GHANZI TOWNSHIP (REFUSE) BYE-LAWS
(under regulation 5 of the Ghanzi Township Regulations)
(27th January, 1978)
ARRANGEMENT OF BYE-LAWS
BYE-LAW
1. Citation
2. Interpretation
3. Refuse not to be deposited in public place
4. Accumulation of refuse on private premises
5. Removal of refuse from private premises
6. Refuse dump
7. Maintenance of refuse receptacles
8. Fees for refuse removal services
9. Depositing refuse in water supplies
10. Penalties
Schedule – Charges
S.I. 9, 1978,
S.I. 102, 1999.
These Bye-laws may be cited as the Ghanzi Township (Refuse) Bye-laws*.
*Originally made under the Township Act now repealed, these Regulations have been continued under s 94(2) of the Local Government Act, 2013.
In these Bye-laws
“occupier of premises” means any person in actual occupation of premises or entitled by law to occupy those premises;
“premises” includes any yard, field, garden or land, whether enclosed or not;
“public place” includes any public way or square, any tribal kgotla and any public or communal land;
“refuse” includes any filth, trash, garbage, excrement, waste products from any source, rubble, derelict vehicles or tyres, and any matter which is offensive or a nuisance or injurious or dangerous to health or favours the breeding of flies or mosquitoes or the harbouring of rodents;
“township” means the Ghanzi Township as defined in terms of the Townships Act;
“Township Authority” means the Ghanzi Township Authority.
3. Refuse not to be deposited in public place
(1) Subject to sub-bye-law (2), no person shall within the township deposit any refuse in or near a public place.
(2) A person may deposit refuse at a refuse dump designated by the Township Authority or in a receptable provided by the Township Authority for the reception of refuse.
4. Accumulation of refuse on private premises
No owner or occupier of private premises situated within the township shall permit or allow any refuse to accumulate or remain on the premises so as to be offensive or a nuisance or injurious or dangerous to health or to favour the breading of flies or mosquitoes or the harbouring of rodents.
5. Removal of refuse from private premises
(1) The Township Authority may, by notice in writing served on the owner or occupier of private premises situated within the township, require him within three days after the date of service of the notice to remove from the premises any refuse thereon.
(2) Every owner or occupier of private premises on whom a notice has been served under sub-bye-law (1) shall comply with the requirement contained in the notice.
(3) Where an owner or occupier of private premises on whom a notice has been served under sub-bye-law (1) fails to comply with the requirement to remove refuse contained in the notice, the Township Authority may, by its servants or agents, enter upon the premises and remove the refuse and recover from the owner or occupier the cost of so doing.
(4) Where any person is convicted of contravening sub-bye-law (2), the court may, in addition to any penalty it may impose, order that person to reimburse the Township Authority or to pay any expenses the Township Authority may have incurred in removing refuse in consequence of that contravention.
Every owner or occupier who removes refuse in compliance with the requirement contained in a notice served on him under bye-law 5(1) shall deposit the refuse at a place designated or in a receptable provided by the Township Authority for the reception of such refuse.
7. Maintenance of refuse receptacles
Every occupier of premises situated within the township shall ensure that all refuse receptables in use on the premises are regularly emptied and cleaned and that such receptacles, including the covers thereof, are at all times maintained in a sound condition.
8. Fees for refuse removal services
(1) Subject to sub-bye-law (3), every occupier of premises situated within the township for which a refuse removal service is provided by the Township Authority, shall pay on demand to the Township Authority such fee for that service as is set out in the Schedule.
(2) The Township Authority may by resolution make such charges for collecting and emptying dustbin and septic tank situated on institutional or private business premises as it may from time to time determine.
(3) No fees shall be payable under sub-bye-law (1) for the removal by the Township Authority of refuse from the communal receptacles provided by the Township Authority for the reception of refuse within the unsurveyed residential area of the township.
9. Depositing refuse in water supplies
No person shall deposit any refuse in or cause or permit or allow any refuse to enter any river, stream, spring, pool, well, borehole, dam, catchment basin or any channel or source of water supply situated within the township.
(1) Any person who contravenes these Bye-laws, other than bye-law 9, shall be liable to a fine not exceeding P100, or in default of payment to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months, or, in the event of a second or subsequent conviction for the same offence, to a fine not exceeding P200, or in default of payment to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months.”/
(2) Any person who contravenes bye-law 9, shall be liable to a fine not exceeding P150, or in default of payment to imprisonment for a term not exceeding four months, or, in the event of a second or subsequent conviction, to a fine not exceeding P200, or in default of payment to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months.
SCHEDULE
CHARGES
REFUSE BYE-LAWS
(bye-law 8(2))
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Households |
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(a) Standard dustbin |
P1 per month |
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(b) 200 litres drum |
P2 per month |
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(c) P30 per load |
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Business Premises |
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(a) Small business |
P25 per month |
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(b) Large business |
P30 per month |
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(c) Bulk removal |
P20 per month |
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(d) Desludging |
P30 per month |