AI-assisted research summary: This provision defines key terms and sets up the Parliamentary Villages Management Board, including who appoints members and what the Board must do.
1. In this Act, unless the context indicates otherwise- (i) "Board" means the Parliamentary Villages Management Board, established 5 - .. , ... ' ·· · by section 2; (iii) . . ·(ii) "Minister" means' the Minister Of Public Works; (i) · · (iii) "parliamentary villages" means Acacia Park, Laboria Park, Pelican Park and any other place of accommodation for parliamentarians and sessional officials declared as such by the Minister. (ii) • · IO Parliamentary Villages Management Board · 2. ( 1) There is hereby established a juristic perSon, to be know~ a·s the Parliainenta.J Villages Management Board. (2) The Minister shall appoint as members of the Board- ...; :· ;·"' ·' · " ; . - the Director-General of Public Works, who shall be the chairperson of the 15 Board; ( a) ( b) . three residents, of whom two shall be parliamentarians and one shall be a sessional official, from every place of accommodation contemplated in the definition of "parliamentary villages", elected annually by the residents committee of the place in question; and the chairperson of the residents committee of every place of accommodation contemplated in the definition of "parliamentary villages". (c) 20 (3) (a) The first meeting of the Board shall be held at a time and place to be dctcnnincd by the chairperson, and subsequent meetings shall be held at such times and · places as the chairperson with the approval of the Board may determine; - · - -' ' ,,- "25 -· (b) The Board shall meet at least once every three months. ( 4) The members of the Board shall at the first meeting of every newly constituted Board elect a vice-chairperson from their number. . . . . . · . . (5) The Board shall frame rules govemllig its quorum, the procedure at meetings and, generally, the conduct of its functions, and may from time to time add to, alter or revoke 30 · any such rules.'··-·. ~ . i · . (6) The Board may co-opt any person to serve on the Board in an advisory capacity, - --- .. . but such co-opted member shall not have any voting rights. . . I ' (7) No member of the Board shall be entitled to any remuneration in respect of any services rendered by him or her in connection with any function of the Board, but the 35 Minister may, with the concurrence of the Minister of Finance, compensate a member . · for any expense or loss incurred in connection wl.th such service: • . . :·_·,; Functions of Board · - :3. (1) The Board shall~ 4 No. 19419 GOVERNMENT GAZETI'E, 2 NOVEMBER 1998 Act No. 96, 1998 PARLIAMENTARY VILLAGES MANAGEMENT BOARD ACT, 1998 (a) provide transport from and to the parliamentary villages for residents who are in Cape Town; (b) observe any tariff fixed by the Minister with the concurrence of the Minister of Finance and the Minister of Transport in respect of any service referred to in paragraph (a), and shall be subject to such directions as the Minister may issue after corisultation with the Board; and ·· ·' ( c) perform such duties. as the Minister may detemune. ·, · ' (2) The Board may- . (a) (b) take the steps necessary to provide for all the needs of the residents of the parliamentary villages; liaise with the South African Police Service regarding entry into and safety in parliamentary villages and the investigation of crimes committed in parlia- mentary villages; and . · · 5 10 ( c) make recommendations with regard to any matter contemplated in paragraph . • ( b) to the Minister for Safety and Security. : ~ . . ·. . . :' { .' Funds of Board , · , , ·:: 15 :; · .. .. ~ ; ~. 4. (1) The funds of the Board shall consist of- ( a) . money appropriated by Parliament; (b) money received under section 3; and (c) any other money payable to and received by the Board. ·. I .· • J . f ' ; ~ (2) The Board shall keep in the form approved by the Treasury with the concurrence . of theAuditor-General, a full and correct account of all money received and expended· by the Board, which shall annually be audited by the Auditor-General. , . _ (3) The financial year of the Board shall end on 30 June of each year.. ( 4) Any surplus. in the funds. of the Board at the. end of any fi11ancial year shall be 25' ' 0 · · , utilised by the Board in such miillner as the Board may determine with the coricurrence of the Minister and the Minister of Finance. Exemption from taxes . ' '. .. , _ ... ' . _ . . --~ . ' '"· " _ ~ r