Section 172 — LOCAL AUTHORITIES ORDINANCE, 1996

(a)

to regulate and control the conduct and administration of local authorities finances, and for all matters connected therewith;

(b)

to provide for the auditing of the accounts of local authorities;

(c)

to provide for the preparation and publication by local authorities of estimates of revenue and expenditure;

(d)

to regulate and control the keeping of accounts by local authorities;

(e)

to regulate and control the collection of revenue and the expenditure of money by local authorities;

(f)

to regulate and control the acquisition, holding, charging and disposal of property by local authorities;

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(g)

to regulate and control the administration of any property in the ownership, possession or control of a local authority;

(h)

to regulate and control the making of contracts of all descriptions by local authorities;

(i)

to provide for the payment of allowances to members of a local authority;

(j)

to prescribe the conditions subject to which, and the terms on which, a person may be required to perform work or render services under this Ordinance or any bylaw or order made hereunder;

(k)

to provide for the privatisation of any of the services which a local authority is obliged to provide under this Ordinance within its area of jurisdiction;

(l)

[Deleted by Cap. A114.]

(m)

to provide for the assessment of holdings for rates, the basis of assessment, the preparation and publication of provision and revised valuation lists, the prescribing of powers to obtain information for the purposes of valuation (including powers of entry and inspection), appeals against and revision of assessments, the payment and recovery of rates (including interest), the remission of rates and any other matters concerning the levying, collection and remission of rates;

(n)

to provide for appeals to the Minister in cases where no appeal is provided by this Ordinance, against orders and decisions of local authorities, or any specified local authority, made under any provision of this Ordinance, or under any bylaw made hereunder, specified in the regulations; and

(o)

to establish, regulate and control a provident fund for the benefit of persons employed by local authorities, and to provide for and prescribe all matters incidental thereto, including the prohibition of any assignment, attachment or sequestration of, or levy upon, any sum in the Fund.

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(p)

[Deleted by Cap. A191/2020.]

(2)

Regulations made under subsection (1)(a) to (i) inclusive shall be sufficiently published if made available to local authorities and kept in some place at the offices of the local authorities where they are available for inspection by members of the public.

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