DISTRICT COUNCILS (MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS) REGULATIONS
(under sections 35(3) and 48(2))
(7th August, 1970)
ARRANGEMENT OF REGULATIONS
REGULATION
1. Citation
2. Appeal against refusal of issue of licence or permit
3. Period for balancing Council’s accounts
S.I. 67, 1970.
These Regulations may be cited as the District Councils (Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations*.
*Originally made under the Township Act now repealed, these regulations have been continued under s 94(2) of the Local Government Act, 2013.
2. Appeal against refusal of issue of licence or permit
(1) A person aggrieved by the refusal to issue any licence or permit for the issue of which any bye-law made under the Act provides may appeal to the Minister by written notice stating
(a) the description of the licence or permit, the issue of which was applied for;
(b) the full names of the person who made the application;
(c) the designation of the body to which, or person to whom, the application was made;
(d) the date on which it was refused;
(e) the grounds on which the appellant contends that the issue of the licence or permit was wrongly refused.
(2) Such notice shall be served by the appellant on the Minister within 30 days after the date when the issue of the licence or permit was refused, and a copy of such notice shall be served within the same period on the body which, or person who, refused to issue the licence or permit to enable it or him to submit to the Minister comments on such notice.
3. Period for balancing Council’s accounts
The period within which every Council shall cause its accounts for the preceding financial year to be balanced, and an annual statement or abstract of such accounts to be prepared, in terms of section 44(2) of the Act, shall be a period of three months reckoned from the end of such financial year.