AGENDA - Swakopmund Municipality

11.1.6 EXEMPTION FROM PAYMENT OF ASSESSMENT RATES
(C/M 2012/06/28 - D 3/2)
Ordinary Management Committee Meeting of 14 June 2012,
Addendum 7.13 page 77 refers.
A. The following item was submitted to the Management Committee for
consideration:
1. Provision is made in Section 75 (1) of the Local Authorities Act 23 of
1992, as amended, that Council, subject to certain conditions, may
exempt certain organisations or institutions from the payment of
assessment rates.
A copy of Section 75 is attached as Annexure “A”
2. According to the stipulations of subsection (3) of the Local Authorities Act
(as amended), a local authority shall not grant any exemption under
subsection (1), unless the application referred to in that subsection has
been lodged to, or actually received by it on or before 31 May in the year
immediately preceding the financial year to which the application relates.
3. In addition, it should be noted that Council on 31 March 2010 under item
11.1.18 resolved to propose the following amendment to the Local
Authorities Act, Act 23 of 1992, as amended, to the Minister of Regional
and Local Government, Housing and Rural Development:
That the proposed amendments be submitted to the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry
of Regional and Local Government, Housing and Rural Development for consideration,
subject to following corrections:
(i)
(ii)
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(iii) Section 75 be amended as: That only those rectories which are registered in the
name of the church / mission be exempted.
Should the above proposed amendment be approved, Pastors /
Reverends / Priests / Preachers will no longer be able to claim exemption
for private residences as manses / parsonages / rectories. To date no
reply was received from the said Ministry.
4. A notice was published on 30 March 2012 and 27 April 2012 in The
Namib Times and The Namibian respectively with closing date 31 May
2012.
5. The following applications (Annexure “B”) were received in terms of
Section 75 (3) of the Local Authorities Act 23 of 1992 (as amended), for
the exemption from payment of Assessment Rates:
ORGANISATION / BODY
Marie Douglas Heim Frial Care
Centre / Prinzessin Rupprecht
Heim
ERF Number
PURPOSE FOR WHICH
ERF IS RESERVED
356 Swk Old Age Home & Frail Care
The Old Apostolic Church 2108 & 681, Swk Religious Gatherings
The Holy Cross Sisters in Namibia 196, Swk Rectory