Section 33: How councils request extra services and government takeover
33.Services to be provided on request of councils
(1)A district council or a lower council may, on request by it, be allowed to exercise the functions and services specified in Part 1 of Schedule 5 to this Act, or if delegated to it by the Government or by Parliament under any law.
(2)Subject to the Constitution, the Government may, on request by a district council, assume responsibility for the functions and services assigned to the district council, and in such a case the Government shall retain any grants pertaining to any task reverting to the Government.
(3)A higher local government council may, on request by a lower council, assume responsibility of the functions assigned to that lower council,
provided that the higher local council shall retain any grants pertaining to the task reverting to it.
(4)Appropriate measures shall be taken to bring the changes in subsections (1), (2) and (3) to the attention of the public.
Plain English Summary
You have the right to know when your local council requests new functions or when the government takes over local tasks. District councils or lower co...
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