such vehicles and fixing the tariff of fees payable in respect of licences issued; fixing the rents to be charged for accommodation provided by the State in a local government area, related to the type and standard of the accommodation; fixing the charges to be made for any services, amenities or facilities provided by the State in a local government area, either for certain premises, residential or other, or for the whole of such area: Provided that such charges may, in respect of water charges, include a provision that a minimum charge shall be payable in respect of premises connected with the water supply, whether the water is used or not; fixing and imposing in respect of immovable property in a local government area, except such property as may be exempted in the regulations, a supplementary charge to cover the expenses incurred by the State in the maintenance and administration of the area; the proper administration of any water supply, sewerage services, rubbish removal services or other like services within the local government area and, without derogation from the generality of the foregoing, for— (i) the protection of meters, appliances, fittings, plant and equipment and the like; (ii) the imposition and collection of fees and charges for such services; (iii) the cutting off of any supply or service where the payment of any fee or charge is outstanding or overdue; the creation of offences for hindering or obstructing persons employed in the administration of a local government area or otherwise contravening any provision of regulations made in terms of this section; penalties for offences referred to in paragraph (t): Provided that no such penalty shall exceed a fine of level five or imprisonment for a period of six months or both such fine and such imprisonment. [Paragraph inserted by s. 4 of Act 22/2001.] (4) Regulations in terms of subsection (2) which provide for matters referred to in paragraphs (p), (q) and (r) of subsection (3)— (a) shall specify the persons who are liable to pay the rents, service charges or supplementary charges provided for; and (b) may provide that service charges or supplementary charges shall be included in rents or charged separately; and (c) may divide the persons who are liable to pay rents, service charges or supplementary charges into classes according to their means and correspondingly charge different amounts for different classes; and (d) may vary service charges according to the use to which the premises concerned are put; and 92