“magistrate” includes any additional magistrate or assistant magistrate; “Minister” the Minister of Local Government and Housing; [definition of “organisational component” inserted by Act 30 of 2000 and deleted by Act 12 of 2002] [definition of “recruitment committee” inserted by Act 30 of 2000 and deleted by Act 12 of 2002] “region” the region in respect of which a regional council has been established and which is specified in column 2 of Schedule 1; “regional council” means a regional council established under section 2; [definition of “regional officer” deleted by Act 12 of 2002] “regulation” means a regulation made under this Act; [definition of “regulation” inserted by Act 30 of 2000] “settlement area” means a settlement area declared under section 31. [The full stop after this definition should have been replaced with a semicolon after the insertion of the additional definitions below.] “staff member” means any person employed permanently or temporarily on a full-time or basis or under a contract of employment, in a post on or additional to the establishment of a regional council, and includes a chief regional officer; and [definition of “staff member” inserted by Act 30 of 2000 and substituted by Act 12 of 2002] “this Act” includes the regulations. [definition of “this Act” inserted by Act 30 of 2000] PART I ESTABLISHMENT AND CONSTITUTION OF REGIONAL COUNCILS Establishment of regional councils 2. (1) There shall be a regional council for every region specified in column 2 of Schedule 1, to be known as the regional council for that region. (2) The boundaries of a region shall - (a) in the case of a regional council established by this section on the date of commencement of this Act, be the boundaries which have been established by the President in terms of the provisions of Article 137(4) of the Namibian Constitution by Proclamation 6 of 1992; or (b) in the case of a region of which the boundaries have been changed, or of a new region created, in terms of Article 103(2) of the Namibian Constitution after the commencement of this Act, be the boundaries made known by the President by Proclamation in the Gazette in terms of section 5(3) of this Act.
Regulations by regional councils 44A. (1) A regional council may make, after consultation with the Minister, regulations by notice in the Gazette relating to the prohibition, restriction, regulation and control of the conducting of any trade, business or occupation or other activity for gain in areas outside local authority areas in the region concerned, whether or not conducted from any premises, and the rendering of services in connection with such trade, business or occupation. (2) Different regulations may be made under subsection (1) in respect of different areas within a region. (3) A regulation made under subsection (1) may in respect of any contravention thereof or a failure to comply therewith, prescribe a penalty of a fine not exceeding N$2 000 or imprisonment for a period not exceeding six months, or both such fine and such imprisonment. [section 44A inserted by Act 30 of 2000] Regulations by Minister 44B. (1) The Minister may make regulations relating to - (a) the establishment and composition of regional tender boards, including - (i) the of office of and vacation of office and the remuneration, if any, of members of regional tender boards; (ii) the disclosure of interest by members of regional tender boards; (iii) the powers and functions of regional tender boards; (iv) committees of regional tender boards and the delegation of powers; (v) meetings and decisions of regional tender boards; (vi) invitation of tenders and applications for pre-qualification; (vii) contents of applications for pre-qualification; (viii) final invitations of tenders where applications for pre-qualification have been invited; (ix) titles of tenders; (x) examination, evaluation, comparison and non-acceptance of tenders; (xi) acceptance of tenders and entry into force of agreements; (xii) exemption, if any, from tender procedures; (xiii) the performance of administrative functions; (xiv) expenditure; (xv) the entering into and the cancellation of agreements;