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Government Gazette, 27 June 1986
No. 10318     3

Provincial Government Act, 1986
Act No. 69, 1986.

General explanatory note:

[                    ]  Words in bold type in square brackets indicate omissions from existing enactments.
                        Words underlined with solid line indicate insertions in existing enactments.





Act

To provide for the dissolution of provincial councils and for the administration of provincial matters by administrators and the other members of executive committees appointed by the State President; and to provide for matters connected therewith.



(Afrikaans text signed by the State President.)
(Assented to 24 June 1986.)



Be it enacted by the State President and the Parliament of the Republic of South Africa, as follows:―


Definitions.

1. In this Act, unless the context indicates otherwise―

(i) “administrator” means the person appointed as administrator under section 7 (1) (a), acting in consultation with the other members of the executive committee of which he is a member; (i)
(ii) “Constitution Act” means the Republic of South Africa Constitution Act, 1983 (Act No. 110 of 1983); (ii)
(iii) “province” means a province mentioned in section 7 (1); (iii)
(iv) “self-governing territory” means an area declared under section 26 of the National States Constitution Act, 1971 (Act No. 21 of 1971), to be a self-governing territory within the Republic. (iv)


Chapter I

The Provinces


Dissolution of provincial councils.

2. At the commencement of this Act every provincial council established by the Provincial Government Act, 1961 (Act No. 32 of 1961), shall cease to exist, and every person who immediately prior to that commencement was a member of any such council shall cease to be such a member.


Vacation of office by administrators and members of executive committees.

3. Any person who immediately prior to the commencement of this Act occupies the office of administrator or member of the executive committee of a province, shall vacate his office at that commencement, unless an administrator and executive committee have then not yet been appointed in terms of section 7, in which event such person shall retain his office and he shall be deemed to have been appointed in terms of the said section until such time as such appointment is made.


Continuation of ordinances.

4. Any ordinance―

(a) made by a provincial council and in force in the province concerned immediately prior to the commencement of this Act; or